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 gave me

ass,”

go to Then, I grabbed the cloth

her in a hug and

(dabbed the dish in cold water and cleaned

at the red on

“An-”

you acting so weird?” I gave him a

wanted to prove..myself,”

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

know it.”

breath and I wanted to ask what he

Over

he had, She looked over at

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

or sadness. I could not tell what she was going to say to mi when we were

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

about this,”

“Mama,” I started.

It is hard

willing to do what it takes and I can sense his came the youth this situation

you now that I know he’s public al hurting you?” she whimpered.

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because you raised me, anthyou made me stronger than

fade and I

and looked at me. “I still wanna kill

intricate four–stranded

cuffs. And finallyt tizenklets. These were to symbolize my tourney to Luna and how soon I would

me before dinner tonight. They selected

Iliaditosterveeveryone.I would fill their cups and their plates to show

thankssandlocelebration Grayson would serve me. I found it

dancing and singing theppadisescof

me. Time to

men encircled meantileetmeto at throne beside Grayson I felt like a china

our fightersstoryou,

Brian,

the prize of champion and brand of our

felt slightly off putting. I did not find it pleasing to push a piece of hit metal into the skin of these men wholiadentfriendly to me.

dizzy, Arran put up a better fight but Matt was

My syntindwasapresentimoon with a paw print next to it. I felt like puking as walked over to him

whispered. “I can take it

and the sizzle made me llinch slightly.. let it go as soon as I could a sickening feeling crawling all venni.