Luka-When Reyna opened her menu, I knew she was going to log out. Jumping to my feet, I lunged forward to try to grab her. When my arms were met with nothing but air, I felt defeated. Falling to my knees, I felt the urge to cry, but I wasn’t the kind of guy that allowed my emotions to show.I hadn’t moved a muscle since she left and now the sun was beginning to appear over the large walls of rocks. Still, I didn’t move as I didn’t see the point. There has been a reason that I have kept Reyna at a distance, but it wasn’t because I didn’t like her.The thing was, I was in love with her, and I have been since the second I laid my eyes on her eight years ago. I doubt she remembers me, but I remembered her. I also remember the second time we met, when I tried for years to find her.It was only by coming across a game she created by chance that I thought I would be able to get close to her. Due to certain things that came up, it has been my priority to keep her safe, even if I had to keep
Luka-“What happened? You were supposed to cause an accident for Luka last night. I paid you a lot of money to help me destroy him. You couldn’t even manage to do the one thing I asked you.” Zane’s voice spoke from inside the room, and I thought I was hearing wrong.Why would Zane want to destroy me? We grew up together. After my parents died, his dad became my mentor and raised me alongside Zane. I had stood beside him when his father died and held his father’s hand as the light in his eyes vanished.“I will come up with a way to do what you asked. I tried running him off the road, but he moved out of the way.” The other man’s voice was deep. As hard as I tried, I couldn’t recognize it.“I am tempted to find someone more competent at what they were hired to do.”The anger I heard in Zane’s voice was something I had never heard before. Since we were kids, he had always been soft-spoken. Now it was as if he was someone else entirely. I wanted to rush into the room and demand what was g
Reyna-I had mixed feelings about Luka now. It wasn’t that I didn’t love him, it was now whether I should. Nothing was as simple as a girl loving a guy. Until the other day, I didn’t believe that it was possible for someone to transform into an animal. Well, other than in video games and movies.After spending the weekend at home, I tried to wrap my head around everything. Kaige had come to check on me, but I asked him to return the key to my home back to me. At least for the time being. I wasn’t mad at him or even Luka, it was simply because I needed time to adjust.In the past, my brother had been able to come and go as he pleased, but now I needed a bit of time. The only reason I returned to Luka was because he still needed my help. If we were in the real world, I would likely keep my distance from him as well.It was a little strange that since the moment I met him, I have dreamed of him holding me like this. Now, it hurt because I didn’t know if I could handle the world that he l
Luka-I wasn’t sure if I heard her correctly. What she was suggesting shouldn’t be possible. There was no way that she shouldn’t be able to access her menu or log out. Unless she was in my situation. However, I could still access the system, except for the logging out portion.There was a failsafe that would prevent anything like this from happening. I double-checked and even triple-checked everything before releasing the game to the public. Could something have gone wrong after I was trapped inside the game?I didn’t know what was going on, but right now that wasn’t my concern. I needed to try to find a way to get her out. As I looked down, the hole she fell into, I couldn’t see anything but pitch-black darkness. When I tried using the enhanced vision skill that my wolf had, I was met with an error code that blocked my vision.“Can you see anything up here?” I yelled down to Reyna.She didn’t answer for a long time and my concern for her only multiplied. Repeatedly, I tried getting h
Reyna-Whether I was mentally checked out or not, I had spoken from the heart. It wasn’t that I didn’t trust Luka in his attempt to save me, but I lacked any hope. Luka was struggling to climb, with me on his back. I knew I wasn’t heavy, but he couldn’t sustain both of us.“Let me go. You can’t carry me up. Thank you for trying, but you need to save yourself. You are the only one who can put an end to all of this.”Tears formed in my eyes as I spoke, but I kept my emotions from my voice. I didn’t want to die, but at the same time, I wanted him to live more. Slowly lifting my head, I unlatched my arms from around him. Before I could move too far, he grabbed my wrist.“Don’t you fucking dare! This will mean nothing if you don’t survive. We will get out of this. I will save you.” The firmness in his words filled me with renewed hope.Closing my eyes, I blocked my tears from falling. Nodding my head, although he couldn’t see me, I placed my arms firmly around him, grabbing the wrist that
Reyna-“Stay behind me. They are trained mercenaries.” Luka pulled me back and then placed his arm out in front of me, blocking me from the men.“Let me take care of them. You can’t risk getting killed.” I whispered, as to not let the men hear me.“Our boss sends his regards. He is sorry he can’t be here to do the job himself.” The man in the center, standing slightly ahead of the others spoke, just before they rushed forward to attack.Luka met them head-on, with me right behind him. There were too many for either of us to be able to handle together. It would be different if they attacked one at a time. Attacking like this could easily overwhelm even a strong fighter.All these years of training with my brother have paid off, but I was no match for them. At best, I could hold them back and defend myself. Yet two against one was not good odds for me. Luka was handling four of the men.Unlike me though, he was able to match their combat skill, if not better. If I didn’t think of a solu
Reyna- “Help! Help, me!” Looking around, I wasn’t sure where the voice came from. It sounded like a small child screaming, but it was higher pitched than that. “Did you hear that?” I asked Luka. We have been walking for only a few minutes and I had been more focused on all the beautiful colors and fairies flying around. However, I noticed that currently there weren’t any fairies. It was as if they were staying away from the area, we were in. “I think I heard it coming from that tree.” Luka pointed toward a large tree that looked as if it were dying. I didn’t remember seeing anything like that in the beta version, but I figured it was from an update. Making my way to the tree, Luka followed close behind. Just as we reached the tree's base, the screaming became louder. Looking up, I noticed a small fairy, smaller than the rest, hanging from a small branch. The branch looked as if it was going to fall at any second. Thinking quickly, I flew up to help the fairy down. “You can let m
Reyna-“So, what was so urgent that you needed to call me so early and meet with me?”We were now sitting in the living room, drinking coffee that was served by a woman about my age. He wanted to show me more of the house, but I wasn’t ready to dive full in with everything. It would be better if we just took it one step at a time.Holding the coffee cup between my hands, I debated on how to tell him what was going on. The little that he did know, I knew he wasn’t thrilled about. If I told him everything, I imagine he wouldn’t let me help Luka any longer.It wasn’t that he could stop me, but he might get his men to come to take Luka’s body away. I knew my brother enough to know that when it came to protecting me, he was a little overbearing. If he sent his men, who were werewolves, what would I be able to do?I fully intended to come here to ask for his help, but now that I was sitting in front of him, I was second-guessing myself. It wasn’t like I could call the cops if he came to for