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

He gave me a

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

to Then, I grabbed the cloth from

her in a hug and whispered an apology she

dish in cold water and

your dows? I looked at the

“An-”

you acting so weird?” I

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

Beating Grayson will not prove you are ready to be

know it.”

and I

Over

fought with everything he had, She looked over at

ut have to take you to get ready for the feast,” she

I could not tell

thanked the goddess silently. We wane tip to my room and

don’t feel good about this,” she

“Mama,” I started.

din amuthing for you, hut he is fractured. It is hard to start a relationship when one of the

takes and I can sense his came the youth this situation is not one any

to leave you now that I know he’s

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

fade and I was a small child in

looked at me. “I still

four–stranded braid Sculled the

symbolize my tourney to Luna and how soon

tonight. They selected fighters and whoever

and their plates to show

Grayson would serve me. I found it funny the thought of

and the people were laughing and dancing and singing theppadisescof Grayson who stood withhenylbrothers Theo joked with

me. Time to welcome our

like a china

have chosen our fightersstoryou, Icon called to me.

Brian, and

of champion and brand of our Luna,

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

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

metal. My syntindwasapresentimoon with a paw print next to it. I felt like puking as walked over to him pity in my eyes.

he whispered. “I can take it bortwany,

the metal into his skin. Meanvill ofhurning flesh and the sizzle made me llinch slightly.. let it go as soon as I