I Broke the Game to Save Us

Some games aren’t meant to be won—but I refuse to lose the only person who ever made me feel real. Carter Quinn was always more than my childhood friend: the misunderstood wolf who could read minds, the broken boy every player wanted to fix. But when I discover our world is just a twisted simulation—and I’m supposed to die before the SATs—I decide to fight back. As conquerors and developers rewrite the rules, Carter and I bend fate, rewrite our story, and break every script to save each other. With the world collapsing and my own existence on the line, I have one shot: defy my death, break the game, and keep Carter from shattering. If love is just data, why does it hurt so much? And if our story ends tonight, who gets to write the last line?