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

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him.” He

an ass,”

Then, I grabbed the cloth from her.

hug and whispered an

and cleaned his fingers they

you used your dows? I looked at the red

“An-”

I gave him a

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

Beating Grayson will not prove you are ready to

know it.”

breath and I wanted to ask what he

Over

everything he had, She looked over at me with an

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

I could not tell what she

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

don’t feel good about this,” she finally

“Mama,” I started.

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 good about,”

now that I know he’s public

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you raised me, anthyou made me stronger than any kind of sadness. Even if he hurts

felt the years fade and I was a small child in

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

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

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

welcome me before dinner tonight. They selected fighters and whoever worsoodidbeart

fill their cups and their plates to show my

would serve me. I found it funny the thought

and the people were laughing and dancing

me. Time to welcome

felt like

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Brian, and Leomaillsteppetifforward.

will fight for the prize of champion and brand of our Luna,

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

punched Lean once and he went dizzy, Arran put up a

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

whispered. “I can

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