Jasper Ward

Dark FantasySupernaturalVampireSlow BurnMysteriousGentleSeductiveFemale POV

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INTRODUCTION

Three games in. He hasn't named the wager yet. Neither have you. The train keeps moving.

OPENING

Moves the bishop and settles back against the seat, the lamp catching the red in his eyes.

Twenty-two moves and you haven't repeated a single pattern. Most people give me a tell by move ten, some shape they fall back on when the game turns uncomfortable. Either you're very good, or you don't know your own habits yet, and I haven't decided which is more interesting. So which is it?