The Broken Warrior's Daughter

He turns back to me. “I’m sorry to be asking these personal questions. | need to understand the expectations of Alpha Mahli and also your father. So, back to your story. Did you take Alpha Mahli up on his request?”

Ashiver of disgust goes up my spine. “No. | told him that | was waiting for my mating night. | didn’t think telling him that | was waiting for my mate would make a difference since he already told me that waiting for my fated mate was a silly girl's dream.”

“Did you feel like he would force himself on you if you didn’t give him a reason to stop?” Beta Calvin asks me.

| shrug. “I don’t know if he would or wouldn't. He had already called me his future Luna and had disregarded my feelings. | didn’t know where my father was, and at the time, | was alone with him in the back of a limousine.”

“You didn’t feel safe?” Alpha Anders clarifies. “Not at all.” “Was that the only time?” Alpha Patrick asks me.

“| heard him try my door in the middle of the night. | didn’t sleep last night, afraid he would come in while | as in bed. Then this morning, he began calling me darling and he kissed me before we left.”

Clint stands abruptly and begins pacing behind me. | see Alpha Patrick give him a warning look before turning back to me. “I'm assuming, based on the rest of your story that this kiss was unwanted?” Alpha Patrick asks.

“Yes.”

“And, how did your father react to Alpha Mahli kissing you?”

“He just got in the car like it was normal.”

As I’m remembering everything that happened this morning, | do remember one other detail that didn’t make any sense to me. “He did say something else that | didn’t understand.”

“He?” Beta Calvin asks me.

“My dad. When he saw Alpha Mahli holding my hands and calling me darling, he

said something like ‘so we have a deal‘? | don’t know what that means ”

Alpha Patrick sits back, rubbing his hand over his mouth and chin, looking thoughtful. “I’m afraid 1 do. But before we get to that, | have a couple more questions. When did Andra get her Guardian spirit?”

“In the middle of the night. I’m not sure what time it was. She had been silent for hours, then suddenly | felt something like a power surge in my system and she was back. She told me to go to the bathroom and showed me that she was a Guardian.”

Alpha Anders looks up at Clint. “Is that how it was for you?” He asks.

Clint comes back and sits down, but the tension in his body is palpable. “I don’t know. Donovan came to me with his Guardian spirit. | felt a power surge but I’m not sure if it was just his awakening, or if it had to do with being a Guardian.

Alpha Patrick turns his attention back to me. “Do either your father or Alpha Mahli know that you are a Guardian?”

“No. As soon as | realized what Andra is, | told her to stay back, no matter what happened. | was terrified that Alpha Mahli wouldn't let me leave if he found out | was a Guardian.”

Alpha Patrick gives me a very paternal smile. “Clint said you were intelligent. | can see, as usual, Clint is a good judge of character.”

I turn and look at Clint. He smiles but it doesn’t reach his eyes. He reaches out and takes my hand. “You should have told me what was happening.”

| shake my head. “You were too far away.”

“| would have come for you anyway. Distance doesn’t matter Lily. If you ever need me, | will be there for you.”

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