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Chapter 21 ~ Game On.

"Why are you in here?" I finally ask exasperated as he continues smiling oddly at us.

Like a kid being given a treat Eric claps his hands together once and holds them tightly together and nearly bursting from the seams with excitement Eric gushes out a sentence that evokes yet another eye roll.

"We're all going to play a board game!" He shouts with childlike glee and I narrow my eyes further.
There is something seriously off about this man, not matter how attractive he may seem.

"Who is playing?" I question, not trusting it.

"What game?" Dana questions over me, too lost in the temptation of a distraction.

Eric turns around and makes a sweeping motion with his arm and sharing a grin with Dana he looks at both of us expectantly.

"You'll have to come out to find out." He states, trying too hard to be mysterious.

However I know that we either have the choice to go out willingly or by force later on so surprising both of them I make the first move towards the door.

"It better not be fucking monopoly."
I groan as I shuffle past, careful not to touch or even look at his chest as I do so.

But as my body shimmies past him I can actually hear him audibly gulp and my heart sinks.

Fucking monopoly.

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This certainly is an odd sight.

I think to myself as I let my eyes lazily trail around the lounge for seemingly the hundredth time since this torturous game began.

Dana and Eric are watching the game intently, both on opposite sides thanks to my intervention.
As soon as we entered the room I made sure to wedge myself between them but they were far too focused on the game to notice.

I'm laying on the floor, my hand holding my face as I try to ignore the steadily stronger pains in my stomach.

Axel is surprisingly invested in the game also but not nearly as much as the other two, less mature players.

While Axel schemes silently and tries his hardest to buy out the best land he is also sizing me up, every now and then asking me questions to test the waters.

He wants to know just how fucked up I am after last night but thankfully I can focus on the hunger pains and grit my teeth through that rather than replaying last night.

I manage to keep my stare cool and hard even as the game bores me more and more with each second and I remain painfully aware due to our last member being missing.

Rosik wasn't in the house when we left the room some hours ago and while I should take this time to ask for food or at least sneak around for some I don't want to deal with his boost of power when he finds out that he cracked me.
I will win this.

"Eric where is Rosik?" I ask yet again, this is the only thing I've said the moment the game begun.
I've simply changed my line of questioning to either man consistently, figuring that somebody is going to get sick of me.

"For fucks sake. Why did you let her out again?" Axel interjects and even Eric is struggling to keep his obnoxious grin afloat.
I'm getting close.

"Well we can't just leave her in that room to rot. Where is the fun in that?" Eric returns while shooting me a wink and I bristle.

"This isn't meant to be fun newbie. This business is going fucking soft."
Axel struggles to stand abruptly and I feel my heart lift knowing that this game is finally ending and I push my body back into a sitting position, ignoring the way to world goes black for a moment.