The Making of She Prays for Victory
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Posts tagged “The Unnamed Heroine”
She Prays for Victory - Full Story
Content Warning: Discussion of rape and the effects of rape, grisly images, brutal violence
She Prays for Victory - Conclusion
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When she had placed their weapons in their hands and smoothed their tattered garments as best she could, she began to go to and fro about the gorge.She Prays for Victory - Part 11
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Her heart standing still, and at the same time pounding to burst from her chest, she swept up behind the Roman and felled him with a single blow.She Prays for Victory - Part 10
Content Warning: Brutal violence
With that, she came back to herself.She Prays for Victory - Part 9
With a quickening pulse, she strode toward it now, the urgency of her errand rushing back over her, and she laid her hands on the ancient bark with only vanishing trepidation.
She Prays for Victory - Part 8
She ran out of the town, past the tents of her clan where they had pitched them overlooking the road from the north, and out of sight.
She Prays for Victory - Part 7
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Turning to Mave, she placed her foot on the dead woman's hip to hold the body still.She Prays for Victory - Part 6
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“And also,” said Mave, “we heard rumors of strange and disturbing portents away down at Camulodunum.”She Prays for Victory - Part 5
Camulodunum stood in darkness still when she arrived, with only the faintest suggestion of dawn at the very rim of her vision.
She Prays for Victory - Part 4
Content Warning: Discussion of rape
She looked from one to the other—from Mave's grim resolve to Lavena's controlled wretchedness.She Prays for Victory - Part 3
Content Warning: Discussion of the effects of rape
“We can rebuild,” said Lavena. “We still have the land; that’s what matters.”She Prays for Victory - Part 2
The wind blew life back into her as she walked, and by the time she was halfway home her grief had found its solace in the pricking of the cold against her skin and the warmth in her legs as she climbed.
She Prays for Victory
Tossing the ax into her other hand, she pushed the old man away. He stumbled and fell to the ground, but more barred her way.
The Making of She Lives Again
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She Lives Again - Full Story
Content Warning: Scarring, self-harm, firearms, animal attack, grisly images
She Lives Again - Conclusion
Content Warning: Firearms, animal attack, self-harm, grisly images
Then, as they did not back down but brandished their weapons anew, she tilted her head back.She Lives Again - Part 7
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Even in the closeness of the vault, the light from the sky above shone brightly enough for her to take in the curve of the hollowed cheeks.She Lives Again - Part 6
She let the feeble push propel her to the window, even as she heard a hand on the doorknob.
She Lives Again - Part 5
“I wish we could stay this way forever.”
She Lives Again - Part 4
Long after the mourners had dispersed and the sextons had emerged from the tomb, closing the great stone door behind them, she stood upon the cliff.
She Lives Again - Part 3
Content Warning: Self-harm
Another distant boom echoed from above as she swept up her benefactor’s remainsShe Lives Again - Part 2
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Blood bubbled up around her fingers.She Lives Again
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The edge of the knife rang as she drew the blade down the length of the well-oiled stone and pulled it away for the fifth time.She Swears an Oath - Full Story
Content Warning: Bondage, grisly images, intimidation, child traumatization, violence, oppression, child endangerment
She Swears an Oath - Conclusion
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“It would be a shame to execute such a hero as yourself,” he said.She Swears an Oath - Part 9
Content Warning: Violence, oppression
Looking down, she saw the same fear on Walter's face that she had already witnessed earlier that day.She Swears an Oath - Part 7
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She Swears an Oath - Part 6
Content Warning: Child traumatization
The crew cried out again in terror as the ship yawed to the left, back out into the open lake.She Swears an Oath - Part 5
She froze, readying herself to resist, but he cried out to her above the roaring of the wind. “Save us!” he shouted.
She Swears an Oath - Part 4
When he woke again, she kissed him and, in her most cheerful voice, said, “Come, we are going to the market!”
She Swears an Oath - Part 3
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Forcing their way in the moment she opened the door, they began to upend her small dwelling.She Swears an Oath - Part 2
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Winter had come early that year, and the thick-falling snow had deadened the sound of his wailing.She Swears an Oath
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The ropes gouged at the flesh of her arms and thighs as she fell to the floor of the small ship.