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Ulterior Motives

Author: The Grey
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-05-23 09:18:50

MAX

All this fuss over a game of laser tag. An intense, thirty minute long, unreasonably realistic game of laser tag.

I can't believe I was so worked up over… this.

“On your left Max” Mia breezed passed with an otherworldly precision, leaving nothing but the sound of pounding feet behind me.

I'd only just turned halfway when the player fired a shot that grazed my arm, reducing my points to just five now.

“Shit.”

“Get out of the game if you don't know how to play kid” he chuckled. “You know w
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