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.

1/4

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

day to have him.” He gave me

he’s an ass,” Charles rolled his

to Then, I grabbed

hug and whispered an apology

(dabbed the dish in cold water and cleaned his fingers they were

I looked at the red on

“An-”

weird?” I gave him a serious

to prove..myself,” He looked nervously around

not prove you are ready to be alpha.. You are readityaml

know it.”

I meann, The whispered under his breath and I wanted to

Over

he had, She looked

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

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

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

don’t feel good about this,” she

“Mama,” I started.

know he willl din amuthing for you, hut he is fractured. It is hard to start a relationship

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?” she whimpered.

22

(Chanter 34

anthyou made me stronger than any kind of sadness. Even if he hurts me emiff there are challenges

a while and I felt the years fade and I

at me. “I still wanna

four–stranded braid Sculled the ones we leave out to

n*eckline. Then the cuffs. And finallyt tizenklets. These were to symbolize my tourney to Luna and how soon I would be

selected fighters and whoever worsoodidbeart

and their plates to show my devotionit.comywypack.

I found it funny

laughing and dancing and singing theppadisescof Grayson

me. Time to welcome our

throne beside Grayson I felt like a china doll with all of them towering

fightersstoryou, Icon called to me.

Brian, and Leomaillsteppetifforward.

prize of champion and brand of our Luna,

it pleasing to push a piece of hit metal into the skin of these men wholiadentfriendly to

he went dizzy, Arran put up a better fight but

and grabbed the metal. My syntindwasapresentimoon with a paw print next to it. I

he whispered.

and the sizzle made me llinch slightly..