The Girl’s Deception

I was a lowly girl born in the slums.

On the Dark Web’s most famous live show, “Heartthrob Conquest,” three contestants chose me as their target. They were competing to see who could make my heart flutter first-and convince me to willingly give up my life for them.

They were powerful and high-ranking, handsome and charming, putting on performances of love as deep as the ocean.

And I was timid and insignificant, my heart pounding for each of them in turn, wavering, unable to decide.

The Conquerors were certain victory was in their grasp-until the production team developed a new device: the Favorability Detector.

That night, millions of bettors watched as my favorability scores toward the three Conquerors appeared on the screen: 0; 0; 0.