Stronger by Ang Chris

Chapter 31

“Is this necessary?” I grumbled to my mother.

In return I earned a light thwack on the back of my head. “You are going before her family!” My mother barked at me. “After all you’ve done you will want to look good,” She muttered but there was no doubt she wanted me to hear it. She began snipping at the elft over hairs she wanted in place and trimmed.

“If I had known someone may or may not be coming for her I would have bound with her before we ever left Georgia,” I tried to defend my actions, but this was my mother.

“Oh!” she began chuckling to herself. “And I’m sure you would have been so affectionate then too,”

“Mom,” I sighed, rubbing my eyes.

“Stop that,” She ordered, “I’m cutting your hair darling don’t move like that,” she laughed at me.

“Annette thinks her family will kill me,” I told my mom. I knew she wasn’t happy with what I had done but she still would support me through this.

Again my mother gave her deep chuckle. “Well I think she will be more than satisfied with how you perform,” She stepped in front of me inspecting my hair. “You are going to be just finel know it,” She state matter of factly.

“When do they arrive?” I asked her, thinking of them made me feel like a child before his principles office.

“They’ll be here by dinner, they actually will fly,”

“Why fly when I can drive?” I raised an eyebrow at her. She knew I didn’t see the point in wasting thousands of

dollars.

“It’s quicker, comfier, and you might not be in so much trouble if you had flown with her instead,” she teased me

again.

www

“Thank you so much mother and I was worried you were going to hold it against me,” I sarcastically reminded her she

was my mom.

You worry

all you want you made the choice but I think I’ve annoyed you enough for today,” She grabbed a mirror and placed it in front of me. “Do you like it?”

I looked more groomed then I preferred but I was going to be bound in four days. “It looks good, thank you mama,” 1 stood and k*ssed her cheek she had turned to me.

“Go wash up,” she patted my back “And trim your beard!” She called after me.

“Okay!”

I went into my shower that wasn’t really my shower. I will admit not being a gentleman enough to give Annette the master was a dick move. I just built that room for me and my wife. Her being in there made it all so real.

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Wow she slept in our room all alone. I locked my door each night to Bergpmyself from going in there and pulling her ime.Illhat caused enough damage, I didn’t need to do more by confusinger physically.

Idletitled to do a full shave so it would be short for the day of, I found myself thinking if Aunette would like that or niititahabit that increased every day.

Thienthermight when the warrior from her familial clan came, I put myselffassottoscas could to her and when she’d tonizilmie, my b*dy turned into flames. The power she had over me, how conuitive life without her.

the water to wash myself off. I still had to take another one aftenttiming

endurance up. I sparred with Wattand Brian at the same time themillsparrethwith Leon and Aarron, and then all four at once. Then ran again, andienone more

thywere angry with me, with what I

had felt those weeks I stayed away, I do not know

every fernale that she bakoradiantin her dress. All have done issinvite nemte and train,

we got to the actual day. I think she was worried about me, about thiccerenonies.her dance,

the rest of it, I was excited for our wolvestio meet though, when she had come into the house after going for a run

on he’d beemdesperate for hermever leaving me alone, I wanted to meet Seraphine too from whattils she was more

had to get

down the stairs

just had a haircuttletime cleanuppaffor yousstart my dears,” My mother

“Annette…”

my speedias: I

I heard her giggle. “Ivanevrsceenwoth without

laugh had to be the most

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trim but this way ithe shuitionthe tiny of moddled to her. “I have to go

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called after

farth my

her brother fighting than she had seen of me. The only time she had seen me fight was winem 3 spared with James, She wasn’t to

not exhausted,” Leon panted as

Tut weak,” I flashed a grin at my

forever,” He growled at my back as I headed towards the ring where

threatened not turning back to look

stretched for a second then wrapped my hands and taped up my shoulders.. I didn’t want

the ring Mam called once I was ready.

hard ut first with just these two Brian is fast, and Matt he fights dinny

that these two men would never actually try and hill me. Annette’s brothers not only wanted me dead they wanted me to feel pain before

on the

them down.

took a little too much force to Brian’s leg and my

Leon always tries to fake out he wasn’t as successful with the tactic as he’d like

him with everything I had or he would get

him try and take me down aber Leon lay unconscious. I grabbed his hands and leaned my weighin him and ran him backward, Them all

conceded.

I fought it fit like climbing a mountain. I was already out of breath and felt am Still, I moved on and pushed my way out of their grasps and claws figuring out how to finish this fight

day my muscles were beyond dead. They felt numb but I had to

looked over and there she was a frightfall hatt espised look on her face.

you okay to meet them” the

to bed leaning the rest of the

to her and start walking

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training…you should rest.” She called for me.

was a lie but she

I finally got below the water of my shower again, I made it cold this time. I wanted fice

in a black button–up and the nicest jeans I had. This was my land I would at least be somewhat comfortable.

didn’t see me though. She was putting an earring

was braided except for the ones she always let frame her face just to test my will. The worst part was

chooses to torment me in new ways with you.