Zelda swallowed, sweat collecting on the pale skin of her brow. Now that she faced her first potential foe, the determination that had led her out into the wilderness faltered slightly. It was a simple Bokoblin, and she knew they were easily slain by even novice warriors, but apprehension gripped her heart nonetheless, as she tightened her grasp on the heavy short sword in her hands. She had replaced her royal gowns with more practical gear: her slender midsection and upper body was covered by a

The body writhed in the night. It lay basked in moonlight identified by the sheen of sweat that was the by-product of the torment that occupied the sleeper’s mind. It twisted and turned, naked to the world and tearing at the sheets, muttering incoherently. The man was aged and scarred by battle, his haired body sinewy with muscle and the thick skin of someone who’d been beaten and bruised many times. His dreamful mind waded through the horrors of what he’d witnessed. Destructio

LOVELY LYDIAMandy’s fate should have been the first warning, in retrospect.In the early hours of the morning of his 18th birthday, Josh was roused from slumber by the chiming of the doorbell downstairs and the usual thunder of his sister’s footsteps passing by in the hall and clomping down the steps. Josh simply turned over and bunched the bedsheets up around his ears to muffle the distant sounds of conversation. His eyes shot open at the sound of Mandy’s indignant shriek.“Oh my God! Eww

Reptile grinned, scaly belly wrapped tight around his former opponent. The match was technically still going, but Jade was no longer his opponent. She was just lunch.“MFFFF! MGGGHHHH! RGH! GHHHHRLKK!” The female ninja screamed. She was so much weaker than him that she couldn’t even squirm, squashed tight by his hungry belly.Reptile hissed and licked his lips, grinning at his next opponent, the Edenian Princess Kitana. The blue-clad ninja girl sat stoically, frowning intently, fighting hard