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

every day to have him.” He gave

still thimit: he’s an ass,”

I grabbed the cloth from

her in a hug and whispered an apology she had to

in cold water and cleaned

used your dows? I looked at the red on his

“An-”

I gave him

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

Beating Grayson will not prove you are ready to be alpha.. You

know it.”

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

Over

looked over at me

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

could not tell what she was going to

goddess silently. We wane tip to my room and satt down

don’t feel good about this,”

“Mama,” I started.

amuthing for you, hut he is fractured. It is hard to start a relationship when one of the people imit wholu,” she stood behind me brushing my

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

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

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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

and I felt the years fade and I was a small

me. “I

braiding my hair in an intricate four–stranded braid Sculled the ones we leave out to frraneany:fface.

symbolize my tourney to Luna and how soon I would

welcome me before dinner tonight. They selected fighters and whoever

Iliaditosterveeveryone.I would fill their cups and their plates to

serve me. I found it funny the thought of Graysomservingne.

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

me. Time

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

have chosen our fightersstoryou, Icon called to me.

Brian,

for the prize of champion and

would fight to get a brand from nuwhich felt slightly off putting. I did not find it pleasing to push a piece of

for the 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, Marron gave into

print next to it. I felt like puking as

he whispered.

skin. Meanvill ofhurning flesh and the sizzle made me llinch slightly.. let it go as soon as I could a sickening feeling crawling