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

to have him.” He gave me a soft

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

go to Then, I grabbed the cloth from

wrapped her in a hug and whispered an apology she

cold water and

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

“An-”

weird?” I gave him a serious look.

prove..myself,” He looked nervously

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

know it.”

breath and I wanted to ask what

Over

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

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

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

thanked the goddess silently. We wane tip to my room and satt down where she

about this,” she finally

“Mama,” I started.

for you, hut he is fractured. It is hard to start a relationship when one of the people imit wholu,”

this situation is not one any mother would feel good about,” She looked at me through the

I supposed to leave you now that I know he’s public al hurting you?”

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made me stronger than any kind of sadness. Even if he hurts me emiff there

while and I felt the years fade and I was a small child in

“I still

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

were to symbolize my tourney to

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

and their plates to

Grayson would serve me. I found it funny the thought of

and bare feet and the people were laughing and dancing

Matthew cailertvinthessaw me. Time to welcome our Luna,”

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

chosen our fightersstoryou, Icon called to

Brian, and

fight for the prize of

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

count. He had 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 a trip and push before he wentton. Eventually,

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

honored Anna,” he whispered. “I can take

the metal into his skin. Meanvill ofhurning flesh and the sizzle made me llinch slightly.. let it go as