C42 Regan

Outside on the lawn, the day had already come to life. Construction was pretty much finished on the arena now, so most people were back to the day-to-day business of waiting for the counsel to decide the time had come for Charlie and me to compete. Which meant a lot of standing around, whispering, and staring at me as I passed.

“Hey, Carter,” I said as he passed by on his way up to the house