With a grunt, Vince ripped a strip from the silk shirt and began to wrap it around the cut on his hand, but he could barely feel the bleeding gash over the screaming pain in his foot.
“I’m Vince,” he said, trying to slow his breathing. “I’d offer to shake your hand, but…”
“Michelle,” she said, tears welling up in her big brown eyes. “If it weren’t for you I’d be dead right now.”
He finished wrapping up his new wound and took a deep breath. “You were headed north, deeper into the city. Believe me- you don’t want to go near the airport.”
She slowly nodded. “I didn’t know where to go. Everyone is dead or gone. I’ve been- trapped in a virtual world for… I don’t know how long.”
Vince snapped his eyes to hers, and she seemed to be a million miles away.
“Your AI make you play games too?” he asked.
She focused on him again and nodded vigorously, then put a hand to her head.
“Yes. I think it did something to my brain when it ripped me out of a deep dive.”
Vince nodded. “I was trapped too, but my assistant tried to burn me alive. They all need to be erased…” A twinge of pain from his toe made him consider taking his boot off, but that would be an- ordeal. He wasn’t ready for that.
The woman’s eyes opened wide and began to dig through her bag. Vince wanted to ask if she had painkillers in there but waited to see what she pulled out. Just to be safe, his hand closed tighter on the grip of his gun. He still didn’t know this person. Although, he thought she was pretty cute, in a mousy sort of way. Being able to see her dark-colored nipples through her shirt didn’t hurt either.
“Here,” she said, holding out a bottle.
Vince let go of his gun and reached for her offering. He let out a short grunt meant to be delighted amusement.
“Fucking painkillers.” He screwed off the lid, popped two into his hand and swallowed them dry before he realized she had fished out a bottle of water too. He nodded and took the bottle of life-giving liquid with a broad smile.
Michelle was turning out to be quite the addition to his team.
THE END
OF
ENTHRALLED: BOOK 3
THE EROS EXPANSION
The story concludes with
Enthralled: Book 4 – System Ascension
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