The Domesticated: Chapter 8
They wished to ensure that the young master, as they called him on the phone, did not leave himself destitute before his thirties."
Changing of the Guard - An Unexpected Gift
It lingered for a moment above a canfire, drank in the poetry of the ragged prayers of the destitute before rising again, stronger, bolder... as it picked up speed, it gathered dust and leaves, whipping them up like an invisible hand.
Stray
You'll end up poor and destitute. then you'll die like the rest of those poor bastards out there. i can't let you do that to yourself jacklyn." \>"then we'll run away together! to somewhere far away and where no one else knows us.
Thick as Thieves
They had both pledged to do whatever it took to make sure they would never be poor or destitute, they had used their slight bodies and small frames to become thieves.
A Pleasure Doing Business
She found herself wondering what sort of life she and huck would have in val salia, whether or not huck, with his impulsive imagination ungoverned by his caste, would see them into comfort and luxury, or destitution and ruin. only time would tell.
The Fox General: Menagerie of the Shah
Most of the foxen colonies we encountered were, as the rumors said, evacuated and stripped of supplies, making them almost as desolate as the human ruins; only a few foxes remained, the old and the destitute.
Star Sapphire: Chapter Two
All of this would leave him destitute. in a way, it was good that all he owned would be transferred to galess upon his marriage; his debts would be transferred as well.
A New Beginning
(word count: 2509) the cabin in the forest stood isolated and destitute, decayed by the absence of its' long lost inhabitants.
Liquid Lycanthropy
It had been years since there had been any homeless people, any destitute or hopeless individuals that had slipped through the cracks. the lycans had offered them free food, free shelter. all it took was becoming a part of their society.
An Ass of a King
Naked, exposed, destitute. i looked at the corridor in front of me as i knew what i would see: a sight no different than ari getting railed by his new “lover". or… me. me as i felt the beast's breath against my neck and earholes.
One Last Opal, pt 2
While he was willing to employee any man or woman of any race, he favored those who were destitute, desperate, and pitiful.
Fall From Grace, Chapter Eight
The mobs of foreign beggars, the sick and destitute who had risked their lives for a chance at citizenship, had picked it clean of flesh within a day, believing it would grant them the power of glimmer.