The Broken Warrior's Daughter

He makes a fist, bringing it up to his heart in a strange show of dedication. “We come to pledge our loyalty, show our respect and commitment to the Guardians of the Realm. We will live by the covenants of the Guardians. We wanted you to know that you have nothing to fear nor any need for concern about my coven. When he is done speaking, he and his coven all take a knee, bowing their heads.

| look at Liam, not knowing what to say. He looks just as lost as | am. | step forward, feeling Liam shift behind me, ready to pull me behind him if this is a trap.

“Rise King Urien. | appreciate you coming here to let me know of your allegiance. It was never my intention to kill any of your kind, but when anyone comes for me or mine, they will be destroyed.” Alessia has pushed forward and her voice overlays with mine. | see the vampires‘ heads snap up at the change in my voice.

“Guardian, if ever you need us, we are here to serve you.”

With that, they stand, turn and in the blink of an eye, they are gone.

I turn to look at Liam and Rik. “Well, that was weird. Do you think they mean it?” Rik looks thoughtful. “They seemed to, but time will tell.”

Over the next several months, more groups of supernaturals come to our borders, pledging their allegiance to Cara and | as the Guardians. We call Ailduin. and Aolis back to chronicle these events and discuss the implications of what itProperty © of NôvelDrama.Org.

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“Your power exceeds that of any other supernatural.” King Ailduin one day. “It seems that the vampires have the name correct. You are Guardians which guard the entire realm of supernaturals, not just the werewolves. Perhaps you were created by the Moon Goddess specifically for the werewolves, but your power has grown and now exceeds us all. It is a good and bad thing.”

“What do you mean?” Liam asks.

“It means, all supernaturals will be looking to the Guardians for assistance when wars between the species occur. The Guardians will be asked to take sides. | feel like we are on the cusp of a change with the Guardians. Something has changed with the birth of Cara and the Guardians finally being given access to their fated mates. Whether intentional or not, the role of the Guardians is and will change in the next generation. We will have to see what happens and how that unfolds.”

It was during one of these visits with Ailduin and Aolis that Cara went into labor. +15 BONOS

We all stayed, knowing that this pregnancy had been difficult, and the delivery was no less difficult. Cara labored for hours, and it was not until the baby was in distress that they called me in to see if | could help.

| wasn’t sure what to do, but | thought my advanced healing power might help. | put one hand on Cara’s stomach, feeling her little girl and the other hand on Cara’s forehead. | closed my eyes and pushed my healing toward both of them. | had to be careful, | was fairly advanced in my own pregnancy at the time, but | was able to give them both a boost of healing, ensuring that Cara didn’t bleed out and that baby Lily’s heart continued to beat.

It was Aolis, who snuck in, that seemed to make the biggest impact. He came up beside the doctor, reaching out his hand to touch the top of Lily's head that was breaching and just visible between Cara’s legs. Rik was talking to Cara and didn’t see it. Cara was in so much distress that | doubt she even knew he was there. The doctor started to push Aolis away, when Lily started to move through the birth canal, almost as if she was trying to get to Aolis. It was the strangest thing | had

ever seen.

The doctor moved to give him room and watched as Aolis gently coaxed Lily through the birthing canal while Cara pushed. Aolis was the one that held her as she was delivered, a strange look of reverence and love on his face. The doctor quickly swooped in, rubbing Lily with a towel, cleaning her up and getting her to cry before handing her over to Cara. The moment Cara held her baby girl in her arms, | knew that everything would be alright for both of them.

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