lostarkives
"They promised an exit. They didn't promise it was out."
They wake alone-sealed inside concrete cells, watched by unseen eyes that already know their names. There are no instructions. No rules. Only doors that open without warning... and one unspoken promise: survive the games, or become part of them.
Caleb Moore refuses to trust anyone. Cold, arrogant, and determined to stay in control, he moves through the maze alone-until he meets Onyx Arden. Volatile, sharp-edged, and burning with defiance, she is everything he avoids and everything he can't ignore.
Forced into an uneasy alliance, they navigate a shifting labyrinth of psychological trials where survival isn't the hardest part. The games dig beneath the surface, twisting fear, memory, and desire until the line between enemy and ally blurs.
Memories don't align. Death doesn't feel final. And every exit only leads deeper inside the system watching them.
As tension fractures into trust and forbidden attraction ignites under pressure, one truth becomes unavoidable:
The games aren't deciding who deserves to live.
They're deciding who deserves to die.