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.

ass,” Charles rolled his eyes.

Then, I grabbed the cloth from her.

hug and

in cold water and cleaned his fingers they were stained

you used your dows? I looked at the red on his

“An-”

acting so weird?” I gave

hurt my sister, and…and wanted to prove..myself,” He looked nervously around the

shook my head.. “Yaume amidin. Beating Grayson will not prove you are ready to be

know it.”

I meann, The whispered under his breath and I wanted to ask what he meant

Over

had, She looked over

ready for

lift her anger or sadness. I could not tell what she was going to say to mi when we were alone but I knew she was

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

good about

“Mama,” I started.

you, hut he is fractured. It is

sense his came the youth this situation is not one any mother would feel good

now that I know he’s

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you raised me, anthyou made me stronger than

felt the years fade and I was a small

me. “I still wanna kill him,”

an intricate four–stranded braid Sculled the ones we leave out

went below my n*eckline. Then the cuffs. And finallyt tizenklets. These were to symbolize my tourney to Luna and how soon I

tonight. They selected fighters

Iliaditosterveeveryone.I would fill their cups and their plates

in thankssandlocelebration Grayson would serve me. I found it funny the

in my whiteddress and bare feet and the people were laughing and dancing and singing theppadisescof Grayson who stood withhenylbrothers Theo joked with him and

me. Time to welcome our

meantileetmeto at throne beside Grayson I felt like a china doll with all

chosen our fightersstoryou, Icon

Brian, and

prize of champion

brand from nuwhich felt slightly off putting. I did not find it pleasing to push a piece of hit metal into the skin of these men wholiadentfriendly to

once and he went dizzy, Arran put up a better

syntindwasapresentimoon with a paw print next to it. I felt like puking as walked over to him pity

honored Anna,” he whispered. “I

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