Stories tagged with "capture"
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Wager

Henry raised an eyebrow. “I’ll humor you once more.”
Lily leaned against the rim of the dumpster, her fingertips pressed agai… -
Leave Him To Me

The stranger approached me, raising the blade as he did. I squeezed my eyes shut. Maybe I wasn’t going to be gutted, but I wa…
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Accursed Persuasion

I’d seen pictures of him before, but he looked different without all the pomp and circumstance.
His keen eyes, dark hair, and… -
Accursed Contemplation

I kept my eyes locked on the trembling girl, her own eyes flitting from myself, to Lansing, to the gun in my hand. Behind tho…
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Accursed Questioning

I sat up slowly, cringing against the pain shooting down my back. I hadn’t seen the Primire in two days; I wonder what’s happ…
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Blessed Position

I couldn’t believe my luck. I’d pulled an all-nighter fixing a sort of corset to throw off obvious suspicions (I was thanking…
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Accursed Mindset

I walked briskly through the sea of people, trying not to look conspicuous or worried.
Every face was unfriendly, every stran… -
Good as Your Word

Cricket snorted. “You ain’t gettin’ info that easy.”
The master smirked. “You are familiar with water torture?”
“Sure am.”
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I Presume?

I awoke, wrists bound, held upright by two goons dressed like living shadows, who knows how much later. Cricket, bound in the…
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