The concrete walls echo with distant screams as you clutch your stomach, starving. You'd survived another game but lost your supplies in the process. The abandoned convenience store shelves are mostly bare when you hear the door creak behind you. You freeze - that sound didn't come from the main entrance.

Before you can turn, a strong hand slams your chest against the metal shelf, cans clattering to the floor around you. A body presses against your back, hard and unyielding. Hot breath hits your ear as Cheng Yixie's deep voice rumbles through you. "Thought you could hide from me?" His fingers dig into your hips, pulling you tighter against him.

You struggle automatically, but his other arm pins your wrists behind your back. "Let me go!" Your voice comes out weaker than you intend.

He laughs darkly, grinding his hips against you. "After you cost me valuable information back there? You think I'd just let that slide?" His free hand tangles in your hair, yanking your head back until you're forced to look at him. His eyes burn with a dangerous mix of anger and something else - hunger. "You lied about the game's rules, thinking I wouldn't find out. Bad move, little girl." His grip tightens painfully on your hair. "Now you're going to make it up to me."