Ch. 601..608: [Finale]

The Broken Warriors Daughter Chapter 601-Cyran runs with Artemis for hours. Andra had gone to follow and watch over them and I joined her. watching as Cyran nipped at Artemis’s heels and played with her. He’s really good with her.

SO When they finally returned, Clint and Liam helped her shift back before Liam headed home. She excited that she chattered to Clint for a long time before she finally began to feel the fatigue of the day and went to bed.

As much as I wanted to spend some time with Cara, I needed to try to connect to Clint tonight. I’d never tried to push through to him. Sometimes, I’d feel a connection, when I wasn’t trying, but I needed to find a way to make the connection work. I need to speak to my mate.

I waited until he was in bed before laying down beside him. He does what he always does, he talks to me. telling me about Cara, remembering the good times before falling asleep. This time. I close my eyes and follow his thoughts, letting myself drift off with him.

When I open my eyes, I see we’re back in Maine. It’s just the two of us and we’re walking hand in hand beside the ocean. “Clint, can you hear me?” He turns and looks at me. “Of course. Lily bud. I can always hear you.” “Do you remember that our daughter had her first shift tonight?” I watch as he frowns. This is not part of the memory. When he looks back up at me, his frown disappears, and his eyes widen. “Lily bud, is it really you?” He whispers, and his hand tentatively reaches.

out to touch me.

“Yes, it’s really me.” “How?” “I’m not sure. I just knew I needed to talk to you and so I followed you into your dream.” Tears begin falling down his cheeks. “I miss you so much.” I “Do you remember what I told you? That I’m always here?” I say and put my hand over his heart.

His hand covers mine. “Yes.” “I am always here. I’ve been here all along, watching over you and Cara. Thank you for keeping your promise to me and raising our daughter. I know it’s been hard, but I’m so proud of you for fighting through it.” “Wait. You’re always around.” “Mmmhmm. I lay with you almost every night unless Cara is upset. Then I go sleep with her. I’ve watched you through your struggles and how you’ve pushed yourself to be there for Cara. Which is why I’m here. I need you to do something else for me, for her.” He’s caressing my face, his hands in my hair, touching me like he still can’t believe I’m here in front of him.

“Whatever you need Lily bud, you know that. I would do anything for you.” “I know. I need you to train Cara. She’s a Guardian. She needs a Guardian to train her.” “But. Lily. I’m broken.” “No, you’re not. You’re in a wheelchair but that’s different. You are still the strongest person I’ve ever met. You made me stronger than I ever knew I could be. Cara has her wolf now, a Guardian. You need to make her strong. Make her into the Guardian she is meant to be.” Will you do this for mo?” I lean my forehead against his. “Will you do this for me?” “Of course. You know I could never tell you no. Plus, if I know you’re watching me, I’d never want you to be disappointed in me.” I rub my nose against his. “I could never be disappointed in you. You make me so proud to have been your mate every day.” “Will I see you again?” “I don’t know. I’ll try, but I’m not exactly sure how I did this. But just know, I’m always here, in your heart.” I put my hand on his heart again. “And when you feel me beside you, it’s because I’m really there.” “I love you Lily bud.” “I love you too Clint, always.” I kiss him before the dream fades away and I’m laying beside him in bed His eyes open and he looks around. He taps his hand to his heart.

“You’re always here, Lily bud.”

The Broken Warriors Daughter Chapter 602-My Lily bud is always here, watching over me and Cara. It changes things for me. It makes the days easier. I have no intention of letting my mate down, so I begin to plan what needs to happen to train my daughter and make her the strongest Guardian alive.

That does give me a moment of pause. Guardians are reborn, so where is Andra’s Guardian spirit?!

would look after her too, make sure she is safe. I need to talk to Anders about that, see if she’s popped up somewhere and I’ve just been so lost in my grief that I didn’t pay attention.

The next couple of days, I make a plan to build a training ground for Cara. I make a list of all the materials I’ll need and what I can do in the interim while I’m building. When I go to the store for my dinner with Anders, I grab some steaks, potatoes and green beans. I pick Cara up from school and send her to the table to do her homework while I start dinner. It’s Thursday and I have a lot to prepare before Anders arrives.

“Dad, what’s going on?” Cara says, watching me from the dining room table as I bustle around the kitchen.

“I have a lot to discuss with Anders tonight. I have some ideas for your training.” I stop and turn to her.” Are you and Artemis ready to begin your training, not only as a warrior of this pack but also as Guardians?” I watch as her face transitions from disbelief, to surprise to excitement. “You and Donovan are going to train us?” “No one knows how to train a Guardian better than another Guardian.” “Dad!” She says, jumping up and rushing to hug me.

“Don’t get too excited. I’m going to work you hard, Cara. I’ll push you harder than you knew you could be pushed.” “We won’t let you down, Dad.” She says, Artemis’s voice overlaying with my daughter’s. Donovan pushes forward, goddess it’s good to have him back, and we answer together. “I know you won’t. You are your mother’s daughter, after all.” Cara pulls back, looking at me, a question in her eyes. “And that reminds me of a promise I made your mother.” So, while I make dinner, I begin to tell Cara about Lily and about our life together. I know I’ve been negligent in telling Cara about her mother. Now, she’s like a sponge and my stories are the water she’s soaking up.

Anders is understandably shocked when he arrives, and dinner is almost ready.

The meal he brought with him is put in the fridge and we have a nice dinner together, the three of us. I continue to relay stories. of Lily to Cara over dinner, with Anders telling some of his own about my mate. When we finish dinner, before Cara heads upstairs to finish her homework, she comes over and wraps her arms around me.” +15 BONUS Thanks Dad. Tonight was great.” She kisses my cheek and heads upstairs. I watch her go, realizing how much I haven’t been there for my little girl. That changes today.

“You want to tell me what’s going on?” Anders says to me. He clears the dessert plates, and we move into the living room. I grab my plans and take a seat across from him. “Lily came to me in a dream this week. Besides telling me that she’s always here.” I spread my arms to include this room, because maybe she is here right now. “she told me I have to train Cara to be a Guardian.” “Okay.” He nods his head in agreement. “Does that mean you’re finally going to come back and participate in warrior training?” “No. It means that I’m going to need your help getting the foundation of an indoor and outdoor training facility started. I can’t get it set into the ground, but I can do the rest.” He’s looking at me like I’ve lost my mind. “And, just how to plan to build not one, but two training facilities for your daughter? And why can’t you just come train her with the other warriors?” “To answer you first question, I’m a Guardian and I’m going to start rebuilding the strength in my upper body. I’ll do that by building these two structures.” I hand him my plans. “As to why I won’t train her with your warriors? Eventually, she can start training with them, she’ll need the sparring experience, but I’m going to get her started for the first couple of years, and I’ll always train her in the afternoons. She’s a Guardian and she needs to be trained like a Guardian.” He looks over the plans I’ve made and whistles, looking back up at me. “Can I steal these when you’re done?” “No.” He laughs, handing them back to me.

“When do you want to break ground?” “Yesterday.” builders co He makes some calls and get the to be here on Monday after Cara goes to school.

We also talk about Andra’s Guardian spirit. Anders has never heard that another Guardian awakening.” She could still be underage, and being hidden, like we are with Cara.” He’s right. It’s only been five years since Lily’s death. If the new Guardian was only 10 at the t still be a minor. “Please just keep your ears open for me. If we find her, I want to meet her.” Before he leaves that night, he turns to me. “It’s good to have you back, my friend.” “It’s good to be back. It’s good to feel like I have a use again.” “You have always had a use in this pack.” time, she I shake m my head. “No, I didn’t. I couldn’t be what I had been. As usual, it’s Lily that helps me to see that I need to look at things differently. And now that I am, I intend to make her proud of me, every day.” I wheel myself to the front patio as he walks to his car. “Is Thursday night going to become steak night.

+15 BONUS every week? Because I’ve got to tell you, you make a mean steak, Clint.” “I’ll tell you what. Tell Calista she can make dessert and I’ll cook you a steak every week.” “Deal!” That night, when I go to bed, I tell Lily all about my plans, what Cara’s training schedule will look like, and I even remember a couple of things that I had forgotten that I used to do with Lily. I don’t know if it’s because she’s here with me that I remembered, but I’m assuming it is. Maybe she’s whispering in my ear, or maybe she’s just laying here like she used to, helping me to think. Either way, I fall asleep with a smile on my face for the first time in years. And the next morning when I wake up, my heart doesn’t feel heavy. I have a lot of work to do, and the first part is making myself strong again.

Cooper Author Clint is finally beginning to heal.

The Broken Warriors Daughter Chapter 603-For the next few years, I get into a pattern of training Cara. We train early in the morning, then while she is at school, I work on my upper body strength by building and testing the training facilities I’m building for her. It’s a work in progress, but I feet closer to Lily while 1 build this for our daughter. In the afternoons, I train Cara again, sometimes joining her, and then it’s dinner, homework and bed before we turn around and do it again.

Cara is the absolute best daughter a parent could ever want. I don’t know if it’s because we had those years after Lily’s death where I struggled to be present, but she never tests me. She is smart, and we talk about her schoolwork, her studies, and I give her extra Guardian studies during the weekends when she’s training her endurance in the pool.

The older Cara gets, the more she looks like Lily. She’s gorgeous and I’m thankful that she has listened to everything I’ve told her about the mate bond and that she’s waiting for her mate. I told her about the struggles Lily and I had when I first met her because of my “loose” ways before we dated. And I also told her, as best I could to someone that hasn’t experienced it, how amazing the mate bond is.

We talked of her expectations of being a Guardian. Anders expects that she will be Rik’s Guardian as I was his, but that has yet to be determined. She and Rik aren’t close. That is partly my fault. I think, but it’s also partly the need to keep her protected. I don’t let her go to large pack events, especially when there are other Alphas visiting. I have no intention of letting what happened to Lily, happen to Cara. So, we train and talk about her mom most nights and she grows up before my eyes.

When Cara turns 15, Anders pushes me to let her train with the other warriors. I knew it was time. She had sparred with Anders on occasion and also her best friend Jason, but that was about it. I asked her if she wanted to train and it was her excitement and Anders saying he would take over the morning training, that ended any reservations I had.

Cara’s friendship with Liam has continued, I was even more surprised after he took over as Alpha that he didn’t stop her calls to him. They had become fewer but more consistent. It seems like she calls him on Sunday evenings before her week starts. She’ll tell him about her week, training and school and from what I can hear, he’ll listen.

He makes her laugh, and it sounds like she makes him taugh too.

When she turns 17, she asks me about going out to the local club. She said Liam told her about it and she could go once she turned 17. It’s a dance club and I asked Anders about it. He said a lot of the kids would go there, including Rik and Chase. So, I said yes. What I didn’t realize was that this would be how Liam would make his move on my daughter.

About three months after Cara started going dancing every week, Liam brought her home. He came up to the door and asked to speak to me. He told me that he was interested in my daughter as a potential mate, that he knew she was underage and that he would respect her, me and her desire to wait for her fated mate. I told him that, if he could be respectful of my daughter, I had no problems with him spending time with her. But I cautioned him that, regardless of him being an Alpha, I would not pressure Cara into any relationship. It was her choice.

As she got closer to her 18th birthday, suddenly, Rik was in the picture. I’m not sure how he went his entire life not knowing my daughter, but once he realized who she was, he went all–in to win her over. I was thrilled and shocked when he got her The History of the Guardians. I had been searching for that book for years, and he got it for my daughter.

Anders continued to push me to be involved in the training of his warriors and I started thinking it over. If it turned out that Cara was mated to either Liam or Rik, she would become Luna and I would lose the purpose I have gained by being her trainer.

The only blight on this time was when Cara was kidnapped. I was so proud of my daughter. She handled herself well, fought like a Guardian and recovered like a champ. Even if I wanted her to take more time to heal, she showed me once again that she’s her mother’s daughter.

After the attack that caused her kidnapping, and her quick healing. I agreed with Anders that I would begin training his warriors. Rik had told us that his wolf, Kai, recognized Cara as his mate. I warned him that it was Cara’s decision who she took as a mate. I won’t have an Alpha pressuring her to mate. He agreed.

ה I think the warriors were shocked at how tough I was on them. I was impressed with Rik. He handled it like the Alpha he is and never once complained. He supported and encouraged his warriors while continued to try to beat them into the ground.

Eventually, warriors from my time started coming to training. They were happy to see me back in a training role and battled to get their strength back. Anders made a point to tell me that having me back in warrior training not only strengthened the young warriors, it strengthened our older warriors, therefore strengthening the entire pack.

I began spending more time in the packhouse. Anders still had it revised for me and while I didn’t spend a ton of time there, I would go for meals and to spend time with Anders and the warriors. At night I would still talk to Lily and though she never showed herself to me again, I felt her presence from time to time and I knew she was there..

The Broken Warriors Daughter Chapter 604-I’ve continued to watch the life of my family. I’ve watched my daughter grow into a beautiful woman. She is not only beautiful on the outside, but she’s also beautiful on the inside. Clint has done such a great job. raising her, as I knew he would. And I love that he still talks to me at night, as if I’m right beside him.

which, of course, I am.

I’ve watched as Cara developed a sweet romantic interest in Liam, watched while Rik finally realized who my daughter is and began laying his claim to her and I never left her side when Eli kidnapped her. Andra had snarled and snapped at him every time he came in to try and mark our daughter. Not that it made a difference, but we were there, trying to protect her.

So, I was there when they went to Araphyra. Donovan wasn’t the only one that seemed to remember King Ailduin’s name. Andra sat up when they mentioned him.

“Do you remember him, Andra?” She looks at me and chuffs. Her memory seems to be stronger than Donovan’s.

When they arrive, Andra immediately walked over to Ailduin. She definitely remembers him. When we hear the story of Jinelle and how she was mated to King Ailduin, it makes sense that Andra would remember him more than Donovan. She has a tie to him that Donovan never had.

The night when Ailduin told everyone of Andra’s history and Guardian line, I knew I wanted Clint to stay and get more information. The more we know about our Guardian lines the better he will be able to help Cara and hopefully, one day, the one that took over Andra’s Guardian line.

That night, I push to connect to him again. It’s been so long. I can’t actually reach him, but I think he hears me in his dreams. I feel even more confident that he heard me when he says he’s going to stay.

There is something magical here in Araphyra, so perhaps, I can connect again while we’re here. Cara has Rik now and I know they will be mates, so I feel confident in staying with Clint.

Our month with Ailduin goes by too quickly. We start with Clint’s Guardian line.

Sometimes when he’s reading, he’ll skim too fast for me to keep up and he’ll turn the page. I realized accidentally that I could turn the page back. The first time it happened, Clint went totally still and so did I.

“Lily bud?” I reached out and turned the page again. His smile was brilliant. “I’m glad you’re here with me. If you need me to slow down, just turn the page back.” And so, we created our own type of communication while we were there. Clint asked Ailduin about it. telling him that he feels that I am here and that he knows that I have been watching over him and Cara.

“Fae magic is usually related to the earth, not the afterlife. But.” “But what?” Clint asks him and I am waiting to hear as well +15 RGNUS “But, maybe, she found a way to stay on both planes, this life and the afterlife.” “Is that possible?” Clint asks.

Ailduin shrugs in the elegant way that only royalty can. “With the Guardians, I’d say anything is possible.” I love the time in Araphyra. Not only do we learn a huge amount about our histories, but the longer we’re here, the closer I feel to Clint. I swear I even start to feel the heat of his body, and I know he can feel it too. He tells me that he keeps getting whiffs of his favorite scent, orange and ginger. My scent.

When he finishes reading our histories, he sits with Ailduin and writes the story of our life and love. He asks Ailduin to make a copy to give to Cara. I love this idea. Now our love will live on forever in history.

But, as with all good things, this too must end. Clint has to return for Cara’s 18th birthday. I don’t want to miss her momentous birthday either. I know she’ll finally recognize Rik as her mate. And while I know it will devastate Liam, it’s time for Cara to start moving forward with the life she was always meant to live.

I get to watch my beautiful daughter find her mate, and then later, I watch as she and Rik become Alpha and Luna of the Canyon Ridge pack.

Thankfully, not too long after that, Angel found Liam. It took awhile for Alessia’s Guardian spirit to return after all the trauma she experienced. I know it was tough for Clint to finally know that I took his place that day on the battlefield. I watched him after his first meeting with Alessia and followed him into our room. I wrapped my arms around him until Anders came in to support him.

As they walked out, I hear Clint whisper, “We will be talking about this later, Lily bud.” Thankfully, by the time he comes to bed that night, he is feeling better about everything. He still gives me quite a tongue lashing but then he begins reminiscing about our trip away right before my death.

The Broken Warriors Daughter Chapter 605-“That was a really good idea. Lily bud. I’ve thought of that last night away so many times over the years. I should have known. It wasn’t like you to suddenly be so stressed out. But hindsight is always 20/20, isn’t it?” Clint begins training Angel and Alessia and it’s like he has a renewed purpose in life. I’m happy watching them, but I miss my mate. It’s been nearly 14 years since I died. The time in Araphyra only heightened my desire to be with him. I don’t want him to die, I just wish I could touch him again.

I I watch my granddaughter’s birth. I have to say, I didn’t see it coming that my granddaughter would be mated to the son of the man that my Guardian spirit was once mated to. But then, I didn’t see it coming. that my Guardian spirit would be mated to Liam either. I guess, in the end, everything that comes around, goes around.

Several months after Angel began training with Clint, Selene finds me.

“How are you doing Lily?” I don’t turn my attention away from Clint. “I miss him.” I say quietly.

I feel her hand on my shoulder. “His time is coming to an end on earth.” That does get my attention. “When? How?” “It will be violent, during the coming vampire war. You will need to be there.” “Of course, I will always be there for him.” “Not for him. For the pack. Cara will have an explosion of power when Clint dies.

Her grief will send out a pulse of energy that will have the potential to kill everyone around her.” “WHAT? What can I do?” “Angel will be there, but she can only protect so many. You and Andra were Guardians once: I think you can use yourself as a shield to absorb some of her power and keep her from killing her pack and everyone around her.” I “Of course, Andra and I will do whatever we can to protect the pack.” She smiles at me. “I know you will, that’s why you were chosen to be Guardians to begin with.” A few days later, it’s the day of the war. While I’m excited to see my mate again, I’m worried about Andra and I being able to control this power surge the Moon Goddess told us our daughter will push out.

We stay close to Clint. He’s beside Rik and Cara to begin with, but as the battle goes on, they get separated. I decide to stay with Clint. At least then I’ll know when it’s time. Andra is snarling around me, snapping at the vampires when they get too close to us.

+15 BONUS “Be ready Andra, I need you to focus.” She snarls, angry at not being able to fight as these vampires kill our pack members.

I see the vampire king come up behind Clint. His eyes are full of bloodlust, and he grabs Clint and sinks. his teeth into his neck. Clint flails at first, but he’s being drained of blood quickl As his arms fall to his side and the light begins to dim in his eyes, I hear him whisper. “I’m coming, Lily.” The vampire, Dimitri, is so lost in his ecstasy that he doesn’t realize what he has just unleashed. I watch as Cara screams her pain and hear Angel scream Liam’s name. Andra and I jump in front of the Canyon Ridge pack, my arms are spread wide, Andra taking a hard stand.

The force of her pain blows through me. I feel it and it’s such a bone–crushing pain that it brings tears to my eyes. “You’ll be okay, my beautiful girl. You have a long, happy life ahead of you.” I tell her, knowing she can’t hear me.

Andra and I collapse to the ground, and I see Rik moving to comfort Cara. I look at where Clint is laying lifeless on the ground.

I stand, looking at Andra. “Come on, Andra. We need to find our mates.” That gets her up quickly and we run into the forest. We find Donovan first. Andra runs to him, rubbing herself all over him. They jump and yip in happiness at finding each other again. I reach down, hugging Donovan. It’s good to see Donovan whole again. It’s been too long since he’s been able to run.

I continue searching for Clint. When I do find him, he’s looking around, like he’s lost.

I wait for him to look at me. Maybe it’s corny, but he loves me this way.

When his eyes finally find mine, I smile the smile that I gave him so many years ago.

“Mate.” I whisper, just as I did that first time.

“Mate!” He confirms and we run together, holding each other like we’ll never let the other go again. And I know we won’t.

The Broken Warriors Daughter Chapter 606-At first, when the vampire sank his teeth into my neck, I fought. I probably could have defeated him, even in my disadvantaged state. But then, I realized if I died, I’d be with my Lily bud.

I feel my tether to everyone in my life break and I tell Lily I’m coming as everything goes dark. When I open my eyes, I’m back in the meadow that I found myself in right after Lily died.

I sit up and look around.

All I care about is finding my Lily bud. I’m going to hold her and kiss her and remind her of what being my mate means.

I’m happy when I realize I can stand. It takes me a moment to readjust to being able to walk again. “Look at this Donovan!” I say, wanting to share my excitement with my wolf.

I’m met with silence. “Donovan?” I say, looking around like I’m going to find him in the meadow.

What I find instead is my heart, my soul, the love of my life.

“Mate.” She says and it makes my heart sing again. It’s just like it was that day beside the lake and I have to let her know that I still feel our mate bond, so I repeat it back to her before racing to her and taking her in my arms. My lips capture hers and I’m surrounded by her scent, her delicious scent of orange and ginger. It feels so good to have her back in my arms that I can’t help the whimper that escapes my lips.

When I finally pull back, I see her azure blue eyes looking at me with so much love. I feel my heart and soul heal as I’m reunited with my mate, my life, my love.

She smiles at me. “Are you missing something?” I frown. I have her, what am I missing? And then it hits me. “Donovan.” As I say it, two beautiful brown wolves come out of the forest. I pull away from Lily as they walk toward us. One stops beside her and the other continues walking to me. I kneel down. “Donovan?” He rubs his face against me, and I pull him against my chest, hugging him tight.

I look up and see what must be Andra standing beside Lily. I open one arm and she runs up, licking my face, making me laugh.

“What happened?” I ask Lily and she explains about the separation of us from our wolves so the Guardian spirit can reincarnate.

I stand, pulling Lily to me again, and kissing her until I hear a throat clearing beside us. I pull away quickly, tugging Lily behind me. I just got her back, nothing in this or any life is taking her away from me again.

“Don’t worry, Clint. I’m not here to take your mate from you.” She says. Donovan walks up to her, and she bends down, sliding her fingers through his fur.

“Hello, Selene. Are you here to take us to your realm now?” Lily asks.

Selene? As in the Moon Goddess? I look at Lily and she just smiles at me, nodding her head.

Selene stands and smiles kindly at me. “I’m happy you are back with your mate.

But we have a problem. And once the problem is corrected, you can decide if you are ready to follow me to my realm.” Lily steps around me. “What problem?” She asks and I wrap my arm around her.

I don’t want her leaving me again so soon.

“It appears that your Guardian spirit followed you here. I guess it’s something to do with being a Guardian or maybe it’s because it’s your spirit and she got lost.

Either way, Angel is here, and it’s not her time.” Selene turns to me. “Clint, I need you to help her find her way back to her plane. She trusts you and will follow you.” “But…” I want to help Angel, but I just got Lily back.

“Lily can follow you, she’ll never be far away. And this is her realm anyway, so I’m sure she could find you no matter where you are. But Angel is lost and won’t be able to find her way on her own. It’s important that she return to Liam, especially now that she’s pregnant.” There is so much in that statement that I have questions about. Lily’s realm?

Angel’s pregnant?

“Clint, we will always be Guardians in our heart. Go to her, help her find her way home and when you’re done, you and I can be together. Then we’ll decide if we’re ready to go home to the Moon Goddess’s realm. Oh, and tell Angel how proud we are with how she and Alessia are managing our Guardian spirit.”

The Broken Warriors Daughter Chapter 607-I find Angel and I know that Selene was correct. She has no problem following me and I help her find her way back to Liam. Watching him on the hospital bed, begging for her to return to him, I’m thankful that I could help him and Angel reunite. I know the pain of losing my mate, and I would never wish that on anyone.

As soon as the door to the hospital room closes, I’m back in the meadow with Lily. I waste no time taking my mate and reminding her of how special and important she is to me. I don’t know how much time passes, and I don’t care.

Time could stand still, as long as I’m with my Lily bud.

Eventually, we talk about this being “her realm” and what that means. “Before we go back, I’d like to make sure that everyone is safe and okay. Can we do that?” I ask.

“We can do whatever you want Clint, as long as you stay with me.” “Nothing could make me leave you again, Lily bud.

When we realize that my Guardian spirit had as many issues in her life as Angel, we decide to wait. We want to be here to support them if we can. We follow Grace and Eli and watch them develop an amazing. pack.

“You know, if Liam and Angel continue on as they are, we won’t need anyone else producing any pups. they will populate the world with their children.” Seriously, who has children back–to–back like thats Lily just laughs at me. “Them? What about these prolific sprites?” She says, gesturing to the forest. Yeah, that’s something that I was never exposed to in my life! I’m with Eli, they’d make me crazy.

We watch as Grace takes out a bunch of hunters at the Tournament of the Moon Goddess and we watch as Ailduin trains the Guardians and teaches them how to become even stronger together. Because we are watching, we see when he meets Anastasia.

“Ailduin got a second chance mate?” Lily asks incredulously.

“He deserved a second chance mate after what happened with Jinelle. He has been a good friend to all the Guardians and to our packs.” I say.

We watch as the hunter war gets closer and we watch as Grace hides her pregnancy from Eli.

When the hunters come, we are there and we watch as our pack members die around us, one after another. Donovan and Andra are running around trying to kill the hunters, trying to protect the packs.

“Lily, what are we…” I stop as I turn to her. She’s staring at Grace as she watches Eli die in front of her.

“CLINT! Get to Grace!” She yells and both of us take off to reach her. I wasn’t paying attention, stunned as I watched so many of our pack members, so many of our friends and family, fall. But Lily was and whatever Grace is doing, it’s going to be big.

I watch as Lily takes a stand beside her in front of Cara, bowing her head in concentration. I move to stand in front of Angel on Grace’s other side. I turn when I see the hunter take aim at my daughter and I see Kai take a bullet for her. Cara pulls away, holding Rik in her arms.

“Focus, Clint!” Lily barks at me, and she takes the hand that Cara just dropped.

Just then Angel collapses beside us, screaming for her mate. Andra and Donovan rush to our sides as I take Grace’s other hand. I watch as Lily seems to push her strength into Grace through their connection, so I do the same. I don’t know what she’s doing, but she seems to, and I trust her to figure it out.

I bow my head, like she is, and concentrate. I feel the blow of power as it erupts from Grace. I feel Lily as she spins around the front of Grace grabbing my other hand, pulling from my strength and pushing it into Grace. “Hold on, Grace.” Lily whispers as Grace screams.

When Grace falls to the ground, Lily pulls us with her, continuing to give her whatever strength we can. When I look up, I realize that Grace has saved everyone. Everyone that was dead or dying on the field is waking up, as if they were merely unconscious.

As Grace collapses, Lily stands. “We did it. We saved Grace and her baby. And she saved everyone else.” She says, hugging me.

The Broken Warriors Daughter Chapter 608-We watch as Angel and Cara explain the best that they can what Grace did to save the packs. She probably could have done it on her own, but I was concerned for her child. Having whatever strength she pulled from everyone was great, but she wasn’t reserving any for herself. She would have given everything to save them. That is something I understand very well. I would have done the same in her position. But Clint and I had the ability to save her, to make sure that she had enough reserves to survive.

“You were never meant to be this strong.” Selene says, coming up behind us as we watch everyone wakes up, or, come back to life, because that’s really what they are doing. They were dead and now they are alive.

“What do you mean?” I ask her.

“I created the Guardians to strengthen the packs. You were always meant to find your fated mates and birth a new generation of stronger wolves. I guess I should have known that the Alphas would not want to part with the strength and power that the Guardians possessed. And, of course, over time, that power increased beyond what even I expected it to be. Case in point.” She says, spreading her hands at my realm* and Grace raising the dead.

“It’s why there were three male Guardians. I had hoped that the Guardians would be able to find each other and begin to give birth to a new generation of Guardians. Instead, you continued to gain in power with each reincarnation of the Guardian spirit, even absorbing some powers that were gifted to your line and carrying those with you to the future generations.

Cara was the first Guardian as I meant them to be, and the two of you and your pack finally set the wheels in motion. Now we have a new generation of Guardians.

The Guardian line will continue to flow through the females as long as they mate with their true, fated mates.” Selene smiles then looks thoughtful. “This generation of reincarnated Guardians will be the last.” “What?” Clint asks, as shocked as I am. We both turn to give her our full attention.

“There is no need for the Guardian spirit to continue as it did. It will now continue as it was always meant. to, through the birth of a Guardian. The two of you have started the process that was always meant to be.” “And what about our grandchildren?” I ask.

“Every female born in this generation will have the Guardian gene. Your grandchildren will all find their mates. Although, many of them will have a difficult time coming together. You Guardians are strong willed wolves and even though your male grandchildren won’t carry the Guardian gene, they will still carry the strength of the Guardians. And so, the line will continue for generations to come.” Selene turns to leave. “Don’t take too much longer Lily. It’s time for you and Clint to come home and find your peace.” “Not much longer.” I say.

Famous last words.

I wanted to wait until Grace woke, ensuring she and the baby were okay. Then I wanted to wait while she had her baby. Then I wanted to wait while Cara and Angel had their babies. Then while Cara and Grace had their babies. Then Angel had her twins and nearly died. I wanted to help, but at that point, I think my tether to their world had severed. So, we watched and waited with them while she healed. And then I waited to see the birth of Angel’s last baby.

There was always a reason that I wasn’t ready to go. Something important to witness, some reason I felt I needed to be here. It is ten years after the hunter war before Clint finally convinces me that we don’t need to continue watching over our families.

He comes up to me, gently tucking my hair behind my ear. “Lily bud. Our daughter and her Guardian sisters are adults, and our grandchildren are living a life of peace. It’s time.” I look at my mate. He has always been so patient with me, always been my rock, my foundation. “Okay Clint. But can we say goodbye, one last time?” He kisses my forehead. This man. Even in the afterlife, he takes my breath away.

“Of course.” He takes my hand and leads me to the canyon, the one where Clint died, the same place where Grace resurrected the packs. They have made the area a place where pack members from all three packs can come and let their children play. It’s a good way to turn a place with terrible memories into a place with positive ones.

As we stand watching our family. Donovan and Andra walk up, standing on either side of us as we step out of the forest. We watch as our grandchildren and their friends play as our daughter and her sisters sit on their mates‘ laps enjoying the afternoon. I’m so glad they have finally gotten to have this life, the life they were all meant to have. We wait, knowing they will be able to see us on this, our last time with them.

It’s Cara that sees us first. I have a moment to appreciate how right Selene was.

My beautiful daughter is living a wonderful, happy life. She has a mate who adores her and three beautiful children.

Then, we see that Angel and Grace recognize us as well. As Cara stands, like she is going to try to come to us, Clint and I raise our hands in a final farewell.

“It’s time to go home, Lily bud.” I smile up at my mate as he looks down at me. “Let’s go home, Clint.”

The end.