Maleficium: Duo (Devil's Playground Book 2) by Natalie Bennett

Author:Natalie Bennett [Bennett, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-06-15T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

I muted my earpiece and clasped my hands beneath my chin. Maverick and Charon had stayed with Mel and Dion up until they were herded in the direction they needed to go. That’s all we could do for now. If things went accordingly, Gracelyn and Puppet would be joining them soon.

Staring out the tinted side window, I watched the city fly by as Brody drove us towards our next destination.

I caught a flash of Group C running out of the Coffee House. The old man with them was barely keeping up.

I found it kind of funny seeing as he was the reason they’d gone inside of there, to begin with. Because of that decision, his granddaughter was dead. Kyrous had watched it happen on the feed linked to his cellphone while we were en route to Vesania.

Had they realized there was nowhere to hide? Even the designated safe zones were designed to lure people into a false sense of security. The Game Master believed that it heightened fear. Nine times out of ten their theory proved to be true.

I’d lost track of how many got caught up in the relief of a momentary reprieve. I didn’t understand the logic behind that. There’s a timer counting down the seconds and minutes before you must fight for your life.

How the fuck can you believe you’re safe for a fraction of a second?

Not only that, but you also must be semi-intelligent enough to solve every riddle you’re given. You could be the fastest runner in the world but if you couldn’t piece together how X equated to Y, you were guaranteed to die miserably.

Running was never the point anyway. What we wanted was for people to turn around and fight back. Devil’s Playground was founded on three very simple ideologies.

Play to kill, then play to win.

Sacrifice when necessary.

If the mood strikes, which it often did, fuck or get fucked before death.

How many do you think turned on each other to save themselves? How many strangers wound up fucking while unknowingly on camera?

That’s what the viewers wanted. It’s what made Puppet and her friends' such fan favorites.

They would kill anyone if it meant keeping each other safe. When it was time to solve a riddle, they didn’t break down or despair, they figured that shit out. They kept themselves on task and never went randomly exploring the city like so many others did.

It was rare to get candidates like these three. Even with a little help, they were doing extremely well. Puppet was the sole reason Dion’s survival rate had risen. Fuck, she helped boost Selene’s ratings too and those that knew her true identity were eager to watch her be taken out.

I didn’t give a shit about any of that, though. I only needed Puppet to live. She clearly wasn’t going to remember me or what happened anytime soon, but I could handle that as we went along.

My brothers and I had a goal to accomplish, regardless.

We would live or die trying

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