Wager Stories

Loki accepts a bet while at one of Tony Starks endless parties. It's a simple bet, actually harmless. Just get the woman to spend a few minutes with him, to accept something from him. Nothing more. She'll never know and even if she did find out, what harm could it cause her?

Three deadly beings have made a bet that will alter events and fate. All hope is lost, the people of the nine worlds fate is sealed and no power in the worlds can change it. But that is simply not true. Leviathan chooses his own fate. Witness he and his siblings resist the temptation of power and lies to protect the world's from their 'parents'. But in a world of chaos and mix emotion and the wager at hand. What is truly right? What is truly wrong? But no matter what happens all will hail the true ruler of the nine worlds.

Stanford sisters part 1 When Sir Reginald Stanford died, leaving nothing but debts, his eldest daughter, Verity, felt responsible for her younger brother and sister's future. The deeds of the estate were missing and no one, including their trustees, seemed willing to help. The only way to restore the family's fortunes lay with signing a contract with her nearest neighbour, Lord Melrose. Could Major James Mitford, the troubled infantry officer injured at Salamanca, stop Verity from making a terrible mistake. Or would his past prevent him from being able to help.

Holly: Twenty thousand dollars in exchange for making a bad boy behave? Sold. It's the deal of a lifetime-enough money to start my dress line and enough money to return to New York. All I have to do is make my boss, Beau Kent, behave for two weeks. Okay, it's a little trickier than that. After all, Beau is manwhore with a serious self-destructive streak, and secondly...there is no secondly, he's a manwhore with a serious self-destructive streak. Still, I can do this. I'll just need to think a little outside the box. Or maybe move in with him. Beau: Moving in with me to make me behave? So not going to work. I can barely concentrate when my assistant, Holly Benson, is around. Living with me? I won't be able to focus on anything except her perfect ass...and her perfect breasts...and, well, her pretty much perfect everything. It's annoying-especially since Holly doesn't want me the same way. Then again, maybe that's the solution: make her want me, take her hard, and get her out of my system. Let the games begin.

When Serena Blessed wins a wager that she will be the first woman to wed, she is pleasantly surprised. Then she discovers that her fiancé is not the man she thought was...and is happy to admit defeat in order to win the hand of her true love.

Diyha is sick of men's ignorance and her wild tongue gets her in trouble as usual. Now her warrior cousin Yenfa must win a bet or the result is humiliation!

Percival Chen is the headmaster of the most respected English school in Saigon. He is also a bon vivant, a compulsive gambler and an incorrigible womanizer. He is well accustomed to bribing forever changing lists of government officials in order to maintain the elite status of the Chen Academy. He is fiercely proud of his Chinese heritage, and quick to spot the business opportunities rife in a divided country. He devotedly ignores all news of the fighting that swirls around him, choosing instead to read the faces of his opponents at high-stakes mahjong tables. But when his only son gets in trouble with the Vietnamese authorities, Percival faces the limits of his connections and wealth and is forced to send him away. In the loneliness that follows, Percival finds solace in Jacqueline, a beautiful woman of mixed French and Vietnamese heritage, and Laing Jai, a son born to them on the eve of the Tet offensive. Percival's new-found happiness is precarious, and as the complexities of war encroach further and further into his world, he must confront the tragedy of all he has refused to see.

Nakamura Misako is a lot of things. But a coward isn't one of them. Backing down from challenges always seemed like a baby's game to her. Any dare, wager, or bet would be quickly accepted, no questions asked. Maybe that's why it was so easy for her to agree to her most recent challenge. To get a guy to like her in ten days. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Inspiration drawn from the movie "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" [Cover made by: TheDarkenIllusions] Started: June 29th, 2020 Ended: June 23rd, 2021

Lei è Alex Lui è Harry Lei fuma Lui pure Lei beve Lui di più Lei fa sesso Lui anche Lei è single, troppi ragazzi le hanno spezzato il cuore Lui è fidanzato, ma non ancora per molto Cosa gli riserverà il destino ? Sarà l'inizio della fine ?

A traveler of the cosmos makes a bet with a seller of tales from beyond. Their wager? A single loaf of improbable bread.

Widowed on her wedding day, Eleanor Peyton, has no intention of losing her independence by remarrying, and love isn’t even a consideration. William Rudhale has no problem getting any woman he chooses and has recently become steward to Eleanor's father. When Eleanor returns to her childhood home, the beautiful yet spiky woman fascinates William. When he wagers he can win a kiss by Midwinter’s night, whose heart is at more at stake, and what will happen if Eleanor discovers the truth behind his interest?

Zuri, a struggling artist, aims to break free from the past and give a better world for her people, but will she pay the price to accomplish so?

*Short-listed for the 2019 Open Novella Contest* {2019 ONC Ambassador Pick} Sibling rivalry is a tale as old as time. For Kharma, her particular tale goes back to before time began. She's the youngest of seven archangels, and the only girl. Like her older brother, Lucifer, the Creator had banished Kharma to spend all her days on Earth among the human race fulfilling specific assignments that made them particularly unpopular. After seven thousand years, Lucifer was growing bored and began a campaign to speed up the demise of the Earth and all her inhabitants. Through the invention of the internet and the placement of ridiculous world leaders, along with corruption of religious leaders, he was very close to getting his wish. Just one thing stood in his way... Baby sis. And Kharma is a bitch.

The first installment in a series of stories which overlooks the power struggle between 2 sides which wages across the known cosmos and over every celestial object explorable. The planet Nexus is the current centre of an everlasting battle between the Sentients, a higher and richer class of humans with technology far superior to anyone, and the Consortium, a surprisingly large group of drilled soldiers who believe in honour and bravery, with tactics that always outmatch their enemies. This installment focus' on the "Castaways" or so they are called, the humans who retreated away to Nexus to escape anymore war and focus on building a new peaceful society. we focus more specifically on the defender of a Castaway town, named Damien, whos father has a past that will intertwine him in the bigger picture of things... I AM REWRITING THIS STORY. When I read it back I realised it made zero sense, so I've decided to rewrite the entire thing. Hopefully a lil better this time. Enjoy!!