Game of Destiny – A Thrilling Tale of Power, Love & Fate

We were back at the stadium. Three games remained and I couldn’t wait for it all to be over. I had been looking forward

to participating in the game for as long as I could remember. All the drama and the worry and everything else that kept

happening had me feel like I was done with it. I just wanted to go home, shut myself away with Finlay in his house for a week and pretend this month never happened. I couldn’t do that until we had finished the tenth game. So that was my

aim. Finlay had told the pack about the new threat and I could feel them closing rank. I should make Finlay go to the

different meetings of the packs, I had all intention of forcing him to be social when we got here, but now I hesitated. I

didn’t think I had it in me to handle him finding his mate on top of everything. Which made me a hypocrite. I sighed.

‘Hey, Red. What’s wrong?’ Finlay mindlinked.

‘Nothing, I’m just having a little issue with getting into the right headspace,’ I told him.

‘Do you need to sit this one out? It would be understandable,’ he asked.

‘No. I will be okay.’

‘When we get back home we will take a vacation,’ he said. I smiled.

‘I don’t think I want to leave the pack so soon again.’

‘We can set up in one of the caves on the pack land,’ he suggested. I laughed, making others look at me.

‘Thank you, I needed someone to pull me out of my pity party,’ I told him.

‘If any one deserves to have one of those, it’s you. Let me know if you need another laugh and I will trip Sam or

something,’ he said. Before I could respond, the speakers came to life.

“Welcome to the eight game. Today will be a test in agility.”

‘That will be it for my brother then,’ Finlay mindlinked us. We all tried our best to not laugh.

“The game is to be performed secluded. Ten identical rooms have been set up. By now you know the drill. Wait until your

pack is called. Please follow the rules given, if you break them, there will be punishments. We wish you the best of luck.”

‘Time to break out the cards again,’ Ramses said and took out the deck. We got as comfortable as we could and tried to

focus on the cards. Every now and then, Sam would make us move around.

“Blue mountain pack, you are up,” an official told us. We packed away the cards and followed him. He let us inside a

room with the instruction to stand within the marked area inside the door.

‘The last time we got that direction, I almost had my head taken off,’ Sam said and made sure we all stayed inside the

square feet and on the other side of it,

in

eight game. In front of you, you have an empty room. The room has lasers across it.

light will light. The objective is for each member of your pack to make it across

a member is across, a green lamp will be lit. Once five lights have been lit, counting both red

the game is over. You have two hours to complete the game. When the two hours

room. You can use anything you find in the room or have with you. Good

the lasers?” Finlay

and the rest

an issue,”

we make them

special glasses. Smoke

don’t have the glasses or dust. I’m not that eager to light the room on fire to get smoke,”

water?”

like filling the room with it? I think that would break the beam. Or rather refracting it,”

do need to

is that,” Jake agreed. Ramses

to fill the room. I was thinking more of

we don’t have enough water to create a mist,” Jake answered.

There was a sprinkler

we trigger it?” Finlay asked. “We are not starting a fire,” he

don’t need to start a fire, it’s usually enough to cause smoke or increase the heat,” Jake

do that

hesitantly suggested. I

will not burn down the council’s game room,” he told

course not,”

a small

will go out from the sprinklers,” Jake added. I continued to

deep sigh. There was a moment when everyone looked through their pockets and had a look around the room. There

with.

a shortcircut that may

They should create more smoke and heat than the paper. But we will still

get on my

are doing this?” Sam

is the only place to read the complete version

now and continue your

guess we are,” Finlay admitted. He squatted down and I got the message

reach the sensor. Jake started fiddling with the smart watch and

cards with

watch close to the pile

the ground, they will definitely force us to merge with my brother’s pack,’

laugh and slapped him on the shoulder. Jake gave a cheer as

paper catch fire. Ramses hurried to hand him the cards and Jake lit it on fire, it looked