Chapter12: Who Will Be My First?

*Rose* In the chaos after the race, I learn nothing. I have no idea who the winner is. I don’t know the order the Alphas have finished, and no one can tell me what is happening. Alpha King Gene claps his hands frantically, clearly happy with the outcome, though I don’t know what it is. How does he know? Maybe he doesn’t care either. He stands to congratulate all four of the Alphas, who are still in their wolf forms, on a great race and then says, “Thank you, everyone, for coming out!” and the crowd begins to disperse. I stand, dumbfounded, still at a loss for words. What is happening?? “Well, that was exciting!” Shelby says, grabbing hold of my arm. “To think, they all finished within one second of one another! They must have all been trying so hard to win!” I think of what that other girl said behind me. Or trying really hard to lose…. Shelby leads me back toward the castle, but there’s such a crowd around us, and I feel stupid telling her I don’t know who the winner is. I still can’t