Page 3 of The Hunt: Emerald

Any Omega caught before the seventh sunset is still in the game and can still earn freedom as long as they reach the checkpoint unaccompanied by an Alpha.

Any Alpha or Omega caught attempting to flee the grounds early forfeits life and prize.

THE DEAD ARE LEFT TO ROT.

No retrieval of bodies is permitted untilthe Hunt ends. Corpses shall remain where they fall, as warning or as bait.

ALLIES ARE TEMPORARY.

Alphas may form temporary pacts, but no bond holdsonce anOmega is withinreach. Betrayal is not only expected, it is tradition.

THE CHECKPOINTDETERMINES THE VICTOR.

To win the Hunt, anAlpha mustdeliveraliveOmegato thecheckpointbefore sunset on the seventh day. Both Alpha and Omega must remain inside thecheckpoint and alive until the final horn blows.

Alphas- simply catching an Omega is not enough. You must bring them in, alive, and hold them until the end.

Omegas- simply surviving is notenough. You must arrive at the checkpoint unaccompanied by an Alpha.

If multiple Alphas reachthe checkpoint with Omegas, the first Alpha to arrive with a claimedOmega is declared the victor and takes the prize.

If no Alpha delivers a live Omega or no Omega reaches the checkpointby the final sunset,there is no winner. The Hunt ends.

Each brutal rule hangs in the air, echoed on the projections, making me feel as if I want to throw the fuck up, but I swallow that shit down fast, though a few Omegas pass out from sheer fear. The only thing that gets them is more time on the projectors and jeers.

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