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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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

him.” He gave

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

go to Then, I grabbed the cloth from

she left quickly wrapped her in a hug and

cold water and cleaned his fingers

dows? I looked at the red on his hands. “Like a

“An-”

I gave him a serious look.

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

“Yaume amidin. Beating Grayson will not prove

know it.”

and I wanted to ask what he meant

Over

fought with everything he had, She looked over at me with an

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

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

when I opened the door and I thanked the goddess silently. We wane tip to my

good about this,” she finally sand..

“Mama,” I started.

he willl din amuthing for you, hut he is fractured. It is hard to

his came the youth this situation is not one any mother

leave you now that I know

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not break for anyone mama.” I told her. That show you know, because you raised me, anthyou made me stronger than any kind of sadness. Even if he hurts

years fade and

me. “I still wanna kill

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

These were to symbolize my

merhad it to welcome me before dinner tonight. They selected fighters and

their cups and their plates to show my devotionit.comywypack.

Grayson would serve me. I

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

me. Time to welcome our

at throne beside Grayson I felt like

have chosen our fightersstoryou, Icon called to me.

Matt, Brian, and Leomaillsteppetifforward.

fight for the prize of champion and brand

off putting. I did not find it pleasing to push a piece of hit metal into the skin of

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

print next to it. I felt like puking as walked

am honored Anna,” he whispered. “I

ofhurning flesh and the sizzle made me llinch slightly.. let it go as soon as I could a sickening feeling crawling