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

every day to have him.” He

an ass,” Charles rolled his eyes.

to Then, I grabbed the cloth

she left quickly wrapped her in a hug

cold water and cleaned his

I looked at the

“An-”

so weird?” I gave him a

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

Grayson will not prove you are ready

know it.”

not what I meann, The whispered under his breath and I wanted to ask what he

Over

fought with everything he had, She looked over at me with an unreadable face.

have to take you to get ready for the feast,”

am unuary quiet lift her anger or sadness. 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

“Mama,” I started.

It is hard to start a relationship when one of the

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

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

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I told her. That show you know, because you raised me, anthyou made me stronger

and I felt the years fade and I

me. “I still wanna kill him,” she

four–stranded braid Sculled the ones we leave out

These were to symbolize my tourney to Luna and how

to welcome me before dinner tonight. They selected fighters and whoever worsoodidbeart the mark of Luna’s warrior.

their cups and their plates to

me. I

were laughing and dancing and singing

Matthew cailertvinthessaw me. Time

I felt like a china

chosen our fightersstoryou, Icon called

Matt, Brian, and Leomaillsteppetifforward.

prize of champion and brand of our Luna,

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

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

paw print next to it. I felt like puking as walked

honored Anna,” he whispered. “I

made me llinch slightly.. let it go as soon as I could a sickening feeling