Stronger by Ang Chris

Chapter 80

James POV

Grayson was so f**king stupid he should have blown the bridges. He should have let me gut that alpha. I know he has to think about the future but at least that way no one would dare threaten my sister ever again.

“We’ll attack at sundown,” Grayson commanded and everyone disbanded.

“Look I think you should sit this one out,” Charlie came over to me with those aggravating sympathetic big brother

eyes.

“No f**king way,” I scoffed at him.

“You’re not in control remember,” Grayson walked over to us..

As my sister’s mate so loved to remind me, I had mouthed off and gotten myself enslaved under his command.

I know he was lenient with me. I know I acted out and made my sister cry. I know I wasn’t doing anyb*dy any favors but Goddess be. I really didn’t like the look on his face.

Anna would be home with us safe and sound without him. I would have my sister beside me without my mother fretting over me or my father looking at me like he knew I would combust any second.

No, instead here we were fixing this door’s mess. My sister was in danger, but hey my parents were off my back.

I had to do everything he said but he let me fight. And he may or may not actually love my sister, as well as give her everything she’s ever wanted.

Anna would be a good mom, and I know that’s the dream she’d held closest to her heart. I wanted that for her and I wanted our family to grow.

“I think it would be wise to have me there,” I kept my voice eleven and civil.

Grayson said that I was getting too blood crazy and that I needed restraint. I think he’s stupid but I had to do what he said.

The second I became his ward even if I hated it I felt the urge to do as he said. Like the pull of a string, he told me to jump and I bounced until he said stop.

If my sister had let him be as cruel as he’d wanted I would have had a worse fate. Scared or mutilated, possibly even dead.

My mind flashed to the night of Anna’s presentation. That wolf that had tried to speak down to her and the blood. streaking from his face.

Anna hadn’t even left him his eye. I had wanted to kill him in his sleep but my father had kept an eye on me that

night.

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It was hard to think of my sister the demure, kind–hearted, optimistic girl as able to take someone’s eye but I knew her and she had more to her than most were able to see. She loved passionately and for the people she loved, I think she’d burn the world.

“I want to fight,” I pushed. I wanted to defend her.

My family annoyed me with their worried stares and disappointed glances, but I wanted them safe. This threat to us only made me angrier and more bloodthirsty.

“I want you to find restraint on the battlefield. I want you to be calmer,” Grayson told me. “If you don’t you’ll be sent home to guard Annette,”

If this enemy was completely incompetent they’d attack my sister with Theo and my father protecting her. Not to mention my bear of a mother.

Yes. Sir, I growled and marched out of the tent.

What really pissed me off was the fact that most of his orders weren’t orders they were requests, advice, and guidance.

he was giving me a choice

care if they’re doing better. I don’t care

cainc.

getting hurt. So

after me. “I want you safe I’m not trying to baby you but you’re going through things and being on the battlefield right now is

him and he says I can fight so I’m fighting. She’s my sister too and

by the shirt and spun me around. “F***ing stop it,” he growled. This isn’t a game. You are

he didn’t behave this

grabbed his hand and yanked it off my shirt but he didn’t budge. “You fight for her and so do I. I have to

off which meant I had to be Grayson’s b*tch. My alpha or my

alpha or heir.

ordered in my very bones to pay penance for

don’t get a say but you can watch my back,” I patted his arm and he

my bruther by my side and Grayson across

your punches and keep your claws

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on the edge of the forest by

to let our scents get into the forest so that when we did attack they would be woken up by the newfound scent their wolf

to rip through the camp the way I knew I could, but something dark came with that sense and I knew I had to

all the looks they gave me because I had to fight it and I was really tired

was cold and I didn’t like it. How

entering the true winter soon now it was just frosty I’m sure Grayson wanted this needed before we were frozen where we stood.

time waiting, I saw a hand wave and we slowly encroached upon them.

asleep no worries in their heads and somehow they barely

over one man from a dead sleep and he jolted awake and fumbled unsure of what was going on.

out I wasn’t friendly his wolf seemed to take over but I had

kept my claws in and punched him he attempted to scratch me but I kicked him square in the chest he fell

me to stomp on his face until I saw him

saw me and so

to extend

him

They were all so poorly trained. They never seemed to move to avoid only

my anger sl*pping and I felt a crack. He

his hands.

“Stay down,”

think I may have broken more

wrist and clenched down he broke something by the way his prey screamed. The

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yet I was the feral

misshapen. I saw another one of Stevens’s wolves in trouble I swung and beat the attacker in the head he

helped my ally to his feet and he nodded before running back into the fight…

a full–blooded alpha as well, but he wasn’t like us. He was new blood so his status showed. Charlie was leaner but tall he didn’t look like he could take Grayson but he could probably level

his shirt and pants before slamming them into

men who had ganged up on some poor

one by the back of his head with his hair and yanked him away. The girl quickly took her opening and kicked the other wolf in his chest and then jumped up on him getting

one before one uppercut took

she turned to

sister?” She was one of the ones that were always

alpha asked me to come. I want to see this finished,” she

one this whole thing started over. She was the kind of dainty frail beautiful. Like the women

My brother’s voice came