Treacherous Game นิยาย & เรื่องราว

Sighing, he looked sorrowfully into my eyes, "I had no choice." “Oh, that’s utter bullshit,” I said. “Of course you had a choice. But you knew I wouldn’t agree to marry you if you had opened up sooner. You tricked me into this and now you’re trying to play a safe game. You’re only doing this because your own guilt is eating you alive and you believe being honest with me now will help ease it.”

"You can't leave the game now." Say what now? Maruska was gone, with only two other men remaining behind, but I was trapped here playing this twisted game of cat-and-mouse. I opened my mouth to protest, but a hand nudged me and roulette pieces came clattering onto the table. A woman carrying a board game had tripped near me, sending the roulette wheel and tiles flying everywhere. In the distracted chaos, I managed to slip away from the table unnoticed. Fuck, this was crazy. I hadn't planned for Maruska to just disappear in the middle of trying to seduce him. Playing this game could cost me my life. Heart pounding, I turned to make my escape—

Hector walks into the game room and perceives that they have many games. From pool, darts, corn hole, archery, to knife throwing. Hector notices a few vampires and demons hanging out, playing games as they walk in. They spy Trevor by the pool table, playing with two demons. “Look who finally passed the first part of the training.” Trevor sneers at them. “Took you long enough as well. You just passed one day before us. Besides, Hector passed on his first night,” Ruby sasses him.

was nothing more than a pawn in a larger scheme, a variable that would soon be controlled. As the wind howled and the rain pounded the city into submission, the figure turned and melted into the darkness. The city was a chessboard, and they were the unseen player, manipulating the pieces from the shadows. The Triton Aquarium was merely the first square in a game that had no rules, only consequences. The invitation was a promise, but the price of that promise was a soul. And tonight, a storm was brewing, not just in the sky, but in the heart of a city on the brink of a terrifying truth. The game had begun.