Taking the plunge
If there is even a chance... well, you know what is at stake, the same as i do.”
Chasing the Sun - Prologue: Cold Warmth
It was like walking on a tightrope, only the stakes as much, much higher. some say being rich meant being able to do anything that the heart desired. maybe that had truth to it, but the responsibility of doing such a thing was also to be considered.
Don't Bet On It!
My belly growled loudly, as if i needed a reminder of what the stakes had been for this game. "um . . . how about we play a round 2?" drago suggested weakly.
Love Lost, Chapter 1a: Concessions.
Both male houndooms were eager to follow a trail of blood leading across joe's backyard, but the female stopped near a survey stake and sniffed the air. she looked at joe's window and growled lightly, hoping to get her master's attention.
Protector
A stake was driven strait through my heart... or did it... was my life over? did the stake pierce my body, stealing my most precious gift, life? it must have. blood stained my face, yet i felt very much alive. i opened my eyes slowly to see...
Zootopia: Brave New World - First Days and Stake Outs
"i guess i at least expected it to be somewhat more agitated than the normal stake outs. i mean, the cougar shots lightning from his paws, and the gazelle can pin people to the wall with her mind.
CFTV Commission Notice
The production team has assigned yourself the largest share of work (to reflect your creative status and overall stake in this commission). you will be covering five of the twelve tribes yourself.
Project Warblade: Chapter 5
And with how annoyed his superiors were getting at his apparent lack of progress, a lot was at stake, and not just his mental state either.
Dark Growlithe - Chapter 21
He fell for a short distance before he hit three stakes, three of many that poked up from the floor of the pit, similar to the one he'd hoped dark growlithe would meet his end in.
Book 1, Genesis: PREFACE
The bladewielders quickly began staking their claims in the land, hollowing out buildings and subways, forming nests of varying sizes and generally massacring the helpless civilians anywhere in their vicinity.
The New Year: Updates
In the meantime, i am working on a shorter ve series, a novella if you will, that has a much smaller-stakes story that i will be releasing a chapter of each month to fit in with my previous model of writing.
Pop goes Chelsea!
Sliding off the side of the girl and still holding onto the hose using it like a rappel rope she went to stake down her little project lassoing her limbs and hammering in the stakes as she floated higher and higher till the ropes tugged taught.