Trust (TWC ch5)

Chapter 5: Trust    Blood. Fire. Steel. Darkness. Cold. Blood. A fallen man. A bleeding body. Another. Another. Another. Blood. So much blood. A shining moon. A starless night. A frozen river. Blood.     Anya awoke, panting heavily, cold sweat running...

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Work (TWC ch2)

Chapter 2: Work    Anya, the beast-girl as her captures called her, had been following the camp for ten days now. She'd been counting. The first few days had been miserable as she had struggled to find a way out. By now though, the girl had given up...

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Caught (TWC ch1)

Caught: Chapter One    The girl stabbed the wooden spear into the water, only to see the fish dart away, a silver flash. The girl flicked her tail in annoyance, she'd been out since sunrise; the sun was nearly halfway across the sky by now and her...

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Running (TWC ch4)

Chapter 4: Running    Anya awoke in a start as she heard the shouts ring across the large camp. "Get up! Get up!" For a few seconds all was dark, and except for the shouting everything seemed normal. Anya struggled to get up, only to find herself still...

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Friend? (TWC ch3)

Chapter 3: Friends?    "You're cutting wood today." Spat today's man, one Anya didn't recognize. Each the the outlaws sent a different man to wake Anya each morning. It was never the same person, nor was it ever the same person as the same person as...

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Prologue: Burning

 Burning    They started a fire. The woman knew the end was near. The woman felt herself dragged across the stage to the pile of wood. The men tied her to the wooden pillar in the center of the pile, the rope so tight it dug deep into her flesh. She...

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Adventure (1)

Beth awoke to the gentle light of the rising sun leaking in through the small hole of the cubs' den, the soft white fur of her closest friend, May, pressing lightly against her. She began to pull her clothes on, and was soon dressed in the loose...

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Bees?

Bees?    I walked through the artificial twilight of the dome, alone as usual. The stars twinkled above me as I looked down the empty street of my Community. My long thin tail swayed behind me, my ears constantly alert for unseen dangers. In reality, I...

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