The Broken Warrior's Daughter

| watch as Liam walks away, then | turn to the kitchen. My mate is overwhelmed with work and | added to that this morning by shifting everything around in the kitchen. That, at least, is something that | can help correct.

When | walk in, the Omegas bow their head in deference to me. The one who must be temporarily in charge comes over to me. “Luna, can we get you something?” She asks me.

“Yes, first what is your name?” | ask her.

“My name is Olivia, Luna.”

“Olivia. I'm Angel. | know you were thrown into this today, so why don’t I give you a hand?” Two hours later, | have an in

of all the food currently in stock, we have a meal plan established for the next week, and a grocery list started. We’re working. on a roster of rotating shifts for the Omegas and I’m enjoying the camaraderie of being in a pack again. It’s been a long time and it feels good.

“What's going on here?” | hear Liam ask from behind me and the relaxed atmosphere that I’ve been working at creating deflates faster than a balloon letting out air.

“Alpha.” Everyone in the room stops what they are doing and bows their head in submission. I’m guessing Liam doesn’t enter the kitchens very often. They don’t seem to know how to interact with him.

“Liam.” | walk over to him and wrap my arms around his waist. “What are you doing in here? Dinner isn’t for another...” | trail off, turning to Olivia.

“Thirty minutes.” She informs me.Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

| turn back to Liam who is looking around at everyone. “I came to figure out what we needed to do to feed the pack tonight.” He says, looking down at me. “But it looks like you beat me to it.”

“Yep, we're set. | do have some questions to run by you, like how do we pay for groceries if | send the Omegas, but otherwise, we're finishing it up. We have inventory, menus for the week and we're just finishing up the roster. Did you want to look it over?“/

He tucks me into his side, looking around at what we've put into place, before smiling down at me. “Nope. You just cleared hours of work off my schedule

Angel.” I shrug. “You have much weighing on you and this was something | could help with. It was fun! Olivia and | had a great time.” Olivia looks over shyly and smiles, nodding.

Liam pulls me back around to face him, cupping my face in his hand. “Have | told you today how amazing you are? And how lucky | am to have found you? And how much | love you?”

| tap my finger against my chin, pretending to think about it. “Yes, no, and yes.” He reaches down and kisses me like we aren’t in a room full of people. When be pulls away, | know my cheeks have turned scarlet. “I love you my little angel.”

“You and me Liam. It’s you and me.”

“Yes it is.” He looks around again. “Okay, call me when food’s ready. And thank you everyone for filling in today. | really appreciate it.”

He kisses me on my nose before heading out.

| finish helping get everything ready for dinner and as I’m about to link Liam, Dustin and Sarah walk in.

“Sarah! Are you hungry? You’re welcome to eat in the dining room with the rest of us.” She looks a bit overwhelmed but starts to agree when Dustin cuts her off “Actually Luna, | thought it might be better for Sarah to have a quiet dinner tonight after such a long, tiring day.”

“Of course. When you're feeling up to it, I'll show you around. The pack lands are lovely and the pack is named after a beautiful set of water falls. Although, it may be better for Dustin to show you. Liam's wolf, Cyran, carried me the first time we went there.”

She turns and looks at Dustin. “I wouldn’t want to hurt your wolf or put you out. He smiles at her and | can see his fingers twitching with the need to touch her.” My wolf, Leon, is strong and he’s already said he would love to carry you to the falls and show you around. It’s probably a good idea anyway so you know where our borders are and you can stay safely within our territory.”