Three tables were left in the game but even if nobody wanted to continue anymore, they had to. The remaining players hold onto their cards like their lives depended on it. Their hearts felt squeezed tightly with every second that passed. Who among them would be favored by fate?
The Great Mother sat in silence for longer than a minute. She was confused, devastated and angry for a reason she could not tell. What happened was something she did not expect— something that was not part of her plan.
The tension lingered and crept to everyone’s system. Every fold of cards, every dumped card, and every rotation was an opportunity to complete the four cards of a kind and get one of the knives. The atmosphere was too heavy. Anyone would surely attest to that.
The robotic voice of the woman tried t
