Stronger by Ang Chris

“Look at me,” I commanded.

The man growled and huffed, gritting his teeth.

I quickly brought my claws down across his face, bloodying his left eye. And he screamed for I let my anger out and I went deep.

The warriors of clan came and collected the two fools taking them to our dungeons.

My mother and Cea quickly came and ushered me into a bathroom.

“The ignorance and foolishness of those men. How dare they! As if they deserve you. You who so graciously spared him anyways. Your diplomacy is far beyond theirs. I should have them give us the lives of their best warriors for retribution. I should have your father raze their lands. The goddess will deal a famine upon his clan if she knows any justice. The indecency. To accost my daughter. My daughter!” My mother rambled and she cleaned off my hand that was now drenched in blood.

“You gave him hell,” Cea smirked as she wiped the blood from my face. “He won’t see out of that eye again,”

I laughed a little but it was not full. They had come here to hurt me and take my life for themselves. How was I supposed to go back out there?

A knock sounded and my thoughts tempered ever so slightly.

“Eva? People are quite upset you should come out here and help calm things down,” She called from beyond the wood. “I can help Anna,”

My mother looked at me for confirmation and I nodded. She k*ssed my cheek and exited our small space sl*pping past Gia as she entered.

“My Anna, are you okay?” Gia asked continuing to clean my hand.

“I knew something like this would happen. I just hope the others with the same idea will leave,” I look at myself in the mirror.

“You did the right thing, and many of the alphas like that you asked for restraint. It is the sign of a good Luna to calm her partner,” She smiled brightly at me.

for you,” Cea looked at me earnestly searching me

though. To show your strength and resilience,” Gia

a small streak of blood on your skirt,” Cea

stop her and smile. “They’ll look

grin spread across

looked to make sure that any fear or anger did not reside on my face and my eyes had returned

me a few moments to myself and then I will join the party and have James come find

from the now rambunctious party all of them

something like this would occur. This big of a transgression however

The ocean stretched beyond.

this for the feeling of unsureness and the unreliable people that

these were my last moments here. The last shred of time I had living under my parents roof. My childhood was ending and they saw nothing but the

was here to escort me through the

a different smell came. Not James.

Maloria?” A

turned rolling my

suggest you wait for a member of my family to be present,” I

big. As tall as Charlie at least. Broad shoulders. But what

in gods name did

in red ribbon. “I

help my surprise at his tone

busy at the moment. He asked ahead of what he could get you to apologize for the slight of his delay. He

“Your name?”

Matthew O’Connell,” He nodded his

compete with the others I choose even though he is not here?”