Kass’s deep rumble made me squirm in my seat. “Excellent job, Starfighter.”
Why did his praise make me smile and make my panties wet at the same time?
We flew away at maximum speed as I watched the countdown.
“Ten seconds,” I said.
“Nine. Eight. Seven. Six. Yes, Mia! Three. Two,” Lily said in my ear.
I held my breath as the screen flashed with the explosion of Queen Raya’s warship, her entire fleet lighting up like fiery dominoes in the darkness of space.
“Wow.” I’d never seen such massive destruction in the game before.
What followed was no surprise. I’d seen it before, when Jamie won.
My avatar appeared, standing in a formal-looking room with high ceilings. Before mine and Kass’s avatars stood a stern-looking general… and Kass was looking at me with an expression I’d never seen before. Was that desire?
God, these programmers were good.
Kass held the Starfighter emblem in his palm and extended the offering toward me like it was an engagement ring. He asked if I—I mean, if my character in the game—would accept him and be his pair-bonded fighting partner for life.
I didn’t let him finish asking. My finger was already on the X button. I pressed it, and my screen went black. No more game. No more Kass. Or so I thought. This was exactly what had happened to Jamie when she beat the game.
It was my turn to find out what happened next.