Making First Move Novels & Stories

Or something. “Your turn,” David said. Lauren drew a one, which meant she could move one of her pawns out of home base. “Lucky.” “Yeah,” Lauren said, looking at her pawn standing all alone on the game track. “Lucky.”

The English Opening. Daniel responded without hesitation, using his left hand with smooth, mechanical fluidity: 1... e5. The game began at a terrifying, blinding pace. The wood clicked against the board in rapid, rhythmic succession: clack-click, clack-click, clack-click. Move 5... Move 10... Move 15... Korean played with cold, inhuman perfection. Every move was executed in less than one second, his pale hand moving across the board like a white pendulum. He didn't look at the board; he looked directly into Daniel’s eyes, trying to break his psychological focus.

“The Alpha awaits your arrival.” "Don't call me that yet," I said. I didn’t look back at the world I was leaving behind. The jet began to move, carrying me south to a future I had seized for myself.

‘She hasn’t sung yet. I placed the each color of the king, queen, bishop, knight, and rook in their respective spots on the board. Moving the black queen forward two spots, I grabbed a white pawn and set it in the rank in front of it, in the capture position. That was the new move. Looking at one of the black knights, I placed it on its side. That was done. I looked back at the hatch for a moment. He was still a wild card on what he would do next but I didn’t need to move him anywhere.

"Listen to yourself. I just like to stay cool when I play chess. Is that a problem? Get ready. We're about to begin." As the blue light illuminated first, Bonnie instantly placed a blue humanoid piece on the spot. The next moment, a red light appeared. Felix moved quickly, but as soon as he grabbed a red humanoid piece, he immediately sensed something was wrong.

Marcos Duke is making one crucial mistake right now and that's underestimating me. As I shift my rook, Marcos raises a brow. “A defensive move?” He tilts his head, considering. “Safe, but predictable.” I say nothing, simply watching as he moves his knight again. The moment his fingers lift from the piece, I spot my opening and don't hesitate for even a second to take it. A rush of adrenaline surges through me as I do so. Marcos thinks he’s closing in on me, he thinks I’m too occupied defending my king to notice the gap in his setup.

He gave me a knowing look and sent a slight smirk in Devin’s direction as if they shared an inside joke. A warning bell went off in my head, but I was too preoccupied to pay it any heed, “Or perhaps it might cost you someone else’s life.” He leered at the members of my pack that stood flanking me. His threat was blatantly obvious and took several ounces of self-control not to pounce and rip his head off. ‘Rule no. 1: IN BATTLE, NEVER MAKE THE FIRST MOVE.’ I reminded everyone through mind link. The aim was to rile them up enough to have them pounce first. You’d be surprised as to how many blood baths actually began like this.

After he waved his hand, from a sharp rock, it turned into a flat table and two stone chairs, and on the table, there was also a chess board. "Sit down!" he sat on a stone bench and politely extended his hand to Palomas Blancas. "Okay!" After only a blink of an eye, Palomas Blancas took the white piece, looked at it for a long time, then put it down on a square in the middle of the chessboard, and then, as if not satisfied with the size of the square, reached out to rub his arched eyebrows, soft. “If I were you, I would definitely wait for the opponent to go first, observe the situation, and then make my move.” He smiled as he looked at the white piece in the middle of the board, a thought o

He was all muscles and abs but Damon still had something on him, maybe it's because he is an Alpha. The guy stood a few feet away from Damon with a determined look getting into a fighting stance. Damon stood there unconcerned. He nodded towards the guy to make a move and when the guy lunged himself at Damon, he just bent down and grabbed the guy's ankles and threw them back, over his head as he stood to full height, catapulting the guy in the air behind him and making him land on the ground with his back with a loud 'umph'. "First lesson." he said as he looked at the guy laying on the ground. "Never make the first and obvious move." His opponent started to get up and regain his balance but b

He was all muscles and abs but Damon still had something on him, maybe it's because he is an Alpha. The guy stood a few feet away from Damon with a determined look getting into a fighting stance. Damon stood there unconcerned. He nodded towards the guy to make a move and when the guy lunged himself at Damon, he just bent down and grabbed the guy's ankles and threw them back, over his head as he stood to full height, catapulting the guy in the air behind him and making him land on the ground with his back with a loud 'umph'. "First lesson." he said as he looked at the guy laying on the ground. "Never make the first and obvious move." His opponent started to get up and regain his balance but b