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

have him.” He

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

go to Then, I grabbed the

wrapped her in a hug and whispered

in cold water and

looked at the red on his

“An-”

weird?” I gave him a

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

my head.. “Yaume amidin. Beating Grayson will not prove you are

know it.”

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

Over

everything he had, She looked over at me with an

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

walked to my house in am unuary quiet lift her anger or sadness. I could not tell what she was going to say

the goddess silently. We wane tip

good about this,” she finally

“Mama,” I started.

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

and I can sense his came the youth this situation is not one any mother would feel

am I supposed to leave you now that I

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will 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 me emiff there are

fade and I was a

me. “I still wanna kill him,”

intricate four–stranded braid Sculled the ones we leave out

the cuffs. And finallyt tizenklets. These were to symbolize my tourney to Luna and how

me before dinner tonight. They selected fighters and whoever worsoodidbeart the mark of Luna’s

their cups and their plates to show my

thankssandlocelebration Grayson would serve me. I

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

cailertvinthessaw me. Time to welcome our Luna,”

beside Grayson I felt like a china doll with all of them towering

our fightersstoryou, Icon called to

Brian, and

of champion and brand of our

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

Arran put up a better fight but Matt was larger and could take

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

honored Anna,” he whispered. “I can

sizzle made me llinch slightly.. let it go as soon as