Sophia Williams
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Was this how it felt when people said a ‘bolt from the blue’? Tori stared at Gideon and everyone else stared at her after her sudden comment caught them by surprise. Gideon seemed especially stunned to hear her words and furrowed his brows as he jerked his head back. “What?” “Rosiek gave Hart the Golden Cow?” Tori asked as she gritted her teeth. “Yes, last week. She said she didn’t have time to really look it over since we had midterm exams-” “I have to make a call.” Tori shot up…-
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“No, they are not going night sailing while drunk. Are they crazy?” Tori frowned as she sat at a table and looked up at one of the imperial knights. “It’s too dangerous! They could easily lose their balance, fall into the water, and drown.” “It’s fine, pupil! I can swim!” a red-faced Master Ramos assured her as beside him, the Emperor Emeritus nodded. “I, too, can swim!” the old man slurred. The imperial knight on either side of them kept a straight face, but flushed with…
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It was approaching the three-year mark of when Tori woke up on a bed in Presidio. She counted another three months or so and then there was her rebirth anniversary. In that time, Alessa Hart had always been the source of her, the villainess’, ‘death flags’, as the genre would call them. Alessa was the heroine, and it was the heroine’s influence over the love interests that would be used to first get the villainess kicked out of school and then later killed. This was the logic Tori was coasting on…
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When Tori had revealed who she told Henrik to send an invitation to, Ilyana and Albert began yelling at once, spooking Alexander who was in his basket next to Tori. The other two teenagers had bombarded her with questions starting with ‘why’ to ‘are you crazy’. She was not. At least not in extreme means. Henrik had told her that Annika’s party would have a lot of business associates and their families. It was basically a networking event. When Tori asked why Annika didn’t invite more friends,…
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“I need to ask you an important question.” Tori stared at Piers, who sat to her left at a table above Cafe Fortuna. Piers gave her a stoic nod, expressing his permission. “Is your father going to pay for it?” Axton squinted from her right. While funding was an important question, they all knew it was a bit crass to charge the Emperor. Tori knew that, but had no problem with it and decided to do it as often as possible to supplement her resources. The Emperor was flush with money. It wasn’t as…
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Tori knit her brows together. There was a lot to unpack with what she was seeing. Even though it seemed that they only caught the tail end of the conversation, it was clear that Fabian, at the very least, suggested that Adrien’s hospitalization wasn’t because a ‘feral woman’ randomly attacked him. Tori didn’t know how much Fabian saw that night at the bookstore, but he should’ve seen enough to conclude what had happened. Fabian also didn’t seem to have mentioned she was involved. If he…
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“Fifi, we’re going to eat!” Tori raised her arm and waved at the ice rink she had created parallel to the creek, near the resort tents. Numerous children and a few adults were skating around the large rink as laughing and screaming filled the air. The little girl bundled up with a yellow chick-shaped knit cap topped with a red pom-pom kept her eyes on her feet and the skates attached to them as she made little pushes to propel herself forward. She almost looked like a ball in her tan puffy jacket.…
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“Did you do it on purpose?” Henrik asked as the carriage moved along. Tori kept her eyes out the window. “What if I did?” “What did you tell her that made her lose her mind?” Ilyana asked beside her. Tori pursed her lips. “Was it about Instructor Ignatius?” Henrik raised a brow. “Is she not over him? Isn’t she the one who dumped him?” “There are some people who will dump someone, but they still don’t want that other person to be with someone else,” Tori told them. “Not…
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“What?” Tori narrowed her eyes. “We’ve been open for over a month. Why are we just being reported for this now?” “I don’t know, however, this is an official letter from the Imperial Commerce Commission. They said that the business registration for Duel was never submitted and that we’re missing operating permits,” Mr. Somerset told her. Tori frowned more so. “That’s impossible. Henrik and I went to submit it ourselves. What do they mean it was never submitted?” She took the…
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Several eyes were fixed on JP with varying states of shock and confusion. “He had a breakdown?” Henrik asked, his voice filled with disbelief. “ JP nodded. “I heard from Madam McIntyre’s daughter, the nurse. She was dispatched with her medical team from the Central Imperial Hospital to the Prime Minister’s manor last night. Guthry collapsed after breaking down.” Tori leaned back against her chair and tapped her fingers on the table. “I’m not too surprised.” “You’re not?”…
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