Sophia Anderson
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“This is outrageous!” Queen Zara stood from her chair as she yelled out at Empress Victoria during a video conference call. “The royal guard. The Empress Victoria calmly sat on the other end of the conference call in her throne room. She waved off her soldiers and other attendants in the room before responding. She then said, “Queen Zara! Xenia is the heir to my empire. She has a bloodline power. She cannot be controlled by anyone. She has full control of foreign affairs because King Ramses pat…-
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Michael led Xenia through the cathedral-like atrium of the basilica and into the grand stair case that ascended the entire structure. He turned to Xenia, “This staircase will take us to the highest point of the building past where the elevators will take us. Care to take a walk?” She smiled at him, “Trust me. You can’t wear me out. Many men have tried and failed.” The two began to climb the staircase all the way to the top floor. Once reaching the 50th floor, the usual whole floor layout…
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News of Xenia’s arrival in the Holy Light Empire traveled quickly. Tens of thousands of people gathered around the Holy Light Empire Basilica in the capital city anxiously hoping to catch a glimpse of her. The people of the empire had a surprisingly positive attitude surrounding their new ruler. Pope Gregory had neglected the common folk allowing the rich to get richer and for corruption to spread freely. Xenia represented a new hope for the lower 90% of the empire. Xenia and Michael rode in a…
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Felton took his .50 caliber rifle and looked off the edge of Xenia’s villa down towards the ocean a mile away. He decided to take a prone position, and he looked through his scope to assess the targets. There were more than ten targets present, and he could choose which to shoot at. He picked a target and focused on it. The waves of the sea rocked the target up and down. He tried to move with the target until he believed he had the pattern of the waves down. He gripped the trigger lightly and held…
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Xenia had long since had her attendants set up her rooftop terrace for the shooting competition. The electronic targets were set up in the distant mountains and distant bay, sandbags were available for the shooters to arrange the barrel upon, and refreshments were available. Although Xenia officially referred to her property as a ‘villa’, it was truly massive with tens of thousands of square feet, and as such, the rooftop terrace was the size of a football field. The edges of the rooftop were infinity…
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Zara quickly started to dial Captain Felton’s private line. The phone began to ring as she urged, “Come on. Pick up, pick up!” Then a voice picked up, “Queen Zara, I hope all is well. What can I do for you?” Zara urgently asked, “Where are you, right this moment?” Felton with a bit of confusion in his voice answered, “We have just finished our sniper training for the morning, and we are in the royal guard field house now. You will be quite pleased to know that our ki-enhanced sniper…
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Xenia awoke in bed lying next to a still sleeping Peter. It was very early in the morning and still dark out. Xenia looked to the clock to see it read ‘4:15 AM’. She then looked up to see the lifeless bodies of John and Matt hanging above dripping small drops of blood from their massive abdominal gashes. Xenia smiled up at them and ran her hands through her now crusted over blood-drenched hair. She smiled to herself in extreme pleasure as she thought, “What a night. So much fun.” She then rolled…
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Xenia returned to her private villa after the victory parade had concluded. As she entered, she barked orders at her chief attendant, “I am not to be disturbed for the remainder of the evening under any circumstances! Is that clear?” The attendant bowed deeply, “You are not to be disturbed under any circumstance. I will ensure your peace and privacy for the remainder of the evening, Warlord.” Xenia walked by during the exchange, not stopping to spare even a second as she made a line for the…
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The victory parade consisted of tens of thousands of soldiers marching in column formations from the castle to the capital square ending near a site dedicated to a future memorial planned to depict Xenia’s triumph over Pope Gregory. The columns of soldiers had drummers beating an intimidating and powerful tune as the parade marched on, and the various rows of soldiers alternated between those wearing black and those wearing red uniforms creating a striped red and black formation. Xenia herself rode in…
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Xenia made a leisurely return to the BloodStar Empire following her earth-shattering defeat of Pope Gregory. The world was still abuzz with excitement and anxiety following the monumental and shocking outcome, and yet Xenia had something else on her mind. She walked through the dark hallways of stone underneath BloodStar Castle as she made her way to the very depths of the dungeon. The click of her boots against the stone floor echoed as she walked in her all-black leather outfit that had come to define…
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