Rule Number 5 Romane & Geschichten

She gritted her teeth, ignoring the pain she felt, and looked up to him, emotionless. "Rule number 5, no friend allowed" he placed his index finger under her chin and lifted her face, swaying it to the side, accessing her. She didn't fail to notice the look of pleasure on his face as he accessed the injury that he had inflicted on it. He whacked her again and she fell to the floor, groaning in pain. She coughed out repeatedly with blood proceeding out of her mouth.

"Rule number 1, Emily." Rule #1 -> Stop being annoying. I scoffed, "Rule number 3, Adam." Rule #3 -> Do not cut off someone while talking. He rolled his eyes, "Fair enough." Then his serious demeanour went back, "Rule number 5 will be 'follow the plan given by the leader'." So we're playing that game? "Who said you're the leader?" I snorted. "Plus, remember rule number 2?" Rule #2 -> Listen to each other's opinion.

At the far end was a massive red door. "Attention, players!" the voice boomed again. "Processing is complete. You are now four thousand players ready to begin THE SURVIVAL GAME!" The crowd murmured nervously. "Let me explain the rules," the voice continued. "You will compete in games for forty days. Each day is one round, and each round, players will be eliminated. The last player standing after forty days wins the grand prize: you get to return to your life, and you get one wish granted. Anything you desire!"

She read through the rules. RULE 1: Live under the pretense of happiness. In the public and everywhere besides your house, and with everyone except Anthony Kings, act like you're happy with your life and your relationship with Anthony Kings. RULE 2: Signing this agreement implies you will be Anthony Kings’ property. He and only he owns you and shall be bonded with you. This states that you shall forsake the opposite gender unless Anthony Kings permits.

“ These are the rule you must follow. Rule number 1: don’t leave any of your partner behind I mean in the same group Rule number 2: No Fighting between your group and other group what ever hatred who have for another should stop here in this clearing. Rule number 3: you would be given a list of items for you to find, and a puzzle for you to find it. Rule number 4 : you must play fair and square Rule number 5: you must not wonder off alone to find the item alone, leaving your team behind You shall be given all the necessary thing need for the hunt. Happy hunting”

Very important rule. God. Check Peanut before reporting missing items. Fair. The best rule so far. Reasonable honestly. Then Ava added another one. God. Rule #5. Fair. Never trust the cute face. Reasonable. The wisest rule so far. God. Then Peanut walked over. Fair. Looked at the poster. Reasonable. Thought for a moment. God. Then stole the marker. Fair. Right in front of everyone. Reasonable honestly. The audacity. God. Absolute audacity.

My heart raced thinking of all the possibilities of what Richard had come in here to do. He gave me an ultimatum to bathe and dress up in less than 30 minutes. What will happen to me if I disobeyed him? I quickly sat on the couch that Richard had stood up from. My eyes fixed on the document as I read the five rules that I must adhere to as his property. **RULES AND REGULATIONS** Reading the document, I had to fill in my name and sign it with the pen. The five rules read: 1. Party B (me) agrees to stick to Party A's rules and not complain.

All four of us laughed at once. I sobered and turned to Erika. "Still, if we decide to adopt their rules for ourselves, Rule Five might be a problem for us in the beginning...." "They are OUR rules," put in Sara firmly. "And we arrived at them over time. Rule Five would be hard to adhere to when you just discover swinging. And I'll bet you two will find you've opened your minds about all sorts of adventures, maybe different ones from the ones we like." "That makes sense, Sara," Erika mused quietly. "Thank you."

> Rule 3: You must attend every business function Lucian deems necessary, with no objections. > Rule 11: You will not initiate contact with any male guest unless permitted. > Rule 19: Your wardrobe will be curated weekly. Any personal alterations must be pre-approved. > Rule 31: You must always wear your ring. > Rule 44: You will not cry in front of Lucian unless granted permission. > Rule 50: Any breach of rules may result in severe disciplinary action. Physical, psychological, or otherwise. I stared at the last line until it blurred.

“That’s better. Now, rule number four. You’re going to get a job or you’re going to enroll in college. One or the other, or hopefully both.” My face scrunches up. “A job? But–” “No ‘buts,’ young lady. This is all just going over what we discussed on the phone. You do remember that discussion, don’t you? You weren’t dazed out of your mind on drugs at the time, huh?” “No, Charlie, no I was not ‘ dazed out of my mind on drugs at the time.’” “Well then good, you shouldn’t have any trouble remembering what you’ve already agreed to. So finally, we have rule number five...and what I think is the most simplest of them all, well, except for the drug use, of course.”