C81 Regan

Wait. Had Dad said "alpha" to Charlie??

“Wait, what?” Charlie asked at the same time I breathed, “The new…?”

“But the Test of Endurance?” Charlie said. “I had to forfeit.”

“You never forfeited,” Dad said. “You were both going through the Test of Endurance the entire time. It began the day you arrived, Charlie, and found out everything you’d have to go through in order to win. And Regan