C30 Chapter 29

In a way, in real life, Hunter and I were playing chess. It was all mind games. Each of us trying to read the other, anticipating the other’s moves, strategizing how to save our pieces, refusing to give in to the other and trying our best to walk away broken but victorious.

Finally, I was down to my two pieces. Hunter with four. I reached for my bishop and hesitated. When I looked up