Versus Tails Novels & Stories

I replied evenly, “they’ll bow out of duty.” I leaned slightly closer. “But they’ll never respect or love you as their Luna.” Her expression darkened instantly. For a split second, she looked ready to attack me. The referee stepped between us. “Contestants,” he warned. He raised the coin. “As earlier selected, Naya chose heads. Valkyra chose tails.” The coin flipped into the air. It spun and fell. “Tails.” A murmur rippled through the crowd. “Valkyra will take the lead in all rounds.”

He said. Each of us selected one, like we were drawing lots for something darker than fate. My fingers closed around the cold weight of the lion. It was heavy, it has seen a lot. Juarez took the eagle. Maxwell the scorpion. Nero’s coin gleamed in his palm the viper. We all tossed at the same time. Nero's landed on head, the rest of us tails. Nero smirked, turning his coin between his fingers. “Well, the head wins.” He said with a grin.

Their worried faces flashed before me, asking what was wrong. I swallowed the taste of blood and managed a weak smile. "It's nothing. I just had a dream where a princess-like girl was celebrating her birthday. Her brothers brought in a whole orchestra to play for her. She had the tallest cake, and a dress prettier than any I've ever seen. They even gave her the black card just like that. "The New Year's celebration was just a distant echo for me, alone in my rented room, surrounded by a sea of discarded items. "

Patrick had dropped a bombshell, shocking everyone. The spectators had sorts of expressions as they whispered between themselves. I nudged some people aside and walked up to Patrick. The moment he caught sight of me, he blanched. Seeing the sudden change in his expression, Lucille followed his line of sight and looked over too. A flustered look flashed in her eyes when she saw that it was me. I stood there and stared at Patrick unmovingly, not sparing her a single glance.

“This round we’re only betting money, not people.” I snorted. “Once I take all your money, betting people will probably be your only option, won’t it?” Taylor burst into laughter. “Such big talk! Let’s begin then!” The rules were simple: both sides would roll five dice, and whoever had the highest total value would win. For the warm-up round, one thousand dollars was on the line. As Taylor and I started shaking our cups, anyone could see that Taylor was way more skilled. She lifted the cup to her ear, shaking rhythmically with both hands for nearly a full minute before slamming it down.

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He slightly tilted his head, gazing bleakly at me with imploring eyes in his expression. Because of Thaines, I caved with a resigned shrug. “Fine.” I narrowed my emeralds on him, feeling meager skepticism. “I call tails.” Theo flashed a quick, cheesy grin while rolling the coin between his fingers and I hummed. "Okay, heads." It did not matter to me at first but then this was Theo, so I change my mind. "Wait. I want tails." Theo shrugged. "Alright. Here goes." He curled his fingers with the tip of his thumb connecting to the end pad of his forefinger and rested the coin on the nail of his thumb. Focusing on the coin, I folded one of my arms and positioned my forefinger below my nostrils. Tha

He was to pick not one, but two white coins out of whole black lots. That’s too much to ask for, I’d say. Alpha Miles looked at me. And I held his gaze in encouragement. “You can do it!” The crown joined me in cheering him on. After some cheers and chatter, there was steel silence. “What’s going to happen if I picked 1 to be white and the other to be black?” He asked, hiding his anxiety. “That should not be so, Alpha. To stay alive, you must pick the two white coins. Else the goddess will strike you dead on the spot herself.”

"So he came to take revenge for that feeble old woman? I'll show him what it means to get on the bad side of rulers." Unknown to them both, it is them that is about to get on the bad side of rulers... And of course, just like in a harmless game of coin toss, in this very bloody game that's about to start, only one side will win. Bet now. Heads or Tails?

“Please?” “Fine.” I said. “I dare.” “Heads I win.” He said softly. “Tails I lose.” “But that’s not how the game works.” I started to say, but he’d already thrown the coin up. Time seemed to pause as I watched it roll in the air before finally landing on his open palm. “Tails.” He breathed, staring wide eyed at the coin. “As I suspected.” “I guess that means the region is mine.” I said, laughing softly.