Good Game (The System Book 1) by Madison Fox

Author:Madison Fox [Fox, Madison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Madison Fox
Published: 2023-10-11T16:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-ONE

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STEVIE

The music bleeds away as I stare into the glowing red mask.

He’s here.

He’s here, and I don’t even know what just happened.

My mind is still a jumble from how quickly everything escalated. One minute, Deanna and I are having the time of our lives, and the next, that asshat from the VSAs turns up and starts spouting a bunch of utter bullshit. Goddamned Chase and his entitled friends. They were always known for causing unnecessary drama just because they thought they owned everything and everyone.

“Are you alright?”

My eyes snap away from Blade to the pink-haired girl in front of me. She can’t be more than five feet, and yet she threw herself right in front of me.

“Am I alright? I should be asking you. Is your cheek okay?”

She just waves her hands around. “Don’t worry about it, just looking out for a fellow girl.” Her forehead crinkles, “I thought he’d back off if I got involved. He can’t afford to screw me over right now, but…I guess I miscalculated a little.”

Her cheek is slightly pink from the slap, but it’s hard to tell since she is wearing so much blush. Now that I get a better look at her without the chaos of everything around us…

Holy crap.

Pink hair. White eyeliner. Body glitter. Inch-long nails. Bubble-gum dress.

She’s TheCozyDeer.

I’m freaking obsessed with her videos. She is the cozy game and life-sim content creator right now. I play her streams and videos in the background while I paint. I live and die by her recommendations; she’s never wrong.

And she just took a slap for me.

What in the multiverse is going on?

Concern pools in her eyes. “Wait, seriously, are you alright?” She leans forward, loosely holding my wrist.

“Yeah. Sorry, no, I’m fine. I just…” Crap. I don’t want to seem like a total fangirl and scare her off, but I don’t know how else to explain my dumbstruck state. “I just didn’t realize you were, well, you.”

Her eyes soften, the worry disappearing, and a small laugh lilts out of her.

“Oh! You’re completely fine.” She leans backward into the green mask’s protective hold—Shield, I think.

“Thank you, though. He is my ex’s friend, and…well that pretty much sums it up, honestly.”

She shakes her head, “No, trust me. I understand.” There is a sadness that swirls through her gaze, but in a flash, it’s gone.

“Deer!” A petite girl with silky black hair pushes through the crowd and tumbles into our group. She tugs Deer out of the guy’s grip, porcelain hands running over her to check for any injuries. “Why would you do that? Are you okay?”

Deer squeezes her friend’s hand reassuringly. “I’m fine, Al. It was just Decker.”

“And you!” The girl pokes Shield in the chest. “You should’ve stopped her. What’s the point in having these big muscles if you don’t use them.”

“Chill, Lee. I might be muscley, but Deer is quick as a fox. Slipped right under the crowd.”

They continue to bicker back and forth, but I feel the heat of Blade’s gaze burning into my skin.

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