Sophia Williams
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In the back of her mind, Tori couldn’t help but think about the showdown theme to a classic western. She sat in front of Ewan on their outrigger canoe. A few paces to their left was another canoe, with Gideon in front and Fabian in the back. She narrowed her eyes as they bobbed up and down. Her fingers twitched around the shaft and grip of her paddle, as if ready to pull a trigger the moment Instructor Ignatius shouted for them to go. Her heart was beating quickly in her chest as she turned her eyes…-
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“There is a shop in the fifth district that is closing.” Guild Master Skuldsen sat with Tori out on the lounge chairs, just past the deck where another surprisingly tense game of bingo was happening. “It may fit your needs.” “We will need quite a bit of storage space, as well as open areas for the machines,” Tori said. The fifth district was a good location for shops, but perhaps not necessarily for everything else. “This is a rather unique venture that will work as both a factory of sorts…
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“Where have you two been?” Albert looked almost frantic as she and Ilyana rushed down the steps to get to their seats at the front row. “It’s a long story,” Tori said as they scooted past him. “I’ll explain after the entrance ceremony.” “Did we miss anything?” Ilyana asked, reaching for Sonia’s banner. “The host school just marched out. Lycée hosted last year, so they’ll come out later,” Albert said. Ilyana let out a breath of relief. She and Tori unraveled Sonia’s banner…
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Ilyana wasn’t talking. Tori knit her brows together and leaned forward. “Ilyana?” Tori glanced at her brother and then moved closer to her friend. “Are you all right?” Ilyana’s eyes were still fixed on Kasen. She nodded her head quietly. “He...helped me...pinecones.” Tori squinted. “That’s great....” She looked at her brother and motioned her hand towards the tree where another canvas bag was now only half filled. “Can you move it to the tree?” “Sure.” He bent down and…
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“She just bowed to them and then left?” Miss Vissage crinkled her eyes and lowered her cup of coffee before looking towards where Tori and Piers were seated further away. A small table was between them, along with a piece of paper torn from Axton’s story guide. Axton looked at his two friends as he sat at the head of the main table with the others. He had brought with him a map he was working on along with a small book where he’d written a storyline. It was still incomplete, but he doubted…
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The fastest way out would be to exit through the small side door leading to a back hall, opposite the main entryway of the ballroom. It was where Piers and Axton slipped in and out unannounced. Unfortunately, Tori wasn’t sure which of the side doors they had entered through and, for security's sake, most of them were likely locked and she could end up in front of one of the locked ones. The only doors she knew were open wer across the ballroom, where everyone had entered. In order to reach them, she’d…
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Tori froze with Ilyana beside her. She was prepared to deal with Dimitri, Montan, and Alessa by herself, but didn’t expect Axton and Piers to arrive. With other problematic love interests, it wasn’t a problem. Piers had a good handle on Gideon. Dimitri and Fabian wouldn’t say or do anything against her as long as Axton or Piers were there. However, Montan was a different story. Both she and Ilyana knew how Axton felt about his half-brother, and the tension began to shift from her versus the love…
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While his usual training sessions with the knight cadets were relegated to drills and conditioning, the weekend-long training exercise in the mountains east of the city left Fabian feeling energized. He often grew bored with drills, and thus he found his training with Master Pete much more useful. However, that weekend with the knight cadets was meant to stage a specific scenario. They were required to trek through the mountains, build a camp, and survive for the weekend on their own rations and…
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“So...this tent was empty last night,” Tori said as she, Piers, and Axton stood at the furnished, but unoccupied tent that was between Axton’s and Ewan’s. “This was supposed to be Axton's tent. Axton, your tent was supposed to go to Piers.” “I thought they told me tent eight,” Axton said. “I counted eight down from the entrance." Tori closed her eyes and rubbed her forehead. “Axton, you had a map for the tent arrangements. All the ones on the west of the walkway are odd and all the…
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There was an excitement in the air, and Tori was quite certain it was mainly hers at the prospect of personally beating Gideon. She liked the Empress, but had no issues destroying her in a race, especially when it meant making Gideon a loser. Tori knelt down to remove her boots. Once they were off, her pale, bare feet hit the coarse sand, and she rolled up her pants to her calves. She felt she'd have better grip barefoot. “I bet Cousin Tori’s going to win,” she heard Marco tell his brother. “Want…
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