Prologue
I saw the whole thing. The malicious attack. The heartless look in Lucian's eyes as he ripped out his best friend's heart. The look of triumph as he saw his best friends shocked eyes roll in the back of his head and the carelessness as he let the limp body sulk to the ground like sand seeping through his fingers.
Lucian stared at the dead body for what seemed like hours. His lips curled upwards and he looked up and flashed me a smile that seemed to radiate with the purest form of dark energy as the forest behind him ignited in a blaze of flame.
I stared in disbelief as I realized that he wasn't going to kill me. At least not now. But why? Was it because he cared about me? After that last stunt it's hard to imagine he cares about anyone anymore. That's when it came to me. He wasn't going to kill me. Not because he cared me. But because he wanted the thrill of the hunt.
The very thought scared me. I wasn't prepared to kill him if he came after me. He had self handedly killed 10 of the other contestants. No one would have expected it. I mean he was always the type to run around killing people. But everyone always thought that he would rather die than kill his friends. It's amazing at what these games will do to you.
I felt as if I was losing him. I mean I knew he had been slipping after he killed Xcaliber. And even more after he had killed Ela. But I could never imagine him turning on Reiku like that. I can only imagine how Keira is going to take that. Being as he was the love of her life. She doesn't look like much but I would be afraid of her. She came close to ranking with Lucian. What was the score? Lucian: 9, Keira: 8
It was weird how much in common those two had. That's probably what made them such good friends. I wonder what would happen if they fought it out. I wonder how Aliky and Kai would react. I quickly snapped back into reality when I realized that he had moved and was now standing right in front of me. He bent down and kissed me. When he pulled away he must have seen the shocked look on my face because he cracked a smile. Without a word he turned around and walked away.
As I watched my first love walk away into the flames of the forest fire I slowly regretted growing attached to him. I turned around and began walking down the path. It was almost over. It was down to three people. Only two could go home. If I killed Keira tonight then Lucian and I could walk out alone. But do I really want to unleash that monster into the real world? Even if it is for love?