A Dragon Slayer's Heart: Chapter 7 - Encounter -
They are taking it to the headquarters to be staked on a pike....then handed over to the people who hired the slayers....i would know...."
Hostile Takeover
You can't see it, but there's a small wire connected to each stake. when someone steps on the wire or trips over it, bells set up inside the cave will ring, hopefully loud enough to wake us up.
Filling the Void - Chapter Twenty-One
Swathed in their finery, the descendants of the original stake-holding families glided about on a veritable lake of polished white marble.
Learning To Fall Part 4
Then, driving several three foot long stakes into the ground they worked together to run rope crisscrossed across the alien's back and tightly tied at each corner stake.
Dark Angel Ch.5
Recently, we've both been through a terrible event in our lives and both of our lives are at stake. silnis has already done enough to help me, yet i couldn't do anything to help him. please...help me grow stronger so that i can protect him in the future.
Planet Empire: Armored Chronicles
staking up a position along the woodline using the forestation as cover, sargeant sullivan's eyes glazed at the waste that was lain before him. the open field telling its own story as pillars of black smoke billowed from burning armor.
Pentagone's heart. Ch. 4
The stakes are raised when jenna realizes two things. firstly, that the little book she fought so hard for, was far more than worth the effort. secondly, she realizes that she's a in a little over her head, out alone in the woods. chapter 4... a new day.
[SCRAP] Towers of Heaven Come Crashing Down
Or perhaps there is a new stake in creation; perhaps the time has come for man to have his say with those who dwell beyond?
The Weight Chapter 2
"no, she didn't tell me that," she said worried, "what did you two fight about that was so bad it put a five year marriage at stake?" winston sighed and hung his head in shame. "it's my fault, really," he admitted, "i should have known better." **?&?
Nightworld 26: Back Door of Hell
Devna and kadir opened fire into the thralls as frankie and ioana drew silver stakes in lieu of silenced guns.
What Ships Are For
"not gonna lie," jackie went on as the other ship kept shooting at them, "we're playing for some higher stakes than usual here a little bit."
Quiet Voices
With brady and boyce's help, gavin had posted discreet stakes low to the ground, each marked with one or more bars of color to indicate the path that they and their guests might travel.