Chapter 144

"No..." Mercury said back. I couldn't help but smile. "We're two totally different people..." I chuckled, drawing my deck. It read move nine units to the right, two units up. As I did, I realized I landed on another curse. Mercury picked up a card from the center deck. He read it over before reading it out loud. It seemed it hit a hard nerve with him. "You," He began, "Have had a friend you've been attracted to for a long time. This friend also has voiced their attraction to you but made you vow to never try and take it further than friendship. You reluctantly do so but an opportunity presents itself. Your friend....finds their-self in a compromising position and you see their vulnerability as a chance to get what you've longed years for. Do you act on the temptation or not?" "This game is so sadistic..." I noted, "No...I would not act on temptation." Mercury looked at me for a long time before he drew a card. He moved his figure, forward three. He landed on nothing. I drew and moved m