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

still thimit: he’s an ass,” Charles rolled his eyes.

Then, I grabbed the

hug and whispered an apology she

the dish in cold water and cleaned

you used your dows? I looked at the

“An-”

are you acting so weird?” I gave him a serious

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

Beating Grayson will not prove you are ready to be alpha..

know it.”

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

Over

looked over at me with

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

could not tell what she was going to say to mi when we were alone

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

feel good about this,” she finally sand..

“Mama,” I started.

let me finish,” she toned me/“I know he willl din amuthing for you, hut he is fractured. It is hard to start a relationship when one of the people imit wholu,” she

youth this situation is not one any mother would feel good about,” She looked at me through the mimon.

to leave you now that I know

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because you raised me, anthyou made me stronger than any kind of sadness. Even if he hurts me emiff there

I felt the years fade and I was a

looked at me. “I still wanna kill him,” she

and began braiding my hair in an intricate four–stranded braid Sculled the ones

Then the cuffs. And finallyt tizenklets. These were to symbolize my tourney

before dinner tonight. They selected fighters and

would fill their cups and

me. I found it funny

laughing and dancing

cailertvinthessaw me. Time

at throne beside Grayson I felt like a china

chosen our fightersstoryou, Icon called

Brian, and

fight for the prize of champion and brand of our

would fight to get a brand from nuwhich felt slightly off putting. I did not find it pleasing to push a piece of

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 fight but Matt was larger and could take his blows. Bru only needed

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

he whispered. “I can take it

me llinch slightly.. let it go as soon