Sophia Williams
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Perhaps it was the lull after her first real ‘mission’ in collaboration with Piers and his intelligence team, but Tori felt as if a weight was lifted off her shoulders. While she knew that the mission was still in progress, it was no longer her responsibility. Piers had insisted that he would oversee it, and would not tell her any updates unless she asked. Even when she did, his answers had been short. Usually, he’d tell her a location where the tracking crystals were leading his men. Tori had…-
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“The consistency is malleable, and it will retain its stickiness until it dries in place.” Mr. Hale, one of the master tanners that did business at Daybreak Garden, told her. Tori sat at the counter where he usually showed customers examples of his work. She touched the sticky resin that she harvested from the trees at the Rotunda Garden. “It’s not as sticky.” “Rather than glue, it’s more like a sticky putty,” Mr. Hale told her. “I added some minerals to keep it malleable for longer,…
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There was nothing she wanted from Alessa except peace and quiet, but she doubted the childhood love interest of Alessa’s would understand that. Tori stared Tom down as she spat out her words carefully. If he was still in the same headspace that Gideon, Dimitri, and Fabian had been, then no matter what Tori said, she’d be met with suspicion and resistance. There was no point trying to convince Tom that she only came to help because Part of her was annoyed, as while she understood why he’d be…
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“Keep your elbows tucked! If they’re out, they’re a target!” Tori walked along the row of first-year students who were new to long swords. There was a half dozen of them, and Tiff had asked Tori to teach them the basics on how to hold the swords and the primary cuts, as Tori was the one who taught her. “Miss Ward, slow down. Concentrate on keeping the cut smooth as you shift from one position to the next. Speed can come later; perfect practice makes perfect.” “Yes, Senior!” Tori wasn’t…
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“It was one of the last villages to be abandoned in the later end of the great drought,” a thin, weathered middle-aged man said as he stood in front of the table where Tori sat, looking over a map and various papers. “As we were agricultural workers, we went out in search of farm jobs around the empire.” “And you ended up in the disputed region?” Tori asked without looking up from the reports. The mail carrier in front of her nodded and fidgeted with the wool cap in his hands. “Yes, my…
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While her brother was playing the gallant hero, Tori turned her attention to Ilyana, interested in seeing her reaction. Sonia seemed to have the same curiosity and the two of them looked at their friend between them. Ilyana’s eyes were wide and her mouth slightly open as she looked up, staring with a dazed expression at Kasen’s back. For a moment, Tori could almost hear the breathy romcom background music as her eyes crinkled up and she wavered between cringing and disgust. Sonia seemed to have been…
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“I said I have no plans to marry,” Tori told Dimitri. “ He blinked and didn’t seem to know what to say. “Then that means you won’t marry him?” Tori looked back at the guildmasters walking around in front of them. “My plans after I finish school are to travel and work with crystals, in addition to my responsibilities with my county and Lions Gate. Outside of those, I’m not making any plans. However, no matter what happens, I will support Piers. Whether I am in Soleil or abroad, whether I…
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They were cutting her out. Tori didn’t say it out loud, but that was essentially what Gideon was doing, putting distance between them and Alessa. He wasn’t just excusing them from one invitation once either, but for an indefinite amount of them. Now, he could use the excuse of training at the Naval Academy to get out of Her eyes moved to the young blonde woman whose face dropped. Alessa didn’t seem so disappointed as she was hurt. For a split second, Tori almost felt pity for her. In these sorts…
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Tori slowly narrowed her eyes as she watched the smiling face of the Empress pass to get to the last row. Maybe she was overthinking it, but did the Empress request for the judges to start at the end because she was the fourth person they’d judge instead of the seventeenth? She decided to pretend it wasn’t even if it was. She looked towards her group of friends. Several had returned, as the event was long. Many spectators came in and out, usually only staying at the beginning and end. Ilyana had a…
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She was irritated with herself for being so curious as to wonder what was happening with Pargath and the Duraga Federation. There was an annoying sense of anticipation, as if she was waiting for an inevitable event. She didn’t know how it would come about or when, but it would happen and part of her knew that she would be involved. “I bet this didn’t happen in the original game....” Tori muttered under her breath as she pinned her student guide sash. “Tori, the signups for student tour guides…
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