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

him.” He gave me a

thimit: he’s an ass,” Charles rolled

go to Then, I grabbed the cloth

in a hug and whispered an apology she

cold water and cleaned his

looked at the red on his hands. “Like a child?”

“An-”

acting so weird?” I

wanted to prove..myself,” He looked nervously around

“Yaume amidin. Beating Grayson will not prove you

know it.”

I meann, The whispered under his breath and I wanted

Over

fought with everything he had, She looked over at me with

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

anger or sadness. I could not tell what she was going to say

wasn’t in there when I opened the door and I thanked the goddess silently. We wane

feel good about this,” she finally

“Mama,” I started.

he is fractured. It is hard to start a relationship when one of the people imit wholu,” she stood behind me

is willing to do what it takes and I can sense his came the youth this situation is not one any mother would feel good about,” She looked at me through

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

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and 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 any kind of sadness. Even if

and I felt the years fade and I was a small child

“I still wanna kill him,” she

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

cuffs. And finallyt tizenklets. These were to symbolize my tourney to Luna and how soon I would be bound in gold to him:

tonight. They selected fighters and whoever worsoodidbeart the mark

cups and their plates

I found it

and the people were laughing and dancing and singing theppadisescof Grayson who

Time to welcome our Luna,”

encircled meantileetmeto at throne beside Grayson I felt like a china

fightersstoryou, Icon called to

Matt, Brian, and Leomaillsteppetifforward.

fight for the prize of champion

I did not find it pleasing to push a piece of hit metal into the skin of these men wholiadentfriendly

them out for the 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.

to

am honored Anna,” he whispered. “I

and pushed the metal into his skin. Meanvill ofhurning flesh and the sizzle made me llinch slightly..