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


She felt the shift in his mood. Unsurprisingly he was studying her, the predatory gaze cooled to masked indifference; his intimate scrutinization made her skin crawl.

Her trepidation was short-lived. Searing pain unexpectedly burst through her consciousness, suffocating higher through processes; ice clawed along her spine as the Face Stealer forced his way into her soul scoring for deceit.

Bile immediately rose, choking her. as she fought against his invasion. Even restrained by mortal flesh Koh was a force to be reckoned with.

She'd miscalculated; over-played her hand. Now Koh would simply take her as he had Zuko.