The Broken Warrior's Daughter

When the doctor told me that Angel was pregnant, | was concerned that she had kept it from me before the war. | was happy to learn that she hadn’t known until her strange walk with Clint who apparently brought her back to me. I’m not sure what that means or why it happened, but I’m forever indebted to him for bringing my Angel back.

Dustin had prepared the funerals and pyres for our pack members. He had talked it over with me while Angel was unconscious, and we had agreed to have three days of funerals. There was so much sadness and pain among the pack members, but each of them deserved to have their time to say goodbye to their loved ones.

| had spoken to Rik about the loss of his pack members. After Cara’s show of power, | wasn’t sure how many in his pack had survived. He lost nearly 100 pack members after losing the mates of those lost in the war. Thankfully, Cara’s power surge only seemed to knock their warriors out, not kill them as it had the vampires.

Her strength was chilling. I've never seen or felt such power. It makes me wonder how much power Angel really has. If something as emotionally painful as losing Clint would cause her to have an explosion of power like Cara did. Does she just need to find a way to unlock it? When things settle down, it’s definitely something that we should discuss with Ailduin.

After a long week of saying goodbye to pack members, we are headed to Canyon Ridge pack. They are having a special funeral ceremony for Clint. | know Cara has been in the hospital since the battle and Anders, who was also injured, needed to heal before they had said this final goodbye. | know Angel is planning to talk to Cara while we are here. She wants her to know that Clint came to her after his

death.

The funeral is attended by everyone in Canyon Ridge pack and some of my pack members as well. In the last month or so, many of my warriors got to know Clint. He was a good man, a great Guardian and a wonderful father.

After paying his respects and speaking of Clint’s life and sacrifices for his family and the pack, Rik opens the floor to anyone who wants to say something about Clint. Many of the older warriors recount times in their youth when he helped them or times when he would defeat them in sparring or mock battles. Other warriors talk about meeting him more recently and how much they learned from him.

I can see Anders in the front row between Cara and Luna Calista. His head is

bowed and | know if | could see his eyes that they would be red-rimmed. The bond they shared was a brotherhood, not quite as strong as a mate bond, but pretty close.

I'm surprised when Angel gets up and goes to the podium. She hasn’t said. anything to me about speaking, not that needs to. +15 BONOS

“| haven’t known Clint very long, at least not as the person | am now. When | got here, | had come from a dark place where | had been abused for years. | was a broken shell of the person | had been, not even able to access my wolf or my Guardian spirit. Clint didn’t care. He took me under his wing and he pushed me to be a stronger, better version of myself. He helped me to regain my wolf and the power of my Guardian spirit. He treated me like family and took me in as if | was another daughter to him. He helped me find my way back to the person | am today.”

She stops, regaining her composure before looking at Cara and smiling. “He even found me when | lost my way after the battle.” | see Cara’s head shoot up to look at Angel. “I woke up in a strange forest, alone. | had no idea where | was or how to get home. He found me, told me it wasn’t my time yet and helped me find my way back to Liam. As was his way, he didn’t leave me until he knew that | was where | was s

to be and that | would be okay.”

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