We were back at the stadium. Three games remained and I couldn’t wait for it all to be over. I had been looking forward

to participating in the game for as long as I could remember. All the drama and the worry and everything else that kept

happening had me feel like I was done with it. I just wanted to go home, shut myself away with Finlay in his house for a week and pretend this month never happened. I couldn’t do that until we had finished the tenth game. So that was my

aim. Finlay had told the pack about the new threat and I could feel them closing rank. I should make Finlay go to the

different meetings of the packs, I had all intention of forcing him to be social when we got here, but now I hesitated. I

didn’t think I had it in me to handle him finding his mate on top of everything. Which made me a hypocrite. I sighed.

‘Hey, Red. What’s wrong?’ Finlay mindlinked.

‘Nothing, I’m just having a little issue with getting into the right headspace,’ I told him.

‘Do you need to sit this one out? It would be understandable,’ he asked.

‘No. I will be okay.’

‘When we get back home we will take a vacation,’ he said. I smiled.

‘I don’t think I want to leave the pack so soon again.’

‘We can set up in one of the caves on the pack land,’ he suggested. I laughed, making others look at me.

‘Thank you, I needed someone to pull me out of my pity party,’ I told him.

‘If any one deserves to have one of those, it’s you. Let me know if you need another laugh and I will trip Sam or

something,’ he said. Before I could respond, the speakers came to life.

“Welcome to the eight game. Today will be a test in agility.”

‘That will be it for my brother then,’ Finlay mindlinked us. We all tried our best to not laugh.

“The game is to be performed secluded. Ten identical rooms have been set up. By now you know the drill. Wait until your

pack is called. Please follow the rules given, if you break them, there will be punishments. We wish you the best of luck.”

‘Time to break out the cards again,’ Ramses said and took out the deck. We got as comfortable as we could and tried to

focus on the cards. Every now and then, Sam would make us move around.

“Blue mountain pack, you are up,” an official told us. We packed away the cards and followed him. He let us inside a

room with the instruction to stand within the marked area inside the door.

‘The last time we got that direction, I almost had my head taken off,’ Sam said and made sure we all stayed inside the

again about sixteen square feet and on the other side of it, there

in front of

front of you, you have an empty room. The room has lasers across it. If a laser beam

each member

a green lamp will be lit. Once

game is over. You have two hours to complete the game. When the two hours are up, a red light will be lit

the marked area across the room. You can use anything you find in

you see the lasers?”

the rest of us

an issue,”

make them visible?”

glasses. Smoke or dust,” Jake

dust. I’m not that eager to light the room on fire to get smoke,”

about water?” Ramses

think that would break the beam. Or

we do need

is that,” Jake

we need to fill the room. I was thinking

work. But we don’t have enough water to create a mist,” Jake answered.

up and we all smiled. There was a sprinkler system on

not

don’t need to start a fire, it’s usually enough to cause smoke or increase

how do we do that without starting a fire?”

start a small fire?” Jake hesitantly suggested. I

the council’s game

not,” Ramses

small

out from the sprinklers,” Jake added. I

Tell me how we are going to start a fire?” Finlay said with a deep sigh. There was

with.

that may ignite the scrap paper and

we will

can get on my

are doing this?” Sam

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squatted down and I got the message and

I would be able to reach the sensor. Jake started fiddling with

playing cards with scrap paper

holding the watch close to the pile of scrap paper they

to the ground, they will definitely force us to

my best not to laugh and slapped him on the shoulder. Jake gave a cheer as he

paper catch fire. Ramses hurried to hand him the cards and Jake lit it on fire, it looked like a small

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