تسجيل الدخولThey called her life’s work trash. Then they fired her from her job. Now, she’ll rewrite the rules of the afterlife itself. Elara Vance, after being fired from her dream job, comes home to find her boyfriend and her sister in a compromising position on her sofa. Fleeing the scene, she runs into traffic and wakes up…not dead, but conscripted. The rules of the Survival Game are simple: as a newly deceased soul, you must provide entertainment, “fancy” deaths for a cosmic audience. The penalty for refusal is true, final obliteration. Elara’s only hope is Cipher, a mysterious man who knows the Game better than anyone. He is also “Aethon”—the revolutionary AI she personally coded and deleted. The creation she abandoned is now her only guide. To survive, this anxiety-ridden horror writer must team up with her greatest regret. To win, they must do more than beat the system. They must tear it down and write a new one.
عرض المزيدFinally, for the first time since the hours they had entered the hotel, they were able to get out. To Elara, it was more of a relief. She was no longer thinking about the real world, instead, she was glad the game had ended and she was finally able to smell the outside air again. Her body felt weak from all the stress and trauma the game had caused her and she found a spot to sit and rest for a while as she watched the others standing separately and probably wondering what was next.Leo had helped Mira with Sam’s body and there had been a funeral. His body was sealed in a box and laid in an enclosed place in the hotel. Mira soon came to where Elara was and she stood by the side.“What will you do from now?” she asked.Elara turned her eyes to her, but she couldn’t give an answer to her question. it was more of like the reality she now had to face.“Where will you go from here?” Mira asked another question Elara couldn’t answer.“What about you?” Elara asked her.Mira paused and then r
The machine rotated to the direction of the third group and several spikes of crystal glass shot out. Elara could see from where she sat, flesh tearing apart and bodies being dismembered. It took all the will in her to look away and focus on the character she was playing.Soon, everything became quiet again and Mira spoke;“Sam is…was…he was my safe space. When I wanted to die, he taught me how to live and to make a worth for it. That was how I gathered the others and reassured them time and time again that today, it is us, but tomorrow, it could be someone we want to protect. But look what happened.” She raised her eyes to look at her. “There is no saving grace here. In the end, everyone is still selfish.”Elara knew this was the moment and she said to her, “Look at me. What would matter if I die? Is it knowing that there is one person who I consider the least to save me, or would I die knowing no one tried extending a helping hand?”“Nothing really matters, you know,” Mira said.“Is
Elara managed to convince Mira to join her group and she explained in details how they would act, to Leo.“You are so sure about this,” Leo said to her when she was done explaining his role. “What are you planning on doing with her?” he asked, referring to Mira.Elara looked towards Mira and said, “It’s best for the conversation to happen naturally. That way, her feelings will be into it.” She then moved her eyes to where Cipher is. He has Rue and Jax with him and was explaining their roles to them.“You’ve got this,” Leo tried cheering her up, at least, making sure she was least worried about anything. “So let’s go over it again. Once the game starts, I stay at the corner and watch you talk with Mira, then when I get the cue, I suddenly start coming over to you with the determination to kill and—”“I was here first. You can’t throw me out like that!” Commotion broke from the last group.Elara turned her attention to them and watched them argue, trying to decide who gets to complete t
Elara was lost of words. She couldn’t believe what she was seeing, but after now, things would start to take another shape. This is exactly what the game wants: to provide premium entertainment and fancy deaths. It means, to survive, one would have to be brutal, one would have to sacrifice so many things. In here, there are no rules for living, only rules for the game.Her stomach turned at the sight of blood and flesh sliced and it made her feel sick. No one should have to go through a thing like this. Mira didn’t deserve this, she thought as she watched her crouch next to Sam’s body, cradling him like a baby and sending him off. It was after he went still in her arms that she broke. She cried and hugged him tightly, like she had just lost someone precious to her.She moved her eyes and saw the guilty look on the other players faces. Without exempting herself, she knew they were all responsible. The adults are responsible for what had just happened. And despite herself, she couldn’t






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