Disclaimer: Avatar the Last Airbender copyright Dante Dimartino, Brian Konietzko and Nickelodeon Studios.


Tatsuo's smile reminded her of the ferocious arctic wolf-hares of home. She shivered. "Such information comes at a cost. What are you willing to offer for it?"

Her fists clenched. "I am your Fire Lord. You will tell me."

"Bravado doesn't suit you. Stick to the tricks you know waterbender."

She glared, sorely tempted to do as he suggested and freeze him to the nearest wall. The man was beyond infuriating, much like a certain prince had once been. She was beginning to believe all Fire Nation nobility held the same arrogance. "I will not give you the mining rights."