Win by Vera Nazarian

Author:Vera Nazarian
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Norilana Books

We spend all of Noon Ghost Time watching the surveillance screens. The arena is a strange sight. No gunfire, no explosions. There are Contenders walking about calmly, mostly ignoring each other, while Games workers in grey uniforms move about with stretchers and hover equipment, picking up corpses.

“Meanwhile, all the audience is probably running to the bathroom or getting food,” Brie says with a snort, as Lolu scrolls through the endless views of the Game Zone.

“Pay attention to where everyone is,” Lolu glances disdainfully at Brie. “This is when they scope out the arena and each other’s locations. The overconfident are walking around in plain sight, while the smart ones stay hidden.”

“Such as ourselves, I get it.”

Lolu frowns. “We are not hidden. We are in plain sight too because we are in a Safe Base. They all know where we are. The only difference is, we’re not easy targets, as we would be anywhere else out there.”

“Keep talking, kid.”

“Don’t underestimate her, amrevet,” Kokayi says to Brie.

Brie raises one sarcastic brow. “Don’t worry, I’m not.”

And then she stops paying attention to what’s on the screens and turns to me.

“So, Lark,” Brie says, sitting closer to me, so that I’m momentarily startled. “You’re being awfully quiet.”

“I guess,” I say. “Thinking. About everything. Not much else to do.”

Brie leans her head back easily against the wall, and exhales loudly to signal relaxation. Her face is turned away from me, in profile, and she paints a picture of cool insolence. “So what are we going to do for four days and three nights? Assuming we last in this hole. . . .”

“There’s a few food bars in my bag,” I say thoughtfully. “And in yours too. Everyone else also has something high-calorie to eat. So, theoretically we don’t need to go hunting for those food packs, which means we won’t have to leave the safety of this room. But we’ll eventually need some more water.”

I glance at Zaap. “I know you think we can survive without water for the remaining three days, but we’ll be very weak, and in no shape to fight, toward the end. So I don’t think staying put is the best idea.”

Brie nods. “Agreed. We might have to venture outside at least once, tomorrow or the next day, to get water.”

“I hope you realize you’re assuming ideal circumstances,” Chihar says. “We will be under attack very soon, even today, and especially tonight.” And then he nods to the screen where we see in one of the views a tall pale-skinned man with long white hair and a hard icy demeanor, in a Red Warrior uniform, strolling casually, surrounded by half a dozen others in various colored uniforms, all of them moving in a group. It’s Hedj Kukkait, demonstrably the leader of this pack.

Lolu finds another window view, and another, and there are other groups centered around various high-profile Contenders. In the heart of the Arena near the Red post structure, on the ground, Sarpanit Latao, the Scientist in Blue, is settled

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