Unthinkable Second Chance Mate

Chapter 10 The Rules

I woke up feeling warm. I stretched my arms above my head in hopes to relieve some of the pain and tension in my muscles. I didn't feel any leaves or twigs around me, so I felt the ground around me and there wasn't any grass either. My eyes shot open and I saw that I was back in my room at the twin's house. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't remember coming back to the house. I looked down and saw that I was in one of the outfits that was in the bag Brandon had given to me right before our run. Fear engulfed my heart and my eyes scanned the room. Brendon and Brandon were standing in the corner just watching me. They had lustful looks in their eyes so I grabbed the blankets and wrapped them around myself.

It was then that I heard what sounded like metal clinking together. I looked down again and saw a metal chain under where the blankets had been. I followed the chain and realized it was hooked to a small metal collar placed around my neck. They had placed the chain around the bed in such a way that it didn't pull down on the collar so I hadn't even felt it. Panic set in and I started to pull at the collar. I should have known better, they were too smart to have used a weak metal for the collar or the chains. They started to laugh uncontrollably and my eyes snapped back in their direction.

"You tried to run away." Brendon's voice was dripping with amusement.

"What?" I asked to stall for time to think.

"You tried to run away." Brendon repeated the same words.

"No, I didn't. I got lost." I said the first thing that came to my mind.

"You got lost?" Brendon seemed even more amused.

"Yes." I stuck with the lie.

"We shall see." Brandon was the one who spoke this time.

"I did. I was following you and we got to a tiny clearing in the woods. I looked around after the clearing and you weren't there. I didn't know my own way back." I told them in hopes that they would finally believe me.

They exchanged looks and seemed to be having a silent conversation. I looked down while I waited on them to decide whether or not to believe me. If they didn't believe me, I had no idea what they would do to me. I could only hope that my lie was good enough. I had said the only thing I could think of. It had been the first lie that popped into my head and once it was out of my mouth I couldn't have changed my story. I had thrown in enough of the truth to make them think I was being honest, but I edited the end. There was no need for them to know I hadn't been running toward their house.

"You won't be punished... this time. You will be on probation though." Brendon said after a while.

"You will have to keep the collar on. If you leave the house, there will be a leash attached to the collar. You are not allowed to leave the house unaccompanied. When you are not taking care of your duties around the house or with one of us, you will be locked in your room. When you are doing chores or spending time with us, all the doors will be locked and there is a special key to unlock them so there will be no hope of escaping then." Brandon laid out the rules.

"I understand." I said as I sat and waited for them to unhook the chain from the collar.

"Another thing, while you are here at night you will wear the chain attached to the collar. It's just so we know that you aren't going to try to escape in the middle of the night." Brendon didn't bother to hide his amusement.

My head shot up and my eyes snapped in their direction after Brendon's words. They were both smirking as if they expected me to defy them, so all I did was nod. There was no way I was going to give them the satisfaction of defying them. In their minds, that would only give them the right to punish me as they so desperately desired. Brandon's smirk quickly turned to a slight frown but Brendon's expression didn't waiver even a little bit. I would simply have to put up with their stupid rules and requirements until I could find another chance to escape. It was time to come up with a better escape plan.

"Where are my clothes?" I found myself asking before I realized the thought had even crossed my mind.

"You are wearing your clothes. Those rags that you had when we came here won't pass for acceptable around us. The clothes we provided are what you will be wearing from now on." Brendon said while still smirking and still not hiding his amusement either.

I nodded again and just hugged the blankets tighter. The blood drained from my face, I would have to walk around in front of them in those humiliating, skimpy outfits. Brendon's smirk grew into a full grin when he saw my reaction to their news. They stood there and continued to enjoy my discomfort for a few minutes before walking out of the room. They hadn't unhooked the chain from the collar and my muscles were still too sore to even be able to attempt to escape from my restraints again. I had no choice but to play by their rules for a while. I sat on the side of the bed and decided to test my boundaries. I needed to know how far the chain would reach.

I stood up and pulled on the chain until I couldn't pull any further. It wasn't much length from just looking at it. I walked across the room to the sitting area and the chain didn't even reach halfway there. I could reach about two, maybe three, feet away from the bed. When the chain couldn't reach any further, I pulled as hard as I could to try and get it to give me just a little bit more length, but I was out of luck. I crawled across the bed and tried to walk in the other direction, but the results were still the same. I sighed and climbed back into bed. I wasn't going to get very far tonight. They had left me without much space to do anything and nothing to do in the little space I did have.

Not much longer after that, the twins opened the door long enough to toss a piece of sleep lingerie on the bed at me and turn out the bedroom light. There was a lamp on the table next to the bed that gave off a dim light. It didn't fully light up the room, but it did give off enough light to see by. The outfit was nothing but lace and everything was see-through. I looked down at the low cut top I was currently wearing and the skirt they had put me in. The shirt didn't even cover my midriff, it was basically just a glorified bra. The shirt was a spaghetti strap and it cut so low in the front that it was barely connected by half an inch of fabric at the bottom and the sides even had thin little strings that wrapped around behind me. Even the skirt barely covered anything.

The clothes I was in didn't promise to cover anything if I fell asleep in them, but the lingerie wasn't any better unless it was more comfortable. A sigh passed my lips as I decided to get changed as they wanted me to. I had to pull the lingerie up from my feet so that I could get into it with the chain still attached to my collar. The lacy outfit was surprisingly comfortable even though it didn't leave anything to the imagination. I was feeling really self-conscious so I climbed into bed and pulled the covers up around me as tight as I could. When I was satisfied that I wouldn't have to deal with the twins again, I reached over and turned off the bedside lamp and let myself drift into sleep.