The Mating Run by Leeka

Chapter 39

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Victor, sprawled on his beanbag, looks at me with a hint of curiosity.

“Lost your sense of humor, Alina?” he quips, his voice cutting through the stillness.

glance at him, a bitter taste lingering in my mouth. “Do you even know what happened out there? What we had to do to survive?”

Victor shrugs, a nonchalant gesture that stirs a simmering anger within me. “Survival, adaptation – it’s all part of the game, Alina. You should learn to embrace

it.”

I clench my fists, frustration bubbling beneath the surface. “Embrace it? You act like it’s some kind of thrilling adventure. We’re out there fighting for our lives, and all you care about is your privilege.”

Victor leans forward, his smirk replaced by a cold glint in his eyes. “Privilege or not, it doesn’t change the fact that we’re all playing the same game. Some just play it smarter.”

The tension in the shack thickens, a palpable force that hangs in the air. The moonlight casts long shadows, accentuating the divide between us. I take a deep breath, my anger simmering beneath the surface.

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“You think it’s a game, Victor? A game with rules that only favor you?”

Victor smiles, points at the corner of the shack where a camera is directed at

“Why don’t we ask the audience?”

I shake my head, a bitter smile playing on my lips.

“Fuck you.”

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I can’t shake off the frustration that coils within me, a serpent ready to strike. The moonlight seeps through the windows, casting a cold glow on the scattered remnants of my earlier outburst.

I pace the limited space, the confined walls of the shack closing in on me. The what–ifs, the maybes – they echo in my mind like a haunting refrain. I glance at Victor, lounging on his bed with an air of indifference, and the anger resurfaces.

Without a word, I start tearing through the shack once more. Plates crash to the floor, and gadgets are thrown haphazardly. Victor grumbles, his irritation. evident, but he doesn’t move to stop me. The shack becomes a canvas for my rage, a chaotic display of frustration.

“Relax, Alina,” Victor mutters, his voice tinged with annoyance. “Someone’s going to find us soon, and this will all be over.”

I

His words only fuel my anger. I turn to him, my eyes burning with intensity. “Find us? This isn’t a game, Victor. We’re not waiting for rescue. We’re fighting for survival, and your privilege blinds you to that!”

Victor rolls his eyes, an exasperated sigh escaping his lips.

you’re going to act all crazy, can you at least be quiet about

words, my frustration pushing me to continue my rampage. The shack, with its illusions and confines, bears the brunt of

with casual disinterest. The sound of pages turning becomes a backdrop to my destructive symphony. The shack, once a haven of illusions, now stands as a

a random object, hurling it against the

up from his magazine, annoyance etched on his

within me like a caged beast.

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from him and start tearing through its pages. The sound of paper

Alina? If you’re going to be this annoying, maybe

my frustration, its pages torn and scattered like. confetti. The

within.

my magazine will change anything?” Victor grumbles, his annoyance evident.

a defiant look, tearing another page with a satisfying rip. “Mayber not, but

of dismissiveness. “Feelings or not, you’re just making a mess for no reason. If you’re that upset, go find

forest.”

the flames of my anger. I tear through the magazine with renewed vigor, the sound of paper tearing becoming a mantra of rebellion. The shack, with its confines and

mix of frustration and resignation in his voice. “You’re

torn

my things

by a mix of frustration and a desperate need to reclaim a sense of

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of detached amusement, as if my rebellion is nothing more than a minor inconvenience. “You’re really

forest, linger like shadows in the corners of my mind. I find myself

darkness, surfaces in my thoughts. The memory is

remember the stealth, the quiet breaths, the desperate attempts to remain unseen. Survival, in those moments, boiled down to a primal

of fear and tension splashed across the

in the shack, the memory unfolds like a play in my mind. The Hider, elusive and cunning, was a fleeting ally in the dance of survival. Yet, alliances

transforms into a maze of uncertainty. Each step is laden with the weight. of survival, the primal fear of becoming prey. I recall

the privilege of this shack. It’s a juxtaposition of struggle and indulgence, a tale of survival versus comfort. While I grappled with the fear

graveyard. The memory carries the

the choices made, the lives lost, and

in his sanctuary. The memories of struggle and death clash with the image of him indulging in the comforts of the shack. It’s

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forest,

sheltered existence.

erupt. The shack, with its illusions of safety, becomes a trigger for

Each life lost is a scar on the landscape of my memory, a testament to the choices made in desperation. The

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