The Broken Warrior's Daughter

While Rik and Liam assist the warriors sparring with us, Cara and Chase walk around and give the other warriors feedback. Overall, it's a good training session and we head back to the packhouse feeling good.

We have dinner with Dustin and Sarah before heading to our room. We pack for the weekend away at Canyon Ridge before heading off to sleep.

The next day we meet up with Anders and Calista at breakfast. Anders updates. Liam on the security measures he put into place in our border’s weaknesses and the traps that have been laid. After breakfast, we say goodbye to Dustin and Sarah and we’re on our way. Anders and Calista leave at the same time and we all arrive at the Canyon Ridge packhouse together.

As we walk into the packhouse | smell him. Immediately a rush of memories comes back to me. My pace increases and as | walk into the main hall, he’s there. “Ailduin.”

He looks up and smiles at me. “Guardian.” He walks forward and reaches out to tak my hands but is stopped by Liam’s snarl and his arm ripping me back to him.

Everything around Ailduin suddenly goes dark, as if he is conjuring a storm. The air thickens and his eyes go nearly black. | can feel Liam and Cyran responding as if they are preparing to fight.

I turn quickly, standing in front of Liam. “Liam. | remember Ailduin. It’s okay.”

“You're MY mate.”

“She’s not your mate if she doesn’t choose to be.” Ailduin says behind me.

I can feel Rik, Cara and Clint moving closer. | turn, standing in front of Liam.

“Liam is my fated mate. | did choose him, it’s not like it was with Jinelle, Ailduin. Please, calm down.”

Ailduin doesn’t back down and | can feel Liam’s need to push me behind him. | push my aura out, hard and fast toward Ailduin. “Ailduin! Do not make me choose between you, because it will be him. This is not like it was before. Stand down.”

| can see the moment’my aura hits him. He blinks and his eyes focus back on me. “My apologies Guardian. | did not mean to offend you.”

“What about me? Did you mean to offend me?” Liam snaps from behind me. +15 BONOS “Liam.”

| see Ailduin’s jaw clench. “I do not have good experiences with Alphas and their interactions with Guardians.” He tells Liam. “In my experience, Guardians are forced into a mate bond they do not want or choose.”Têxt belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.

| take a step forward and put my hand on Ailduin’s arm, ignoring Liam's growl of displeasure behind me. “It is not like that this time Ailduin. You have my word as a Guardian.”

“What is your name now Guardian?” Ailduin asks me. “lam Alessia. My human is Angel. It is good to see you again.”

“It is good to finally meet you. | was very happy when Cara told me that you’d been found. I’ve been searching for you since Lily's death. | thought I’d found you once, then you disappeared.” He looks around, only now realizing that he is surrounded by werewolves that were ready to jump in if he attacked Liam.

“Cara didn’t go into detail, but | understand that there is a story there. I’d like to chronical your life while | am here Alessia. It’s been nearly 100 years since the story of Bellona’s line has been recorded. Anything you may remember during that time would be helpful.”

“Of course Ailduin. | would be happy to meet with you. I’d like to catch up with you as well.” Again, | reached out to touch his arm. Again Liam growled and again | ignored him. “You do know that Jinelle never stopped loving you, right?” | watch his throat work, trying to swallow the lump that formed and his jaw clench. “Thank you for that. | never stopped loving her either.”

“Okay, can we move on now.” This from Liam.

| turn to him, putting my hand on his cheek, waiting for him to look at me. “My feelings for Ailduin are no different than my feelings for Clint. The Guardian spirit does not reincarnate with the human, Liam. It reincarnates as a wolf spirit but not with the feelings of the previous wolf. While | have the memories of Jinelle and Lily, and their wolves, it does not change my feelings for you. You are my mate, and that will not change until we die.”

He takes me by my hips, pulling me against him. “Does he know that?” He asks me as if Ailduin isn’t standing right there.

“As the Guardian's lead chronicler for over a century, I’m quite sure he understands how the Guardian spirit works. Right, Ailduin?”

“Angel is correct. My feelings for this Guardian line are driven by my history with +15 BONOS

Jinelle and her wolf but | am well aware that the mate bond from that time died. with my mate. My feelings for your mate, Liam, are familial, not as a lover.”

Liam doesn’t take his eyes off me. “You and me, Liam.” He finally relaxes and leans his forehead against mine. “You and me Angel.”