Retreat Novels & Stories

"Too many breaches. We need to fall back to the inner compound." "That abandons half our territory," I protested. "That saves half the pack," he corrected sharply. "Pride or survival, Kael. Choose fast." Another section of wall collapsed. More enemies poured in. "Full retreat!" I commanded, hating every word. "Inner compound! Move!" The withdrawal was a nightmare. Warriors covered each other’s backs while the enemy pressed hard. The snow turned crimson beneath our feet, the bodies of friend and foe alike becoming obstacles we had to climb over.

"We want to win back the Madiles with our sincerity." What a clever tactic of feigned submission. They were trying to use a high-sounding statement to package, dilute, and ultimately dissolve everyone's responsibility. Then, they cleverly passed the buck back to me, hoping to reclaim their $30,000 unscathed. They thought that there was safety in numbers? That they could force me to compromise to solve the issue? Dream on!

A fully paid seven-day luxury trip to the Maldives was obviously way out of line. "My bad. From now on, company retreats are canceled. Holidays are yours. Do whatever you want."

Three words he no longer believed applied to him at all. The meeting droned through budgets and reputations. Holt would quietly disappear. St. Valen’s would add new language to its handbook. Everyone would pretend order had been restored. One by one, the faces blinked away. The call ended. Noah closed the laptop “You did well,” Henri said. “They sounded relieved.” “Relief keeps them predictable.” Henri stood, smoothing his cuffs. “The retreat gives you cover. Staff, students, movement, noise. Perfect timing for… whatever you intend to do next.”

His elite units followed instantly retreating through the portal in perfect formation. The battlefield remained silent. Then The portal closed. The threat disappeared. For now. I stood still for several seconds monitoring the energy around us. No hidden signals. No lingering system intrusion. He had truly withdrawn. The Alpha lowered his weapon slowly. “He left.” “Yes.” The uncle approached carefully from behind. “He retreated because direct confrontation failed.” His gaze shifted toward me. “But that does not mean war is over.” I nodded. “I know.” The creature beside me released a deep low growl as if confirming that the danger

"Fine. Go get changed." *** Translations: *nyash: ass. When someone says your father's nyash, its basically your father's ass they're cursing out. *Waka: Its a curse or an insult *No vex o: Don't be angry

He is standing firm and calm while watching the approaching danger. "Oh gosh," I whisper as the creature springs back up to his back legs. He swings two of his massive arms at Terrax at once, and Terrax rolls in between his legs. Before the creature can turn around, Terrax stabs it. He drags his sharp blade down the Latroot's back, and the creature roars out in pain. He swings his lower right arm behind him, and Terrax is forced to jump back. But in doing so, he loses his weapon.

I disconnect as the line slowly inches forward and stops. If I can only get out of here, I'll be able to get the supplies home to my sick wife.

“Shit, yea. Show me.” She frowned at his curse word, but took out her phone and opened the mail. “Read it aloud,” he said nervously. She took a deep breath and read it. "Hey Terrorist, You’ve had more than enough time to mull over our previous message. But we see you’ve decided not to sway. Valiant. That’s good in a woman such as yourself but dangerous, especially in life or death situation like this. Since we’re much more broad minded than you guys will ever be, we have graced you with a second chance. You can still back out if you want. You’ll be out of danger. Otherwise...

"You said you're moving right, that's not a problem. Ah-ah, let me finish what I'm saying. I know that right now, you're indefinitely upset and angry and you feel like they're making a huge mistake taking us away from each other but it might not be so. I know I know I'm going to miss you a whole lot but it's a good thing. See, you'll make new friends when you go to your new school and everyone is going to love you because you are tea. You're a very amazing girl and everyone is going to love you, everyone is going to want to be your friend but we will still be bestest friends. You're going to have your parents with you and I know you hate them right now but you'll find yourself loving them al