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 soft smile.

an ass,” Charles rolled his

go to Then, I grabbed

left quickly wrapped her in a hug

water and cleaned

the red on his hands. “Like

“An-”

I gave

sister, and…and wanted to prove..myself,”

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

know it.”

his breath and I wanted to ask what he

Over

fought with everything he had, She looked over at

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

my house in am unuary quiet lift her anger or sadness. I could not tell what

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

feel good about this,” she

“Mama,” I started.

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,”

sense his came the youth this situation is not one any mother would feel good about,” She looked at

now that I know he’s public al hurting you?” she whimpered.

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

a while and I felt the years fade and I was a

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

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n*eckline. Then the cuffs. And finallyt tizenklets. These were to symbolize my tourney to Luna

before dinner tonight. They selected fighters and whoever worsoodidbeart the mark of

would fill their cups and their plates

in thankssandlocelebration Grayson would serve me. I

whiteddress and bare feet and the people were laughing and dancing and singing theppadisescof Grayson who stood withhenylbrothers

me. Time to welcome

I felt like a china doll with all of them

fightersstoryou, Icon called

Brian,

will fight for the prize of champion and

putting. I did not find it

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 a trip and push before he

print next to it. I felt like puking as

honored Anna,” he whispered.

ofhurning flesh and the sizzle made me llinch slightly..