It Will Always Be A Game
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How about we play a game of survival, just you and I?
Secrets? Past? Lies? Desires?
Framed for homicide and mass murder, Shane Rivers has been on the run for a year, accompanied by his best friend, Alyssa White. She would go to any lengths to protect him, for he is the one person she has ever let truly see her.
As they tread down a path veiled by danger and deceit, hunted by elusive and unseen assailants, the stakes are higher than ever-because losing him means losing the only person who has truly seen her for who she is and embraced her vulnerabilities.
But stirring trouble down in the underworld had dragged Shane into a vortex of deception and betrayal, falsely accused of crimes he never committed.
With a target painted on his back by those who know no limits, his existence has become a relentless fight for survival. But with Alyssa by his side, he hoped they could weather any storm that came their way.
Determined to exact vengeance on those who have twisted their lives into a nightmare,
she vows to make Carl Tristan and his worshippers pay.
But what is life without its twists and turns? She knew her existence could never be rainbows and glitter.
One tip-off is all it takes for Alyssa White to be branded a suspect in Shane Rivers' case.
As the stakes rise, something sinister lurks beneath the surface, poised to make her suffer, waiting to annihilate her miserable world.
Poor Alyssa, trapped in webs spun by those above and beyond, like a tarantula displayed for all to watch.
What choices remain for her? Weave lies upon lies, as she has always done? Or face truths that could tear her apart?
Or, perhaps, surrender to the allure of forbidden desires?
Maybe she's the one meant to be devoured.
Times, days, places and outcomes-all entangle in a knot of fate.
In this passionate tale of love and hate, torture and dominance, the only thing that matters in the end is
Who will stand tall when everyone else falls?
Only time will tell.
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