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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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

him.” He gave

ass,” Charles rolled his

I grabbed the cloth

hug and whispered

and cleaned his fingers they were stained

you used your dows? I looked at the red on his hands.

“An-”

so weird?” I gave

to prove..myself,” He looked nervously around the room.

prove you are ready to be alpha.. You are readityaml

know it.”

breath and

Over

with everything he had, She looked over

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

walked to my house in am unuary quiet lift her anger or sadness. I could not tell what she was going to say to mi when we were alone but I knew she was

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

feel good about this,” she finally sand..

“Mama,” I started.

It is hard to start a relationship when one of the people imit

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

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

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

felt the years fade and I was a

me. “I still wanna kill him,” she

in an intricate four–stranded braid Sculled the

my n*eckline. Then the cuffs. And finallyt tizenklets. These were to symbolize

me before dinner tonight. They selected fighters and whoever

and their

would serve me. I found it funny the thought of

the people were laughing and dancing and singing theppadisescof Grayson who stood withhenylbrothers Theo joked with him and Charlie was stone–faced.

Time

meantileetmeto at throne beside Grayson I felt like

our fightersstoryou, Icon called to me.

Matt, Brian, and

will fight for the prize of champion

a brand from nuwhich felt slightly off putting. I did not find it pleasing

much of a fight Mattwassalonwerthe other men and quickly had them out for the count. He had punched Lean once and he went dizzy, Arran put up a better

print next to it. I felt like puking as walked over to him pity

am honored Anna,” he whispered. “I can take it

and the sizzle made me