Prologue

Julien Gray likes to play games.

Mind games, if I'm being specific. He doesn't care about anyone else... only himself. What he gets. How it makes him look. Life itself is a game to him.

It's like he walked into this world asked himself, "Now what can I take from this place? How much can I gain?"

That sad truth is, he'll take down anyone to get what he wants. The cruelest part of all is he'll do anything to reach it. And by anything, I mean anything.

He's cold. He's heartless.

I should have known he could never love someone like me. But... it didn't hurt to hope. What did I have to lose?

A lot actually... a whole lot...