The Broken Warrior’s Daughter by Cooper
Chapter 453

Chapter 0453

Nine years later

It’s a beautiful day. The sun is shining, the weather in early fall is cooling down and the kids are all happy, healthy and currently running around like crazy people. Cara, Angel and I all had our kids around the same time, so our total of 13 kids are being raised together. Most of them have paired off by age, except poor Richie, whoops, he goes by ‘Rich‘ now that he’s a mature 10–year–old. He’s sort of the odd man out, being the oldest male followed by two females who are best friends.

It helped that Liam and Angel kept having babies, so when Cara and I had space. in between our three each, their kids filled in the age gaps. Of course, that doesn’t count for Reagan. That’s who Angel calls her “oopsie baby“. Oopsie my Alpha ass. That girl wanted another baby, and she made sure Liam gave it to her. After her difficulty with the twins‘ delivery, I’m not surprised. She almost died giving birth and it terrified Liam, so he said no more. Three years later, Angel wins by getting her last baby.

And then there’s my little family with Eli. Not to be outdone by all the baby makers in our pack, six months after we had Emlyn, we had another baby girl, Riley Paige. Eli and I had agreed that she should have my mother’s name. It was too sad for me to think about calling our daughter Paige, but Eli convinced me we could still honor my mother by giving our third child her name as a middle name. Where Emlyn is my tomboy, running around with Cayden, Cohen and Clint, the three boys that were born within six months of her, Riley is my girlie–girl. She’s best buds with Angel’s twins Quinn and Malin. Those three are going to be trouble, I just know it.

Once you add in the Beta and Gamma children from all three packs, the sprites. who gave Angel and Liam a run for their money, and just regular pack baby booms, we are all full to the brim with children. Alexander and the twins had 14 in total. Seven from each twin and every single time, the babies were born at the exact same time. Cara’s pack started making bets on it after a while. Thomas and Tula have six of their own and not to be outdone, Fanella and Christopher have four. And that doesn’t include the other wolves we have mated to sprites that are still pumping out kids every six months.

So, we made the area in between the three packs a children’s playground area. Jeremy and some folks from the other two packs built a giant jungle gym for the older kids, swings, seesaws and other smaller type objects for the smaller kids, sand boxes, water areas, pretty much anything you can think of, they included.

+75 BONUS

There’s even an area for wolves to play. Now that several of our children have started shifting, they are enjoying that area as well.

As I watch, Rich, Lily and Levi run around the wolf area with Hope. When she finally shifted a year ago, we realized what her other shifter was, a bear. Usually, when two shifters mate, the child is one or the other type of shifter. However, the hunters did something and in Hope’s case, she’s a blend of wolf and bear. It’s a strange combination. She’s built more like a bear, but she’s smaller and with markings like a wolf. I don’t know if it’s the bear in her, or if her father was an Alpha bear, but the girl is strong. Carlos has had to work with her to make sure she doesn’t hurt other children her age. He’s brought her in to the warrior training, because, at least there, she can’t hurt the adults, or at least not permanently. Personality wise, she’s split down the middle. She loves being part of a pack, but unlike wolves who constantly want to be around others, she needs alone time. I know she gets teased at school, but when she’s here with all of our children, no one dares to say a word to her.

In an interesting twist of fate, Benny became someone’s second chance mate. Her mate had passed away and after recovering from his death, she had decided to travel the country to get away from the memories of her life with her mate. She happened to come through our territory and stopped in at the diner. And the rest, as they say, is history. She joined our pack and now she helps Benny manage the diner.

Cammy, Summer and Autumn all found their mates at our mate gatherings. Cammy and Summer stayed in our pack, but Autumn left to join Rik and Cara’s pack with her mate. Paisley also found her mate, but she’s been resistant to agreeing to another mate bond after the issues she had with my father. I hope she replaces peace, in whatever decision she makes.

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