The Broken Warrior’s Daughter by Cooper

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There is so much pain. It's everywhere, overwhelmingand my senses. | try reaching out to Artemis, but she

is fighting her own battle. | can feel her struggle but cannot reach her. We will need to fight this from opposites

sides and meet in the middle. While I'm conscious, | can’t open my eyes or move my body, so | use my other

senses.

At spoint, | smell brownies again. The scent helps my body relax. | feel hands holding mine. My right hand

begins to feel normal, the pain pushed away by the hand holding it. I latch on to that feeling. The only place in

my body that isn’t screaming in pain.

| periodically hear voices, | can’t make any of them out, but I think one is my father’s.

When | awaken the next time, the hand holding my right one no longer pushes the pain away. The scent of

brownies is faint now and my body feels tight. | try to focus on the scent, hoping it will helprelax.

| feel a draft and the scent of brownies floods my senses again. | mentally sigh. The scent calms my aching

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nerves and givesspeace. | hear the sounds of a chair scraping

on the floor and then a sudden release of the pain in my leg. The hand that was holding mine before is now on

my leg. My mind relaxes and | let myself fall into blissful sleep.

The sounds of growling and snarling wake me. The scent of brownies is still strong, but the pain in my leg is

back. It does seem less intense, but | prefer having it gone.

eyes and let everyone aroundknow I'm awake and they don’t need to worry about me. | hear the sound of

whirring wheels and know my father is here. | also hear soft footsteps and soft voices, before | feel myself being

pulled under again.

I don’t know how long I'm out, but the next t| wake, | am feeling better. | still feel pain throughout my body,

but it’s not as strong. | force my eyes open and immediately close them against the bright lights of the room. |

moan softly as the light hurts my head.

“Cara? Honey, can you hear me? Go get the doctor.” My dad is talking. | try again to open my eyes only to feel

the burn of the light again.

“Turn off the overhead lights. Hang on Cara, let us darken the room for you.”

| hear the light switch and can | hear the light switch and can see the light dim behind my eyelids. | try opening

my eyes again and this time, | let them adjust. It still feels bright, but it's bearable.

“Dad.” It comes out as a croaking sound. My throat feels as dry as the desert, my tongue sticking to the roof of

my mouth.

“Here honey.” | feel a straw press against my lips. | greedily drink and then. choke as the water sticks before

going down my throat. Coughing, | close my eyes and lay back, feeling like | just ran a marathon rather than

taking a simple sip of

water.

“Try again Cara. They are giving you fluids, but they want you to have a lot so you can help Artemis fight the

venom in your system.” That gets my attention and | open my mouth again. This tthe water goes down

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easily and | drink until it’s gone.

“I'll get smore.” | think it’s Lacey’s voice. | open my eyes again and see that | am right. She is taking the

glass from my father and leaving the room to get

more water.

“Cara.” My father’s voice pulls my attention back to him. “How do you feel honey?”

“Like shit.” | give him a weak smile.

“How long have | been out?” | ask, having no concept of time. It could be one hour or one year, | have no idea.

“Well, I'm not sure how long you were out before Rik rescued you, but you've been out for a day and a half since

he got you back here. You're in the pack hospital now.” So, Rik rescued me. | wonder if he’s the one that smelled

like brownies.

| feel a draft and open my eyes to see Jason, a doctor and Lacey bringing up the rear with a glass of water in one

hand and a pitcher in the other.

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