Chapter 141-150

The Broken Warriors Daughter Chapter 141-| watch as Rik turns and heads back to the packhouse. | feel like part of my heart. is leaving with him. | watch until | can’t see him any longer before turning back to my house and Liam.

“Liam.” | say again. His smile is a welcome hello and | walk into his arms and give him a hug. “So, you and Rik, huh? What happened to waiting for me?” | smack his chest. “Yes, Rik and | are dating. And not that it’s any of your business, but he’s been a complete gentleman about my limits.” “Your limits? Is that why his smell is all over you and your house?” “Did you come here to interrogate me, Liam?” | ask, my temper flaring. He has been gone and has no right to ask me these questions.

“No. | just wasn’t expecting to come here and smell him all over you. | don’t even smell your father, only the two of you, and it kind of set me off. | apologize. Can we start over?” I smile at him. “Of course. Come in. Are you hungry? I’ve already eaten but | can make you something.” “I’m good.” He says.

“I’ll be right back.” | run upstairs and put on some clothes. When | return, | pull a beer out of the fridge. “Beer?” “Sure.” He says and | pop the top on two beers, and we head to the living room.

“What have you been up to? | heard you were looking for Eli Gunnar?” He takes a sip of his beer, resting his hand on my knee. “He continues to elude me. I’ve been so close so many times. But he can only run so far so fast, and | have my best trackers out hunting him.” He says before taking a sip of beer. Then he looks at me. “So, where is your father?” I give him an update on my time in the Fae land, what | learned about my parents and their wolves, and finally end with my father staying on to give them the story of Donovan and Andra.

“Wow! That’s a lot. What do you think about your mother’s wolf spirit? Where do you think she could be?” I shrug. “Ailduin thinks she may be hiding in the human world, but | don’t know. If Ailduin’s theory is correct, it means that Andra’s spirit knows about Artemis being her daughter. | can’t see her staying away for any reason. Not for thirteen years.” He looks thoughtful as he ponders what I’ve said. “That makes sense. So, what? You think some Alpha has her prisoner somewhere? That would be hard to hide. for this long.” “I’m not sure, but wherever she is, | think she’s being held against her will. | don’t think she could know about Artemis and stay away. | know Donovan’s spirit wouldn’t.” We finish our beers and | get us another round. We continue catching each other up on our life events since our la meeting. “I have to go back out. | have to keep searching for him until | find him.” He says. Then looks at me. “But | will be here for your birthday. It’s a big day and | wouldn’t miss it.” He smiles at me then leans in and very gently kisses me on the lips. The feelings that it used to bring to the surface when he kissed me don’t come. It could be a brother giving me a peck on the lips or my father. There is nothing romantically responsive in me for Liam. He feels like family, whereas Rik feels like everything.

Liam recognizes the change in me. He can see that I’m not responsive to his advances like | have been in the past. He stands, giving me his hand to help met up. We drop the empty beer bottles on the island as we walk to the door.