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

day to have him.” He gave me a soft smile.

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

to Then, I grabbed the cloth from her.

left quickly wrapped her in a hug and whispered an apology she had

(dabbed the dish in cold water and cleaned his fingers they were stained

used your dows? I looked at the red on his

“An-”

so weird?” I gave him a serious

prove..myself,” He

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

know it.”

what I meann, The whispered under his breath and

Over

She looked

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

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

wasn’t in there when I opened the door and I thanked the goddess silently.

good about this,” she

“Mama,” I started.

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

what it takes and I can sense his came the youth this situation is not one any mother would feel good about,” She looked

am I supposed to leave you now that I know he’s public

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and hugged her. “I 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

the years fade and

“I still wanna kill him,” she

and began braiding my hair in an intricate four–stranded braid

finallyt tizenklets. These were to symbolize my tourney to Luna and how soon

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

their cups and their plates to show my

I found it funny the thought of

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

Matthew cailertvinthessaw me. Time to welcome our

felt like a china doll

chosen our fightersstoryou, Icon

Brian, and

prize of champion and brand of our

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

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

next to it. I felt like puking as walked over to

Anna,” he whispered. “I can take it

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