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Arcane Realm Chapter 18
Reyna-“Where have you been?” Ameria leaned against my desk, with her butt resting on one of the folders that I had on the desk.I kept looking at the folder, wishing she would get off my desk. As many times as I have told her though, she never listened. Deciding that I didn’t need the folder, I gave her my attention.“Huh?” I asked, not because I hadn’t heard her but because I needed time to produce a solid excuse.“You haven’t been in the office in a while and that is not like you. Normally we talk all the time, but ever since the CEO went missing, you have been acting weird. Do you know something?”For as long as she and I have been friends, I should have known she would start suspecting me. There was one thing that she didn’t know about me, so I decided to use that as my excuse. Knowing her, she would latch on to the gossip and forget the rest.“Do you remember me telling you when we were in high school that I thought I fell in love?”“Yeah, with some guy you met at the hospital.
Arcane Realm Chapter 19
Reyna-“So, what did you need to talk to me about? Mind if we talk over lunch? I just ordered food from the new restaurant down the street, but I didn’t think they would send over so much food.” Zane was already digging into a bag that was sitting on a coffee table that was in the center of a small sitting area, with a couch and two chairs.I wanted to decline since I hadn’t come here to eat or relax. As he pulled out two containers, along with two sets of utensils, I found myself agreeing instead. It would be rude of me to decline, right?Besides, I heard the place that just opened was difficult to get into. You had to make a reservation, but there was currently a three-month waiting list. As far as I knew though, they didn’t deliver. Being that Zane was the acting CEO, it didn’t surprise me that he had connections.“About Nicole.” I began as I sat down in the chair at the end of the coffee table. “I understand that her father is important to the company, but I can’t stress enough ho
Arcane Realm Chapter 20
Reyna-I spent the next week going back and forth between the game. Luka has made a lot of progress on the house, but we haven’t made much progress on level five. At most, we were taking out monsters. The map itself was a bit tricky.My meeting with Zane had been postponed, as he had to leave on some urgent business. I didn’t mind, as I wasn’t sure why he wanted to meet with me anyway. On the plus side though, Nicole hasn’t been stirring up any trouble, but I was sure it was only temporary.Ameria thinks that she is only playing her role so she could play the game during work hours. She wasn’t bad at learning everything, but she wasn’t great either. Her skills in the workplace were subpar at best. In my opinion, she needed to start at a lower level than as a game tester in the company.Since it was her father’s wish, however, I was willing to work with her. Luckily, I have had very few run-ins with her. Not saying that Ameria hasn’t talked about her until my ears bled. In another week
Arcane Realm Chapter 21
Reyna-This was the first time that I have seen him in his wolf form. I have asked him many times why he didn’t use it, to which he always replied that he didn’t need to. Now I wonder if it was simply to keep me from figuring out the truth about him.Slowly, I moved forward and approached the wolf. It continued to howl at the moon, and it broke my heart. I should be mad at him, but right now he looked utterly broken. When I was only a few feet away, our pet, Hope, ran up to greet me.Normally I wouldn’t ignore her, but right now I needed to deal with Luka. Clearing my throat, I waited to see if he would hear me. It took him a few seconds, but sapphire blue eyes turned toward me, and I didn’t know if I was memorized or afraid.“I need to talk to you.” I stated, while keeping my voice firm and steady, even though my hands were shaking.After about a minute of him simply staring at me, he finally returned to the man I recognized. Now that I was here, I wasn’t sure what to say. How do I e
Arcane Realm Chapter 22
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
Arcane Realm Chapter 23
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
Arcane Realm Chapter 24
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
Arcane Realm Chapter 25
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
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