Adelaide Carlisle had always been a careful person, never taking unnecessary risks, never being overly rebellious or irresponsible. Preferring chess and cooking over motorcycles and parties. Now 22, years after her chess career crashed and burned, her wariness has only gotten worse, now not even wanting to risk the pain of a relationship. But when the things she most fears start pushing their way into her life, will she reject them, or learn to take a few more risks, and be okay with the consequences? Would she abandon everything she'd ever told herself about love for a cocky chess prodigy with a cowboy hat and carefree charm? Or will she build her walls higher than before and choose safety instead? ---------------------------------------------------- !CW! This story contains alc0h0l use, sewersl1de, abvse, and other possibly upsetting themes. please read with caution and enjoy <3 © ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Please do not try to copy, screenshot, share, pass off as your own, or use any part of this fan-fiction without giving full credit to author and anyone who assisted the author in writing. Credit to Walter Tevis and Scott Frank, I do not own Benny, Beth, Cleo, Harry, Hilton, Arthur, or Jolene. All other characters and events belong to and are from the imagination of the author. ---------------------------------------------------- Started: May 21, 2023 Finished: July 24th, 2024 This fan-fiction is currently going through some editing of early chapters, please stand by while we finish construction :)

"You're his daughter." Benny stated to himself. "Bingo." "Do you play?" He asked, and you shot him a stare. "Bingo?" You replied, sarcastically. He smiled at the board, before tipping his hat and head upwards. "Chess." Life wasn't easy growing up with a chess Grandmaster as a father; it's even more difficult when you find out you could be better than him at his own game. Benny helps you realise that potential.

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯. "𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟?" "𝐌𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭.." "... 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭?" "𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞.."

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐'𝘮 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴.

𝘎𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘠𝘰𝘶, [𝘔/𝘕], 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘶𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶. || 𝘠𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦!𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘹 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦!𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 ||