A System's Cruel Joke

sped for control. A chilling, mechanical voice echoed in my mind,

ionships with Daniel and Ethan. I' d poured my heart into earning their affection, and for a time, I succeeded. We laughed,

ir protective instincts to her, casting me as the jealous villain. My carefully earned affection points plummeted, and with them, my health. The pain began,

they couldn' t see the real me, dying before their eyes? Was t

ing, abandoned by the very people I was fighting to live for. The fight was gone. But then, a