All Chapters of Sorry, I Own The Nightmare: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

Three days later, Adrian had already climbed to fourth place on the leaderboard and was getting ready to enter a new dungeon.The campfire threw light across his face, sharpening his features. His sleeves were rolled up, showing strong forearms.He was explaining combat tricks to Theo, and Theo was eating it up. Monster blood was still smeared across the kid's face.Theo lifted his chin, looking way too proud."Fourth place is nothing. Dad's hitting top three tomorrow."The chat immediately started losing its mind:[Okay, rich-kid energy goes crazy.][Bro won the genetic lottery. Hot and overpowered.]Adrian loosened his tie, exposing a cut near his collarbone. I moved to patch it up, but he stopped me."No need. Lunch ready?"Sweat slid down my face as I kept an eye on the grill."Almost."Theo threw me an annoyed look."Mom's useless. That girl yesterday was awesome. She soloed two huge monsters."Adrian stayed quiet.I frowned. "Theo."He immediately shifted closer t

I covered my face, stunned for a second.Then I looked up, my eyes sweeping across everyone in front of me.They finally landed on the doctor."Heh... heh... my fault... Why did I save her...?"The doctor suddenly started laughing.Cold. Wrong.Danny instantly let go.The entire maternity ward hallway dropped into darkness.Countless babies started crying from every direction.I backed up fast until my spine slammed against the freezing wall."It's the boss! Run!"At Mollie's scream, everyone took off for the stairwell.Even Danny charged into the delivery room, grabbed Chloe and the baby, and ran.Adrian scooped Theo into his arms and happened to glance at me.He frowned."Quit acting like you're trying to get yourself killed."Then he walked off without looking back.The chat instantly flooded the screen:[This got crazy fast.][Finally dumped that useless woman.][Wait... that's the boss? Doesn't look like it.]I didn't move.I just watched them panic and run.

"The winner of this year's 'Stellar Award' for Best Game Design is—Sia Sewell!"At twenty-one, I walked onstage in a white tee and jeans. The spotlight hit my face. The room erupted in applause, and industry veterans looked at me with open approval.I was about to start my speech when the lights cut out.A single spotlight snapped to the middle of the crowd. A tall figure rose to his feet. Sharp posture. Perfect dark blue suit. A huge bouquet of Galaxy Roses in his hand.The entire hall froze as he headed for the stage."ChaseTech's CEO, Adrian Chase?" someone blurted.My heart skipped.Adrian was basically a legend at our college. He'd built his company young. Brilliant, successful, and always attentive to me.He stepped onto the stage, his voice low and smooth. "Sorry for crashing a moment this big. But if I don't say this now, I might lose my shot."He dropped to one knee and opened a velvet box. A blue diamond ring sat inside."From the first time I saw your design sketch

The livestream chat instantly exploded:[Designer?!][No wonder she can control the BOSS!][So she planned this whole thing?]Sylar followed silently behind me. His silver hair gave off a faint glow in the dim hallway.I looked Chloe right in her twisted face. "This dungeon was never finished. You've already gone off-script.""So what?" Her tentacles tightened around Adrian. "I'm stronger than ever now!"Theo ran toward me, crying so hard he could barely breathe."Mom! Save me! I know I was wrong!"A tentacle whipped toward his back—Sylar moved like a flash.His silver hair snapped out like a blade and sliced the tentacle clean off."Ahhh!" Chloe screamed as black fluid sprayed from the wound.Adrian stared at me, struggling to find his voice."Sia... you've been fixing the game this whole time?"Sylar stepped in front of me, silver hair falling down his back.His voice was lazy, but the killing intent underneath it was impossible to miss."Master, want me to end her?