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“No,” Elara said, pocketing the black velvet glove. “I just know the difference between four in a row and four in the heart. One is a game. The other is a trap.”

She did. Her four black discs were lined up horizontally. But beneath them, unnoticed, Silas had laid a trap three moves earlier. His red discs formed a diagonal from the bottom left to the upper middle. Not a connect yet. But her winning move had also completed his setup. She had dropped her final disc directly above his third red, giving him the vertical connection he needed on his next turn — but the game was already over. connect four lustery

“His future. The one you took.”

Her fourth disc slid into place. She had won in seven moves. Too fast. Too easy. “No,” Elara said, pocketing the black velvet glove

Silas froze.

Elara felt something cold slide through her chest — not her joy, not yet. Something worse. The memory of her own name. It began to fray at the edges, like a wet letter. The other is a trap