Star Hopper chapter 12
"still, going from a military medical officer to a beggar who borrows off of thieves. i don't know how that happened." he emphasized the that. he took another sip of his cup, peered inside it. "oh, empty. i'll just get some more."
Life of A Demon
Breaking into abandoned food stores like a thief or a beggar looking for food and water, hiding in the building for long as possible until it was time to move on. i cried at times wishing that i could see my family together again.
Krystal and Chase: Iron Sight p2
"beggars can't be choosers." she reminded herself as the vixen peeked around a corner, "besides, my staff would be hard to carry with both the sniper rifle and the heavy assault rifle on my back with it." she was in luck.
Raspberry Line Chapter 17
Not as high as he'd like but beggars can't be choosers. he waited as a kid left the machine in frustration, bumping the number to 130, and then stepped up to the game. it was inviting with its noises; _cha-ching!
Investigation - Act 2
It would no doubt take less than thirty seconds for some hungry child or beggar to spot it and take advantage. no goods, food or otherwise, would go to waste in a town like this.
To Darkness Descended
But in the end, the adoration of gangsters and beggars could never truly make up for the disdain of the great houses...
Skylands: the Scorpion Spear, Part One - “Saeldrin”, Chapter Six: Worlds Beyond Walls
Even the most rapacious raiders would beggar an attempt until wind speeds ebbed. and that applied to normal storms. the monstrous, swirling storm raging ahead of and above them was hundreds of times larger than than that of a typical emergent lightland.
Chronicles of Trisha Talon - Book 1 - Chapter 1
You do realize how much danger you can be in from bandits, beggars and those best avoided? but you'd know all about that, now, wouldn't you, trisha." she gave a feral sneer of delight. "you are wanted for fleeing rightful enslavement.
Fugitive's Trust Chapter 2 Part 2 of 2
Both him and the driver were dressed typical of cabbies in the small city: looking like a cross between a vagrant and a beggar. the footman bowed slightly as she got close.
Let Them Have Cake
If he smiled now, two golden fangs would glint in the weak light, betraying his beggar façade, but it would only grace his lips for one person in this world. his appearance was whatever he wanted others to see. that was just how he was trained.
Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow (Chapter 4)
Eventually it's your turn and the mr. handy piles a puddle of something onto your plate \>looking like a mixture of oatmeal and cram, the meal doesn't look appetizing in the least \>hell the gecko you had yesterday looked better \>but in the wasteland beggars
The Slave and the Mage: Bought, Chapter 3
Once she had tripped over a beggar in an alley who had turned out to be dead, and she had reported it to the guards, and they had come and hauled the poor soul away. none of those had been violent.