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A hope that she might choose to stay with me.
That she might see something in me worth pursuing beyond this captivity.
A shared future, where our worlds collided in the best of ways.
Pushing the lid of the pod open, I blinked against the harsh light of the arena.
My focus was razor-sharp.
The plan was simple:
Find Aurora, mate, and end this round.
Once we were together again, this game would draw to a close, and we could chart the course of our intertwined fates.
Drawing upon my internal compass, I headed towards where I remembered Aurora’s pod was located.
The underbrush crunched beneath my feet, and the distant calls of strange alien fauna echoed around.
I pictured her face, imagined the relief we’d feel when our eyes met again.
I yearned to hold her, to reassure her that this was almost over.
I dodged past thick vines and leaped over large boulders, driven by the singular goal of reaching her.
But as I arrived at the clearing where her pod should have been, I was met with… nothing.
An empty space, devoid of the familiar cylindrical shape of her capsule.
The realization was like a splash of cold water.
I stopped, heart sinking, as the weight of the situation hit me.
She wasn’t here.
A thousand thoughts raced through my mind.
Did the Malquarans alter the game again?
Had they shifted our pods as a twist in their game?
Was she all right?
I felt a rush of panic.
The easy plan, the certainty I had felt upon waking, had evaporated.
The arena felt vast, the task insurmountable.
I was back in the game, and the stakes had never felt higher.
Drawing in a deep breath, I tried to calm the storm of emotions raging within.
I had to think.
Analyze.
Understand.
