Nothing Is As It Seems

The king…and his queen…?

“I guess you really like playing me for a fool,” I mumbled before pressing my lips into a thin line.

I was sure that I should have been angry at him for humiliating me but surprisingly, that wasn’t how I felt. Once again, it felt like I had very little or absolutely no control about what was happening around me and I was just being sucked in by the strong current with no means of escape. Maybe I was just waiting for it to suck me under for good.

“How so?” he asked as he stared directly at me.

“How is this supposed to be a fair game if you know which card is which? You’ve just been tricking me and playing me for a fool,” I replied accusingly.

“Not at all. I just wanted you to know that nothing is what it seems. Nothing is fair and everything is being manipulated someway or another,” he explained casually.

“You mean that nothing is fair and that everything is manipulated in your world, right?” I snapped as I glared at him.

“I guess you might be right but that do