Love Locust - 2/3
Locust shakes them out of their frozen state: "checkmate in three minutes, twelve seconds." sleazy is on the edge of crying. they'll get killed now? so close of accomplishing great things? now he has a lover and some hopes?
The Traveling Slave pt4
checkmate." uxhi looked down, his eyes sweeping over the board for a few moments as if surveying his demise despite his advantageous positions. "tyvir's bounding attack. very well played. i should have seen it far sooner."
First Shift- Impetus
checkmate. "fine then . . . i told you guys at the beginning of this battle, didn't i? i don't plan on living . . . unless you die. but i didn't mean i'd commit suicide or anything. i meant . . . that i'd take you with me!"
Middle of Nowhere Ch. 14 - Dance of Despair
"checkmate," said cordax coldly. he continued pressing his paw down at the battered flaaffy beneath him, digging his claws into her back and drawing blood in the process. farruca found herself nearly breathless.
The Escape chapter one the beginning
"knight this is bishop your cover has been blown" "how's that possible bishop i took out the pawn clean, that was a checkmate?" "you are off the board knight, i repeat you are off the board."
A Fang in the Farmyard [COMMISSION]
checkmate is near.” “uh…” the wolf tilted his head, “...you wanna play checkers, boss?” shutting her eyes, heidrun rubbed the side of her brow, already fearing she made a mistake letting this one wolf have the privilege of meeting with her.
Cultural exchanges
Peace and checkmate: draconian chess phenomenon takes nation by storm! peaceful coexistence initiative scores big with draconian chess craze. board game mania causes chaos: production plants buckle under pressure!
Hit the Books [re-write]
‘it's like a game of chess, moves and counter moves…but at some point you just gotta go for checkmate…’ “heh, it's certainly not something i ever would have imagined happening before.
An Issue of Discipline
There was not a single doubt in fern's mind that it would mean checkmate for her. no longer did the dusty , oil stained garage floor hold any joy for her.
Reaper Pollenburn Campaign Episode 5
checkmate... except for one thing... they weren't dealing with a fair chess player... _when you know you can't win..._ "one problem with that..." jacob said loudly.
Experiment Series
** _ ----- “checkmate ma'am. that makes the 38th game i have won today and the 938…” i sighed, slumping in my chair. i glanced at the chessboard between us. “seriously al? even on easy?”
Finnicky Baby
checkmate, thought nick. denying that he needed diapers now would only lead to more questions. finnick stood there blinking for a few seconds and nick knew he had him. "...ffffine," finnick muttered in a mildly annoyed voice.