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“Go,Go,Go!” The crowd yells.
“You got this! Five more seconds!”
The bull throws me around a few more spins.
I hear the buzzer go off and get thrown back from the bull. The bull whips its head towards me and charges. I get my upper half out of the way as the bull runs over my legs and turns and steps on my side.
My first time in this arena and I get trampled.
“ A whopping 97.50 points out of 100 f...
The fire crackled softly, its warm glow casting flickering shadows across the forest clearing. Ethel sat close to Beau, her knees drawn up as she traced patterns in the dirt with a small stick. She glanced at him out of the corner of her eye, watching how the firelight caught in his silver-threaded hair and softened the lines of his face.
“You know,” Beau said after a moment, his voice low and st...
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Ethel stood at the edge of the village, her heart pounding in her chest as the horizon stretched before her—vast and unknown. She had spent her entire life within the walls of the Matriarchal Society, a community founded on tradition, faith, and the strict, unwavering rules set by her mother. Her mother, Selene, was the embodiment of those rules—fierce, pious, and unyielding.
"Remember, Et...
As the night unfurls its velvet wings,
A quiet darkness blankets the sky,
Yet in the vastness, a thousand sparks sing—
Stars whispering secrets as they pass by.
The weight of the night presses down,
A quiet stillness settling in my chest,
Yet in the shadows, a flicker of light is found—
A distant hope that puts my fears to rest.
and though I hope it will get better.
The smoke of war clouds every...
Perhaps, the boy had wandered too far. He had left his home valleys ago,crossed rivers, climbed mountains. He knew not the land that laid before him, only the cries of nature in his far distant past. But the boy, was just a boy, and he had a world that he needed to explore. Some, like his grandfather, knew that they couldn’t keep him trapped. By asking him to stay, they were killing him. In his ey...
Cow girl is riding in the forest when she meets a prince
The prince ask for her hand where she lassoed him and dumped him on her horse Doing a buckeroo.
He asked her for a jousting but she preferred a thumb wrestle which was unique to the curious prince jousting with thumbs
He showed of is sword skills by throwing and slicing a melon at far range
She pulled out her pistol and shot a melon ...
Debbie finishes brushing her hair at the vanity and places her silver brush down before sighing and beginning the slow process of heading downstairs.
“Why do you have such a glum look on your face Debbie Lee? You should be excited, a foreign prince has chosen to visit our ranch.”
Debbie Lee just rolls her eyes and heads out to tend to the cattle before their guest arrives.
She does her daily ro...
**EXT. A DUSTY RANCH STREET - HIGH NOON**
The scorching sun beats down on the deserted street. Two men face each other, the heat shimmering off the ground. Boots crunch against the dirt as they square up, hands hovering near their holsters.
**MAN**
(_gruffly_)
Take a shot, stranger. You’ll only get one.
**STRANGER**
(_smirking_)
You’ll take the shot now—man up.
**MAN**
(_sneering_)
I’m the man....