Offered the chance to become an assassin, Erik takes to the street as a murderous ghost once again, cold, calculating and merciless. However, when he lays eyes on his target Christine Daae, his hard heart begins to soften. AU. Dark.

Erik is not a charitable man, and he will have what is his.

Determined to give Christine Daae a golden voice, Erik tutors her for three months. Desire, jealousy, violence and Erik's blindness that few know of seep to the surface of their student-teacher relationship and darkens it considerably. On temp. hiatus.

Play the game. That’s all Zuko had to do. He already knew he had the skill to win. Then the prizes would be his...all of them. A Zutara capture fic of a different colour! The sequel to Bent and the Ho'Wan Island Carnival! COMPLETE.