Of Kings and Aces
READING AGE 16+
What does it take to change the course of a person’s life? One small, seemingly trivial decision.
For Jacob, it was when he decided to play a game of poker in a new city he was supposed to call home for the next few years. But he was at the wrong place, at the wrong time.
For Ace, it was when he drove to a different city in the middle of the night to collect an employee from a police station. A man he believed he’s never even met but whose eyes had already imprinted on him a few nights prior.
Two people, brought together by simple decisions that rippled and entwined them. Two decisions that landed them as indispensable pieces in a wild game of chess against each other.
One night. One game.
One web of deception that led to a series of life-changing lethal events.
One goal: to protect their king.
Unfold
“Yup. The f****d up story of my life.” I played with the bottle in my hand, turning it on the table as the frost melted under my touch. I still haven’t had a drop of alcohol since the accident. I had been fooling my tongue with cold fizzy drinks.
We were in his condo, talking about Jacob and what I had dug up tha……
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