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

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too

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go to Then, I grabbed the cloth

in a hug and whispered an

dish in cold water and

your dows? I looked at the red

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weird?” I gave him a serious

and…and wanted to prove..myself,”

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know it.”

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Over

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wake upscom, ut have to take you to get ready for the

quiet lift her anger or sadness. I could not tell what she was going to say to mi when

thanked the goddess silently.

about this,” she

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

that I

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dinner tonight. They selected fighters and whoever worsoodidbeart the

fill their cups and their plates to show my

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feet and the people were laughing and dancing and singing theppadisescof

me. Time to welcome our

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Brian, and

the prize of champion and brand of our

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

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

metal. My syntindwasapresentimoon with a paw print next to it. I felt

whispered. “I can take it

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