Chapters Five and Six Summary

The figure calling itself Nigel told Giannine that she had at least five hours of worry free play time, but that the longer she is in the game, the greater the risk of a fatal overload. She concentrates on the two hints she was given and is so preoccupied that she is surprised when someone grabs her from behind. A group of about twenty guards are in front of her with weapons drawn. The guard who turns her around is one of the guards who she earlier forced to free the boy, and he tells the others that she is too weak to be a King, and sticks his knife into her. There is no pain, but a fizzy, carbonated feeling as her knees gave out. Her eyes closed and the next time they opened, she was...