A Lesson in Obedience

“Are you ready to follow the rules now?”

…Rule number one… obedience. Always follow the orders from the boss. No questions asked.

I’d broken that rule. I knew I was breaking it the moment I’d chosen to run that night. I knew it would land me here. And yet I still did it.

I pulled my body upright from the old bed, more sluggish than I would have liked, and hated how I still felt so sore from the