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I shed, nodding "Okay, okay Click that button that says Enter Yondareth It will put your Beast into the world and then you can run around and get quests"

I did as she said After a ate On one side of me was the entrance to the city, on the other side was a meadow As I’d seen before in promotional artwork, videos and, most recently, the deraphics were a in another world Blades of grass shifted in the wind Different bricks of varying colors were discernible in the city wall Nearby, other figures stood, some elves, some dwarves, other humans All different skin tones, hairstyles and features Everyone had a na over his or her head

"Nohat?"

"You want to go up and talk to the NPCs--they’re the gaenerated people The other avatars represent real people behind them NPCs with quests have a shield syain experience and iteain levels for your character"

Not too long after, Sid left et ready for bed She wandered into the roo out her hair and her various other nighttily at what I’d accoo pick a bunch of flowers for him That sounds like a dumb quest," I said as she flipped back the covers on her bed

"You have to do that quest There’s a whole big story behind it It’s so roher-level quests Everybody does that quest It’s like a tradition in Dragon Epoch"

"Ah, okay," I said, shrugging

Sid let runted at her, plugging aured I’d play for another half hour or so before throwing in the towel and getting some shut-eye

The next ti aame had sucked hours of my life in immersive amusement and I hadn’t even realized it At all Man, this stuff was better than crack No wonder so h, it was hard to sleep I kept thinking about what had happened between Jordan and ood and ain with the h with these feelings I had to fight theht have fantasized about hi wrong with a healthy fantasy, was there?

One way or the other, this job was going to be the death of me

Chapter 8

Jordan

One way or the other, this wo to be the death of me

Adam had ca o over the paperwork At first he’d thrown ood reason It looked bad…the time I’d taken to answer the door The way she’d been dressed Adaether But up until the moment I’d kissed her, it had all been coo out and pick up souy could have been, anyway

I buried the rest ofthat was the surest way to get that wo way toothe way she felt underneath me as I kissed her and touched her body And it was a hard sell to getwith the investment banker was lackluster He’d been fairly cranky about our current situation with the viral sex tape But the good neas that he seemed to think there were steps we could take to avert disaster

Adaardless, I was going to do anything--anything--to keep this project going And I was rubbing up against the teek deadline he had imposed on me I’d have to turn the charht at ?" Adam spun from his officeto pinive up’ gesture "He had a couple other stipulations as well There’s all this controversy now going on in the gaainst women--"