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Chapter One

Conrad

“You can’t kill th”

In reality, I was already dead My fate had been sealed bydoith a whicollection of scrolls and

I leaned back, feigning confident disinterest “Come at me”

“You’re rather confident for someone with no defenses” Alden, my least favorite opponent, sounded almost bored, which only made me even more determined to hold on

“And you’re so predictable,” I shot back Maybe I could egg hi a mistake It seemed like the only option I had left

“Dude You are so screwed At least your carcass is going to be pretty” My solee in my predicament

“Beg for matic

I neither needed nor wanted an audience for this latest hu every resource on staying alive

“Ica for a fatal blow

“Yeah, well, attack this” I slapped down a card to create four tiny frog soldiers Not ertips, but it was the best I could e

Oneof a ly endless year And yes, this was only a card game, and no, another loss to Alden wouldn’t really be the worst thing to happen toto let him see me falter