Belle Young is a beautiful young lady, born into a wealthy family. Everything is as it seems until one day she and her siblings are sent away, for safety's sake, because of someone who's hunting down their parents, for something they did in the past. What could their parents have done for someone to be hunting them? Would they be safe hidden away in different locations? Belle is sent to the wilds of the west to stay with her aunt and uncle, will she be able to adjust to the hard and rough western way of living? What about the friendly handsome man she meets, is he trustworthy of her secrets? Belle learns to have faith and trust in God through every moment, even when she feels alone and abandoned.

The Emperor doesn't need to keep his promises. . . . The competition is over. Susan and Tretan are among the winners and ready to go back home. The promise of freedom was always too good to be true and now that is proven. Instead the winners will be trained as Sicarii, the Emperor's prized assassins.

Marcy a 14 year old girl and her friends and hundreds of others have been taken away from their homes to be slaves. Every year they would take 20 little 8 year old kids from their family to work there for 10 years before letting them free, Marcy being there for almost 7 years is determined to make an end to this.

When 15 year old Allison Miller's mom dies in a car accident every thing changes for her and her dad, they moved in with her aunt Gracie, her dad gets fired from his old job and is working long shifts at a local museum. One night when her dad is working another shift an ancient heirloom goes missing in fact every night he works something always goes missing! All evidence points to him, but Allison knows her dad would never, can Allison prove her dads innocents and clear his name or will she lose him too? Find out in the adventure of Allison miller and the creepy museum mystery!

Every country has had its golden age, when that is depends on who you ask. What if those had all happened at the same time... under one leader? Susan's village has enjoyed being ignored by the Empire other than the taxes they pay every month, but when Germany becomes part of an Emorian competition, Susan and her brother's friend Tretan are chosen to represent their province. For Susan who has grown up hunting (illegally) the competition is easy at first, and if she wins she will be able to go home and not pay taxes. But over the course of the challenges she sees the extent Empire's depravity for the first time. Can the Emperor be trusted to let her go home? Or will she become a just another slave for a corrupt government?

One shots for the Empire. These are just a few glimpses into the lives of some of my minor characters. You don't have to read the Empire first, but it might make more sense if you do.