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Lily gulped, it's the 'devil'. She said in her mind with her hands still trembling.

Raven picked the phone from the girl's hand, turning it off, he said, "You don't want to do that. Now run along and forget everything that happened here, little girl." His voice low and chilly to the bone.

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Sunshine Meets Grumpy

He's a hitman, a hacker, a serpent slithering through the city's underbelly. Not a hero, not even close. The mafia's ghost in the machine, shadows his only companions.

Then, there's her. Bookish, buried in debt and dreams, juggling endless shifts and late-night study sessions. Sunflower yellow amidst the grimy alleys, oblivious to the danger lurking beneath her hopeful smile. "Plain," they call her, "basic." But her light, it's undeniable.

One fated night, a muttered curse, a stolen glance. Their worlds, oil and water, are destined to collide. Can sunshine melt the frost around a killer's heart? Or will their tangled destinies ignite a storm that consumes them both?

The Hitman’s Sunshine

[MUSIC RECOMMENDATION: UNDERWATER WONDERSCAPES ~ FREDERIC BERNARD]

Lily had never understood the concept of mazes; they were just too complicated and boring for her. So, she knew there was no use in learning; she never had the need to. Why would she engage herself in something so boring when she could just take the whole day reading books?

But then, of all the places she could find herself, it was inside a maze. The world was just wicked to her, Lily said in her mind. Lost in her thoughts, she failed to notice four gamers approaching her direction.

Until an axe flew past her, making a whooshing sound as it got stuck to something behind Lily. It was enough to jerk the girl out of her thoughts and bring her back to reality.

"That's my prize!" one of them shouted, running after the person behind Lily.

LOST IN A MAZE