"You're quite skilled at the art of suduction. Look at them acting like fools for you." The system compliments dryly.
"You think so? I don't think they're acting foolish enough."
"These people are practically dropping like flies around you. What will it take to satisfy you? Till they pull down heaven for you? Give up the world for you? Till they defy the prowess of fate?"
"What good are these protagonists though?" She hums, deep in thought. "The world takes up such a large space in their hearts. In their eyes, you'll only ever be second place. How will second place ever satisfy me?"
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"Do it!" She grits out. A smug smile lingering on her lips, a streak of blood slipping from the corner of her mouth. "Kill me! For the sake of the world, do it..!"
He pauses, his grip on her collar tightening. This is the woman he had once fallen madly in love with, and the same woman that mercilessly betrayed him, played him. His sharp, hot eyes glanced passed her crazed ones, sweeping down her flushed cheeks, before finally landing on her plump blood red lips. The expression on his face growing darker by the second.
She shuts her eyes, awaiting for death. She counted the mili-seconds until the system announces her success and brings her back to the space, enter a new world, and start this process all over again. The same familiar cycle.
However, her sharp eyes opened swiftly at the sudden pressure and pain against her mouth. The man has bent his head towards her and frustratedly bit her bottom lip forcefully enough to draw blood as the world explodes around them, engulfing the two figures in flames. It was quite a marvelous spectacle, and it was the last thing this world will ever see. But instead of a heart-pounding climax scene of two rivals, it became a tragic image of lovers who stood on opposing sides, eventually choosing to stand together even if it meant the end of the world.
System: GAME OVER~~
Xia: ...?!
Him: I won't let you get away.
Xia: ???????
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
*****
Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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