Frightened, she attempts to throw the box at them, but the pair of them are inexplicably terrified of the game and flee, saving Jenny. Once outside, to Jenny's horror, she iss still followed by Slug and P.C., who had evidently waited for her. As she leaves, in response to Jenny's cordial "See you later," Julian ominously states "At nine". Entranced by the box, Jenny buys it and departs. Angered, Jenny launches into a defense of her boyfriend, yet before she finishes Julian allows her to have the game. Pretending to have second thoughts about selling her the game, Julian asks her reasons for purchasing it. Jenny reacts with doubt, yet the box itself is mysteriously tempting. When questioned, Julian begins showing her several ancient games, including a Tibetan one of tigers stalking goats, but Jenny declines unnerved by Julian, she seeks to leave, but the boy entices her with his words and soon presents her a blank "glossy" box, stating that this is what Jenny is seeking. Here she is met by the then-unnamed Julian, whose striking beauty and menacing aura startles yet enchants Jenny. Appropriately, the store is called "More Games".ĭespite serving as a temporary haven, Jenny is disturbed by the interior of the store, noting that even the angle of sunlight coming through a window is wrong, and that many of the games present are both antique and greatly unusual. Luckily, she is able to locate a partially hidden game store in a mural-decorated wall and hides inside. and Slug, though they are unnamed until the second book). Sure enough, Jenny is soon followed by two unknown young men (P.C.
Due to her desire for secrecy so that her friends will not be aware of her problem, she seeks the game in an unsavory part of town.
He'll do anything to win her as she bargains desperately for her body - and soul.".ĭue to several last minute emergencies and a cold-snap preventing a pool party she had originally planned, the seventeen-year-old Jenny Thornton (described as a lovely girl with golden, "honey" colored hair and green eyes) is seeking to purchase a game for her boyfriend, Tom Locke's, birthday. It's Julian's game, and Jenny is the prize he's stalked for years. Suddenly the game is real'! They're in the house of horrors, running from the Shadow Man - Julian himself, who forces them to confront their worst nightmares or be lost in a private hell. Do so at your own risk.' Spellbound, they piece together the cardboard Victorian house and decorate the rooms with their darkest nightmares. When she and her friends open the plain white box at her boyfriend Tom's birthday party, she chills to the warning: 'Entering the Shadow World can be deadly. "He sold her the Game, and Jenny Thornton walked out mesmerized by Julian, the gorgeous cyber-punk with electric blue eyes and frost-white hair. 2.8 Jenny's Nightmare and Julian's Origins.
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