Against The Odds Novels & Stories

Ever since my best friend, Aurelia Westbrook, moved in next door, my boyfriend, Xavier Whitmore, couldn’t stop complaining about her. “She’s so completely useless,” he’d scoff. “If she doesn’t know how to cook, she should just order takeout. If she can’t figure out the washing machine, she should take her clothes to the dry cleaner. Why does she have to keep bothering you all the time?” I smiled and tried to explain. “Aurelia’s family went bankrupt. Her mother had to let all the household staff go. Normally, she doesn’t know how to do these things yet.” Xavier still wasn’t convinced. He started making bets with me every single day. “I bet that woman cuts her finger trying to cook again.”

"But what if I didn't? What if I'm good enough? I've been hunting for over a year, Camryn. I know how to move and how to read anomalies. What if I could actually win?" "You don't know that." "Neither do you." Fabian leaned forward. "The odds are designed to favor the House. Even if you win one fight, they'll keep pushing you into harder matches until you lose. That's how they maximize profit." "I know that." Whitney's jaw was tight. "I'm not stupid." "I didn't say you were. I said you're desperate. There's a difference." The bell rang again.

As much as I wanted to deny it I knew I couldn’t do it on my own, it was 6 against 1 and the odds were against me since the BBC had scored 3 on me while I was still down to zero. I looked at Adeshewa for a long time and considered what she was saying for a while then sighed heavily and sat back down. “Okay, Shewa, you have convinced me. What is your plan?”

Archer launches at him and James dodges the attack. “Go” - I say to Archer as I sit back. I’m not protecting James’s ass anymore. Archer keeps fighting James. He is faster and stronger. But still not faster and stronger than us. Archer bites James’s leg making him stop jumping around and with his paw senses him flying against a glass wall. His back shatters everything and I can see glass cutting him. James stands up and tried to fight back but archer keeps biting non-stop. James ends up flying again against a wall and staying on the floor.

Is there anything wrong with me saying you're bragging? Marco felt like he was about to explode from anger, "Stop using the odds, they don't mean anything! The fact that our odds are close is just a reflection of the caretakers' thoughts! "The caretakers merely use their surface level impressions to determine the odds. They don't know the difference between us at all. Even the warriors in the viewing area know more than the caretakers. Just pull any of the warriors from the viewing area over. They'll be able to tell you who's stronger between the two of us! They'd be even more accurate than the caretakers!"

Would that make you happy? Every single one of you here looking at me, are you trying to say you've never made a decision that was against what you were supposed to do? Are you trying to say you've never broken any laws, you've never made any mistakes? But I haven't made any mistakes. Being with Anders, choosing him, wasn't a mistake. It was a choice I made, and I paid the price for my choices. I was kicked out of the pack, and I walked away.

The odds were stacked against them, and the darkness loomed closer with each passing moment. Together, they clasped hands, their grip a testament to the unyielding bond they shared. With a glimmer of defiance in their eyes, they vowed to fight for their lives, for their love, and for the chance to see a new dawn rise. The battle had reached a tipping point, and the cliffhanger of their fate hung precariously in the balance, waiting to be resolved in the face of insurmountable odds.

"There are more than a thousand endings, but we only emerged victorious in one of them. Our odds of winning is one out of a thousand.” Those were incredibly low odds. However, Adrian knew there was no turning back now, and he would take whatever odds were in his favor. "Even with the help of these people, you're miles away from defeating him. You have another plan in your mind, don't you?" What do we do now?" Rozi asked.

“I know you don't like me, and I know you and River are more than just siblings. Still, there's no way the two of you can get married, and River isn't completely opposed to being with me. “I bet I can steal him from you whenever I want. Wanna wager on it?”

We got no better truth than that". "James, you don't understand," I said, scratching my head aimlessly. "I am a man". I know what it feels like to have something you know you have and yet can't get. You know my father owned a big water company before he died, I was young and lost my mom at four. My uncle took everything from me. I grew up in an orphanage like I had no home or family because they took every goddamn penny my papa had. I couldn't fight them so I left them spending the money that's mine. I got no evidence to fight. But you Alex, you've got the whole evidence right before you, don't let anyone chain you away from what's rightfully yours. Not the stranger calling and not even your