Romans & histoires Rule Number 5

I don't stop; I just run. RULES LEFT UNBROKEN; 1) no sex 4) one on one; no introducing friends 5) 1 year max 6) one date per week each 9) the unsuccessful mate loses bond but no falling out between family members 10) no boasting, bribing or blackmailing.

You have no excuse, and once you don’t appear, you face the consequences immediately. My fingers tightened slightly around the paper. No, this wasn’t just rules. This was total control, and I think the rules were only meant for me, not everyone here. I continued reading carefully. Rule Five: No personal decisions that may affect the family image without approval. I paused, surprised. That one was somehow heavier than the rest. My heart sank slightly, because this marriage already felt restrictive… and now these rules made it even more suffocating. I continued and slowly flipped to the next page.

His knuckles whiten around the mug. “Rule four: if I decide this arrangement is over before the year is up (any reason, no reason), I leave. No negotiation. No penalties. You never speak my name again.” I sit back, fold my hands in my lap like a queen. “Rule five,” I finish, soft and lethal, “if you break any of my rules, I will burn everything you’ve built to the ground and salt the earth so thoroughly nothing ever grows again. Starting with your reputation. Then your bank accounts. Then you.”

"I'm not asking you to be a puppet. I'm asking you to be strategic." I thought about staying alive long enough to get Annabelle through this year safely. "Okay. Rule four, public unity." "Good." He set down the pen. Moved closer. Close enough that I could smell cedar and smoke. Close enough that I had to tilt my head back to meet his eyes. "Now we get to the important one. Rule five." Something in his tone made my pulse quicken. "Rule five is non-negotiable," he said quietly. "And it applies starting tonight."

"You should know what I meant, Mich." Her cheeks blushed immediately when she realized what he actually meant in rule number five. She gave him a wide-eyed look, as she couldn’t believe he’d included it in his rules. "That’s ridiculous." She clenched her jaw. "Don’t forget that it had to be under mutual agreement. There must be the consent of both parties. Not because I want it, doesn’t mean I get it, unless you want it to…" "You’ve got to be kidding me. It sounds like total crap, don’t you think?"

(Anastasia's Point Of View) Rule number 4, Always attend to the bosses with no questions asked. Rule Number 5, Staff eats breakfast after the bosses. Rule Number 6, no staff is allowed out of the mansion, and lastly, rule Number 7, the top floor is off limits, especially room number 5. And each rule had its own punishment when broken. There were a lot of rules in just a house but then I realized, this wasn't just a mansion, there were a lot of activities going on that I didn't know about.

I slowly got up and came to face with his back as he spoke to the warriors. Turning around he smirks at me "Rule number 5" my right leg came in contact with his balls catching him off guard. He definitely didn't expect me to do that to him while he announced his rule number 5. He groans holding his private part while falling on the ground with his eyes on me "5 you don't get to ghost your mate and future luna out" with that I walk out of there. Jay raises his hands up and moves to his Alpha while I continue on with my walk back to the Pack house.

Carson suggested and Owen drove to his place. “I had no idea the club had pretty ladies in it until that Friday I visited. The girl I was telling you about, she is a stripper. A sexy, hot lady,” Owen spoke, while the words rushed out of his mouth. “Man, I need to see this girl. You have talked about her all day. Are you in love?” Carson questioned and scanned Owen's face. “Me? In love?" He repeated and let out dry laughter. “That's not part of my policy, it is not part of the rules. Being in love makes one weak.” Owen muttered and continued driving, while Carson didn't utter a word.

This is quite interesting, at least it explains why Sebastian, another cousin of Niko's has a different last name. “It is not in the mafia rules, it’s in the Salvatore family rules, each family has their own set of rules, a way to govern their families and listing traditions and obligations, duties and the like” Say what now...? I scratch my head, “It’s just new things with this family every day isn’t it?” I say with a wide smile that I don’t mean taking back my daughter. Tommy pokes my cheek with his index finger “You don’t know the half of it, I was born here and I still learn new rules every other day” We share a look and laugh before looking away.

Sagot ulit niya sa kanyang isipan. " Rule number 4, Bawal kang makipag date sa iba. Ofcourse, sino ba namang misis ang makikipagdate sa iba bukod sa kanyang asawa? Pagtataksil yon diba?" Tsaka nakita niya mula sa gilid ng kanyang mga mata na nakangiti ang kiriminal. "5th, don't seduce me, kasi papatulan kita." Sabi nitong nakangiti.