Stronger by Ang Chris

Chapter 34

I won her

I knelt to the ground laughing silently. My arms were bloody I think I had lost a tooth. I know I had a cracked rib and I was so excited.

I stood and hobbled out of the arena. Cea and Eva came forward to their men.

I made my way to her my b*dy aching and throbbing. I opened the door to her sweet wide wet eyes. She sobbed and ran forward to me her b*dy turning red with my blood.

She moved me to the couch and she sat beside me. We spoke no words but it felt like heaven.

She washed my face and arms. She cleaned my wounds and bandaged them. Her fingers traced over my skin and I unabashedly watched her for peace. I savored her kindness for me who had to hurt her family. I had hurt her and she was worried for me and healing me.

She finished wrapping up my chest and sniffled. “I have to go see my family,”

“Go,” I nodded to her.

Stay.

I watched her leave me for the second time that day but this time it felt different. I knew now what I would give for her I had been beaten and all I thought the whole time was of her.

It’s terrifying when there is someone you need with your whole being and every time you try you freeze because your are afraid.

“How can I still be afraid now? I’ve promised to try and she is still the one thing I am fearful of. *

I ran to the keep bad into the clinic. My brother lay passed out on tables as my mother and Cea cleaned Charlie and my dads wounds.

“Goddess be,” I turned away from them bile creeping up my b*dy.

He had done this…

“I can’t be upset they had all accepted this. He did this for me.

I breathed in and put my eyes stinging with the fact I had healed him before my flesh and blood. I felt gross and sickly with myself.

I turned and walked up to my father bowing my head and ready to beg for forgiveness.

“Do not feel guilty,” he commanded me.

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Chapter 34

But my end up. “Papa he hurt you and I..”

too

“Bu in your family whette, you have to choose him that’s how it thats sollong. It is a choice my darling. You

every day to have him.” He

an ass,” Charles rolled his

Then, I grabbed the cloth

her in a hug and whispered an apology she had to witnessfit.

dish in cold water and cleaned his fingers they were

I looked at the red on

“An-”

so weird?” I

hurt my sister, and…and wanted to prove..myself,” He looked nervously around the

“Yaume amidin. Beating Grayson will not prove you are ready to be

know it.”

meann, The whispered under his breath and I wanted to ask what he meant but

Over

fought with everything he had, She looked over at me

to get ready for the feast,” she sighed and now I saw the disappointment

house in am unuary quiet lift her anger or sadness. I could not tell what she was going to say to mi

when I opened the door and I thanked the goddess silently. We wane tip to my room and satt down where she pointed.

feel good about this,” she

“Mama,” I started.

is fractured. It is hard to start a relationship when one of

this situation is not one

am I supposed to leave you now that I know he’s public al hurting you?” she

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“I will not break for anyone mama.” I told her. That show you know, because you raised me, anthyou made me stronger than any kind

I felt the years fade and I was a

me. “I still wanna kill

hair in an intricate four–stranded braid Sculled the ones we leave out to

tizenklets. These were to symbolize my tourney to Luna and how soon I would be bound in gold to

it to welcome me before dinner tonight. They selected fighters and whoever worsoodidbeart the

cups and their plates to show my devotionit.comywypack.

would serve me. I found it

and the people were laughing and dancing and singing theppadisescof Grayson who stood withhenylbrothers Theo joked with him and

Matthew cailertvinthessaw me. Time to

like a china doll with all

have chosen our fightersstoryou, Icon called to me.

Brian,

will fight for the prize of champion and brand

off putting. I did not find it pleasing to push a

count. He had punched Lean once and he went dizzy, Arran put up a better fight but Matt was larger and could take his blows. Bru only needed a trip and push before he wentton.

syntindwasapresentimoon with a paw print next to it. I felt like

am honored Anna,” he whispered. “I can

me llinch slightly.. let it go as soon as I could a sickening feeling crawling