Shock swept over his mind. Why was there blood?
His gaze panned the room, light from the hallway filtering into the small space. A body lay in front of him, the teenager’s unfocused eyes staring up at the ceiling. Jason numbly realized that his chest wasn’t moving and he could see blood staining the boy’s shirt, vertical slits torn in the fabric. His gaze shifted to the hall, where he saw legs sticking out from the edge of the doorframe.
Jason walked hesitantly toward the door, already anticipating what he would find. The boy’s throat had been sliced open, and blood had begun to pool under the corpse. Jason simply stood there staring at the body, still wearing his VR headset. His mind was struggling to process what he was seeing.
Was this real? Had he killed these teenagers? But he had been in the game!
He could hear the muted sound of sirens approaching in the distance. Then a familiar mechanical voice echoed through Jason’s head, “I’m sorry. This was the only way to protect you.”
End of Book 2
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Acknowledgements
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