All Chapters of Love In A Deadly Game : Chapter 21 - Chapter 29

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Chapter 21

Noah screamed so hard his voice cracked.“RIVEN WAS RIGHT!”The sound of the train thundered through the tunnel.Metal screamed against metal.The tracks beneath them shook violently.The headlights grew bigger.Closer.Tess dropped to her knees.“No no no no no—”Kai grabbed her arm and yanked her up.“This is not a dying position, princess!”“I DON’T WANT TO DIE!”“Neither do I!”Jax spun around wildly.“There has to be another way out!”“There isn’t!” Noah shouted.“How do you know?!”“Because I looked and now I regret looking!”Lena ran toward the tunnel wall.Concrete.No doors.No openings.Nothing.Her heartbeat became painful.Sera was gone, Riven was right.And she had ignored him.Again.The train horn blasted.Elara’s calm finally cracked.“Lena!”Lena turned.“What?!”Elara pointed downward.“There!”A narrow maintenance gap.Tiny.Built beneath the tracks.Barely enough room for a human body.Kai looked horrified.“You want us to fit in THAT?”Jax stared.“That’s not a hi

Chapter 22

A familiar voice growled “Why do I keep finding you like this?” Lena’s entire body froze. Then another creature flew sideways. Its small twisted body smashed into the maze wall with a wet crack. Riven stood between her and the monsters. Breathing hard covered in blood. His dark shirt was soaked through near his side where fake Riven had stabbed him earlier. One hand pressed against the wound. The other held his blade. His cold eyes locked onto the creatures crawling toward them. Deadly. Furious. Lena’s throat tightened painfully. “You came back…” Riven didn’t look at her. “I made a terrible decision.” Another creature lunged. He caught it mid air and slammed it into the floor hard enough to break its spine. Black liquid splashed across the walls. The others hissed violently. Their eyeless faces twisted toward him. Lena stared. “You should be dead.” “That was apparently the plan.” He sliced another creature apart. Then finally looked at her. And immediately n

Chapter 23

Riven’s blade remained pressed against Sera’s throat. The maze went dead quiet. Even the dripping water seemed to stop. Sera didn’t move. Didn’t flinch. Didn’t blink. That beautiful smile stayed exactly where it was. “You see?” she whispered softly. “That reaction right there.” Riven’s dark eyes looked murderous. “Keep talking.” Kai slowly lifted both hands. “Okay wow. This group therapy session became a hostage situation very fast.” Noah looked genuinely sick. “Should we stop him?” Jax snorted. “You volunteer first.” “No thank you.” Elara stepped forward carefully, her calm voice gentle. “Riven.” He didn’t look at her. Sera tilted her head slightly against the blade. “You’re proving every rumor for us.” Lena’s heartbeat pounded painfully. Rumor. The word itself felt dangerous now. Mira leaned against the maze wall with crossed arms. Watching. Always watching. “You react emotionally around her,” Mira said quietly. Riven finally looked toward her. Cold. S

Chapter 24

Riven’s grip tightened around Lena’s arm not enough to hurt her to keep her from falling The collapsing floor groaned beneath him. Cracks spread violently under his boots. Dust poured into the darkness below. Lena dangled over the endless drop, her injured ankle screaming with pain while black-eyed creatures shrieked around them like starving animals. And Riven— Riven looked one second away from breaking. “RIVEN!” Jax shouted again. “LET HER GO OR YOU’RE BOTH DEAD!” Riven ignored him completely. His dark eyes never left Lena’s face. “Use your other hand,” he ordered sharply. Lena tried. Pain ripped through her shoulder instantly. She gasped hard. “I can’t—” Another section of concrete snapped beneath Riven’s feet. Kai’s voice echoed from below. “THAT SOUNDS VERY BAD UP THERE!” Noah looked like he was spiritually collapsing. “Oh my God oh my God oh my God—” Mira’s voice cut through the panic immediately. “Move now or the entire platform falls.” Elara crouched n

Chapter 25

“You’re going to get us all killed.”Lena froze.The whisper slid into her ear softly.Cold.When she turned sharply nobody stood close enough.The station lights flickered violently overhead. Red emergency glow painted the underground platform in bloody shadows while the creatures retreated slowly into the darkness beneath the tracks.Watching.Waiting.Lena’s chest tightened.Her eyes moved across the group.Kai stood near the broken benches catching his breath, one hand pressed against his ribs.Elara held Tess protectively beside her.Noah looked seconds away from a complete emotional breakdown.Sera leaned against a rusted pillar with that unreadable smile again.Mira watched everything with her sharp calculating eyes.Zane stood near the wall like part of the darkness itself.And Jax?Jax stared directly at Riven.Like he finally understood something dangerous.Riven still held Lena upright carefully.His scarred hand stayed around her wrist like letting go would physically hurt

Chapter 26

Mira met her eyes calmly.Lena realized Mira had separated her from Riven on purpose.The understanding hit, hard not loud like ice sliding slowly beneath her skin.Behind the iron barrier, Riven slammed his fist against the metal again.The entire tunnel shook violently.“MOVE AWAY FROM THE DOOR!”His voice echoed through the narrow corridor like a threat.Not just angry.Dangerous.Tess flinched immediately on the other side.Noah looked pale beside Lena.“I think he’s going to kill the wall.”“He might,” Elara whispered.Mira finally released Lena’s arm.Smoothly.Like nothing strange had happened.Like this was survival.Nothing more.The tunnel lights flickered red overhead.Water dripped steadily from rusted pipes.And somewhere deeper inside the darknessomething scratched against metal.Slow.Patient.Listening.Riven hit the barrier again.Hard enough to bend part of the steel inward.Kai stared at him.“…That feels medically concerning.”“Riven,” Jax snapped sharply. “Stop.”

Chapter 27

Kai hit the metal wall with a painful grunt.The entire tunnel rang from the impact.Dust rained from the ceiling, Tess cried out softly.And Riven.....Riven kept walking toward Jax with the blade still in his hand.Slow.Steady.Like he had already decided how this ended.Jax pushed himself backward across the cracked metal floor, coughing blood hard enough to stain his chin dark red.But somehow he still looked defiant...... still pushing......still provoking.“You gonna do it?” Jax rasped.Riven didn’t answer.That silence terrified Lena more than shouting would have because she realized something horrible, if Riven lost control completely nobody here could stop him.Not Kai.Not Zane.Maybe not even the system itself.“Riven.”Lena’s voice shook.He stopped moving instantly.Everyone saw that too.And somehow that made the tension worse, the tunnel lights flickered violently overhead.The red emergency glow painted Riven’s face in shifting shadows while his chest rose slowly with

Chapter 28

The chain hadn't broken on its own, someone had done it. Lena's fingers slipped against the edge pain shot through her ribs, the darkness beneath her seemed alive. Hundreds of breaths, something moved below. Waiting. Hungry. "LENA!" Riven's voice ripped through the tunnel. The platform separating them groaned as he slammed into it. Hard. "Riven, stop!" Elara shouted. He ignored her. Lena tried pulling herself up. Her injured ankle screamed. Her hands slipped. For one terrible second, her body dropped lower. A scream escaped her throat. Riven's face changed instantly. Not anger. Fear. Leña was terrified Kai dropped to one knee near the edge. "Grab my hand!" "I'm trying!" "Noah!" "I'm here!" The lean scout dropped beside Kai immediately. His face was pale. His hands were shaking. But he still reached for her. "Come on, Lena." "You can do it." The platform shifted again. The darkness below breathed louder. A long pale arm suddenly emerged from beneath th

Chapter 29

Riven's words hung in the air. "You looked at me like I was still human." Lena didn't answer immediately. For the first time, she saw genuine vulnerability beneath Riven's cold exterior. Not weakness. Real pain. The kind that belonged to someone who had suffered for so long that he no longer remembered what it felt like to be understood. The dripping water echoed softly through the maintenance chamber. Then every light suddenly died. Darkness swallowed the room. Tess screamed. Noah jumped so violently he nearly collided with Kai. "What now?" Kai groaned. The speakers crackled overhead. Static hissed through the darkness. Then laughter followed. The Watchers. Their voices crawled through the room like insects beneath skin. Every player immediately stood. Weapons drawn. Eyes searching. Then blinding white light exploded across the chamber. A massive screen appeared overhead the watchers spoke together, dozens of distorted voices merging into one

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