She rounded the corner of the street and quickened her steps, fear adding a surreal atmosphere to the moonless night. The only sources of light were the occasional lights from two or three open stalls in the street. She dared to dart a glance behind her, wishing, hoping, and even willing the monster trailing her to stop or lose her.

But he did not. Instead he seemed to mirror her movements; it was like a choreographed affair: the distance between them was a hundred feet, and the man moved with the sure and steady pace of a confident predator waiting for its prey to get tired so as to go for the kill.

She let out a whimper of terror as his indeterminate features came into her mind once again; he was built like a mountain—height of over six feet, massive shoulders and arms that looked like tree trunks. But it was his eyes that scared her the most. The one time she had looked at his eyes, she had been chilled to the bone and knew that nothing (only God perhaps) could stop him from killing her.

Yet she had to try to get away; that was the only way. She could not stay in her room, she would be a sitting duck if she stayed there. This was the only way she could try to beat him at this game—running. At the thought of a game, her heart sank. She regretted ever installing that game; she wished she could get her hands on the hourglass of time, she would then turn it over, making this nightmare to go away.

She was never one to fall for all these get-rich-quick schemes that flew about on the Internet these days. She was a shrewd businesswoman and knew that all those businesses that promised high ROIs were shams. Yet she did not resist the pull of the game once she saw the brief detail about it. The app had simply asked her a question: "Can you survive 25 levels and win $25,000? That's $1,000 per level!" Even the name of the game had been warning enough: 'Win... or Die?' But she thought it was just a name, something that would make the game more interesting and fun. Now she knew better, she did not win, and she would die.

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