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I turn my attention back to my daughter. “Did you fall off Kai this time?” I ask her. “Nope, I held on tight like Daddy said.”
“Did Daddy show you the Dory constellation?” I ask and she nods her head in exaggerated excitement. “Yep! He showed me her nose and her tail and her…” She turns and looks at Rik for help.
“Her dorsal fin” He fills in for her as he sits to take off his shoes. “Yes, that, mommy.”
“Wow. Daddy is really smart, isn’t he?” She nods her head in agreement again.
“Well guess what?” I ask my little girl.
“What?” She asks, bouncing up and down in my lap.
“Mommy knows something that Daddy doesn’t know. If I tell you then you’ll know too, and you can share it with Daddy. Do you want to know what it is?”
She nods her head. I lean down and whisper in her ear. “Tell Daddy that it’s time to go peanut hunting.”
She sits back and looks at me her brow furrowing, then looks at Rik.
“Why would Daddy want to go peanut hunting?” She asks, blowing the entire surprise. Rik’s head whips around to look at me and now it’s my turn to grin at him.
Without looking away from my mate, I answer my daughter. “Because Daddy will be really happy to know that it’s time to go peanut hunting.
I watch as Rik’s face breaks into my favorite megawatt smile.
“If you want to make Daddy happy, why don’t you tell him that you have my little brother in your tummy?”
My head whips back to look at my daughter. “What did you say?”
She’s looking at my stomach and she pats a spot on my right side, before looking at Rik. “Daddy, wouldn’t you be happier to know that Mommy has my little brother growing in her tummy instead of going peanut hunting?”
Rik comes over to sit on the love seat with us, putting Lily in his lap. “Princess, why do you say Mommy has your little brother in her tummy?”
“I can smell him. Can’t you?” She says, looking between us.
“What does he smell like?” I ask her.
“Like hot chocate.” She says, mispronouncing chocolate.
Rik and I look at each other over her head. Then he sets her in my lap on the left side and points to where she was patting my stomach. “He’s right here?” He asks as Kai pushes forward.
My daughter takes his finger and points to where she thinks her brother is. Rik leans down and sniffs. He sniffs in a small circle around the area and then pushes his nose into my stomach right where Lily told him. When he sits up, he’s looking incredulous.
“She’s right. I can smell him, and he does smell like hot chocolate.”
“See Daddy, I told you.”
I look at Rik. “Her sense of smell is stronger than yours? And she doesn’t even have her wolf yet?” I look back at my daughter then at my mate. “What does it mean?”
He picks Lily up and holds her in his arms looking into her eyes and she puts both her hands on his cheeks. “I think it means we have another Guardian in our midst.”
The end.
This series continues in book 2: Alpha’s Guardian Angel
**This is Book Two of the Guardians Trilogy. While it can be read as a standalone book, there are references to events that happened in Book 1. It is recommended that you read the first book, The Broken Warrior’s Daughter, before reading this one.
“Liam!”
I was almost to my car, almost didn’t have to face that she chose him over me.
It had been a long shot. I knew Cara wanted to find her fated mate. It was an even longer shot when I realized that Rik was her mate. But I still had to try. She is an incredible woman. She will make an amazing Luna. Just not my Luna.
I stop. I have to do this. I have to let her know that we can still be friends. Just not now, not for a while.
I turn to her. Even in the dark I can see the tears in her eyes. She just found her mate but she’s worried about me. Of course she is. That’s one of the many reasons I wanted her.
“I’m sor…”
I cut her off. “Don’t. You were always honest with me. I knew you wanted to find your mate and see if it would work. It was a risk I was willing to take.”
I look up and make eye contact with Rik. He’s with me. It’s more than I would be able to do Landing back, giving her this time if I were in his shoes.
I look back at her and put my hands on her shoulders. “You always wanted to find your fated mate. Rik is a good man. He’ll be a good Alpha and a good mate to you. And if he isn’t,” I look back at him, “You know where to find me.”
She sniffs, trying to rein her tears in. I wipe them off her cheeks with my thumbs before reaching into my pocket and pulling out her birthday present. I’d had to really dig to find the pictures for the locket, but I found them.
“Happy birthday.” I say, handing her the box.
She unwraps her present and opens the box. She pulls out the locket and looks at me. “It’s beautiful.”
“Open it.” I say to her and I watch as she opens it to find the pictures. One of her parents before she was born and one of them together holding her as a baby in their arms.
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Her hand goes to her mouth and the tears start to fall again. “Liam…”
I kiss her forehead. “I have to go away for a while. Take care of yourself.”
I step back as Rik steps up behind her, wrapping his arm around her waist, looking at my gift. I see the surprised look on his face. “Thank you. I know it. means a lot to her. To both of us.”
I nod and turn back to my car. Without another word, I get in and begin backing out. They continue to stand there as I pull away, but I don’t look back. Now that I’ve lost my Luna, I need to focus all my attention on finding Eli Gunnar. It’s time for the Banished Beta to pay for killing my mother.
Thirteen Years Ago
