He double-clicked.
The file landed on Alex’s hard drive like a ghost in the machine: Need For Speed Most Wanted Redux 2.3 YG-Repack.rar
Alex closed the laptop. Outside his window, a police helicopter’s searchlight swept past. It was probably nothing. Probably just a news chopper. He double-clicked
Then the screen dissolved. Alex blinked. The smell of burnt rubber and wet asphalt hit him first. He was in a car. Not just any car— his car. The M3 GTR, but wrong. The hood was carbon-fiber rippled with heat haze. The mirrors showed a city that wasn’t Rockport. It was Rockport unmade —highways spiraling into impossible loops, tunnels that breathed fog, and billboards that flickered with corrupted faces. tunnels that breathed fog
Alex didn’t question it. He slammed the pedal.