Chapter 2 The game

TAMIA NAVAL POV

As soon as I set my foot in the school I was attending, I immediately felt different.

Trembling, fear, and apprehension.

Everyone feels the same. No one can say when the horror that envelops the environment will disappear. This is due to the game of Run Baby, Run.

To my knowledge, this game is held every fourth year. But twenty years ago since having a new king, this game was discontinued. But only recently did news explode that the current king has now revived this game.

No one knows why.

He dropped this game but he also brought it back.

I roam my eyes around. Everyone is full of fear and nervousness.

I closed my eyes tightly and sighe0d. Opened again and decided to go to the classroom.

Just a short distance away I saw immediately at the window that no one was inside the classroom. Perhaps, they are also worried like me that they might be one of the selected in such a game.

I went inside and went straight to my seat. But I was shocked when I looked straight ahead. There was a man standing and leaning on the teacher's desk.

The man folded his arms as he intently stared at me.

Why is he like that when he stared? It was as if he could even see my soul.

The man is handsome. Maybe two and a half feet taller than me, because I'm 5'2 tall. He's not dark and he's not that white either, just right for a man's complexion. Narrow eyes, sharp nose, and red lips.

My cheeks automatically blushed. I swallowed hard, at the same time avoiding looking at him when I saw him smirked at me.

What is his problem?

Only now have I seen him. And why is he here in our classroom?

"CALLING TO ALL STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND STAFF, PLEASE PROCEED TO THE BASKETBALL GYM, NOW!"

When I heard that call from the school speaker, I immediately went there and ignored the man.

"Good morning to you all. You probably know why we called you all. Today, is the day of the reopening of the game Run Baby Run. But first of all, let's give a round of applause to out dear Queen and Beloved king." Said of the principal.

You feel fear and apprehension all around even though they are smiling and clapping. But me? I can't even smile.

Why is it necessary to do this?

Why does it need to be opened again?

I do not understand!

We are not a toy to watch each other get hurt.

"Good morning to all of you." King Alonzer's voice echoed throughout the gymnasium. "Today is the resurrection of the game Run Baby Run, where forty women and forty men will choose. This will make up the game. The winner will be rewarded more than you never thought, but if you are chosen and you refused, death will be imposed."

Fear enveloped the whole area.

The king continued to speak but I became deaf to everything he said.

Why does he even need to bring this game back? Can't he just be busy with others?

"One by one, there will be a few students so that we can give you the paper that will determine your destiny. The person who pulls out the blank paper will be the one who will be saved and the person who can get his or her own name will be the one to enter the game."

When I was opposite a teacher, I was immediately handed the folded paper.

I held it tightly, then I started to go back to where I was sitting earlier, but I was immediately stopped by the sight of my eyes on the man leaning against the door of the basketball gym.

I immediately frowned.

He again?

He was the man I had seen in the classroom earlier.

My heart pounded as he smirked at me.

I don't know but I was suddenly nervous.

His stares, as if he was saying something to me and his grins, as if he knew something I did not know.

Who are you really? Why did I just see you here at school?

It's impossible that I won't know you if you study here because he's so handsome? It is unlikely that women will talk about him here.

I just ignored him and went straight to my seat earlier.

I took a deep breath to calm down. Still the strength of my heartbeat. I stared at the folded paper.

All my life I can say I am unlucky, because I have experienced all the pain. My mother who are working as a servant in the royal palace and I, in life. I only get to spend time with her twice a month, so I'm often alone.

Too bad for me, I couldn't help but feel nervous and scared.

I took a deep breath and slowly opened the folded paper.

My world stopped spinning when I read the words that took my breath away.

WELCOME TO THE RUN BABY, RUN. YOU ARE NOW PART OF THE GAME.

MS. TAMIA NAVAL

get ready to the inferno.

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Run Baby, Run - (The Last Blood)