Chapter 438
The Broken Warrior’s Daughter
Chapter 0438
âI knew your mom didnât have cancer. Didnât know what it was, but people with cancer donât have the t
type
of episodes she had. Iâm guessing she was a shifter, too?â He asks, putting the bite of food in his mouth.
Something inside me unwinds. I hadnât realized how much I wanted Benny to believe me and
agree to come live in our pack. This man, who had looked after my mother and me when we had
no one, then watched out for me after she died. This man, who has been more of a father to me
than my own had ever been.
âShe was.â
He nods. âIs that where you got it from?â He asks, as if weâre talking about the color of my eyes.
not that Iâm a shifter that turns into a wolf.
âI got it from both my parents.â
âYou ever find that shit for brains father of yours?â He asks. He knew enough to know that my father had kicked us out.
âYeah. I took care of it.â He stops, his food halfway to his mouth as he looks at me.
âPermanently?â He asks.
I nod.
âGood.â He says before finishing his breakfast. âHe didnât deserve either of you anyway.â
âSo, Benny, do you want to come live with a bunch of wolves in the woods and help a young girl start her own business in a diner?â Eli asks him.
He shrugs. âI packed everything I own, knowing that there isnât anything for me back the way I came. Only thing for me is to go forward with you folks. If youâll have me, Iâm happy to come along. But I donât change into anything. What ya see, is what ya get with me.â
I drove home with Benny. We caught up on the last few months and I gave him the full story of my battle with my father. âAlpha wolf, huh? Thatâs like, top dog, right?â
âSomething like that.â I said.
âItâs good to know the boss.â He said.
He settled into pack life easier than I would have believed. He moved into the packhouse not showing any concern that he was living amongst hundreds of wolf shifters. After making sure that
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he didnât need to worry about some wolves being the real thing and attacking him, he settled right
Over the next couple of weeks, he made friends with almost everyone. No one seemed bothered. that we had a human living in our pack. He met with Cammy and talked to her about her ideas, and he gave some of his own as well. He worked with her to make sure that the diner would be
built in a way that made it conducive to seating large groups of people and still had enough room for a kitchen, a prep station and a checkout counter. He took her under his wing, just like he had
with me.
Sometimes, he goes hunting with the wolves that bring in meat for the pack. Iâve heard him. arguing that he is the better hunter because he doesnât have teeth and claws, he has to use a gun and his own old eyes and ears.
He even gets along with the sprites. After Fanella left with Alpha Christopher, Funichio didnât really have anyone to spend time with. He and Benny have become good friends. I frequently find them sitting together in the late afternoon, relaxing under a tree or walking through the forest, just talking.
Heâs chosen a spot where he wants to build a house, and once the diner is built, I doubt Iâll see much of him as Iâm sure heâll do what heâs always done. Heâll sit in the diner and keep and eye on everything.
He did mention to me once that while we may not live in a ânudie campâ, people sure al
are ânekkidâ a lot. I just laughed and told him it was too expensive to constantly buy clothes if you shift with them on and destroy them. And then, you donât have any to put on when you shift back. Heâs learned to adjust.
All in all, itâs been a much easier transition than I would have expected, and I couldnât be happier.
Cooper
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