Bloodscript: Survival Game of the Reborn
“Maria. This is *my* fault—my glitch—”
“This is the Game’s fault,” he growled. “It made the rules. It pulled the names.”
“It glitched *because of me,*” I said. “You saw the randomizer—”
“Cause and blame are not the same thing,” he said and shook me once, not gently. His fingers slid along my jaw, forcing my head up, so I had to look at him for a heartbeat. “You tugged a thread. It chose cruelty. That’s on *it.*”