Allegra’s POV:
"Very good! Congratulations to finalists Alistair Wardwell and Nicholas Graves! The next duel will take place as soon as the arena is ready, so we will finally know who the champion of the contest by the hand of Allegra is!" The crowd cheered excitedly, but I did not feel the same excitement as everyone else. It was my future everyone was talking about! If I thought this contest was crazy at the beginning of this story, imagine how I felt now at the end! I do not know if I had let myself be taken in by my mother's persuasion, but how could I let chance decide who would be my life partner?
This was crazy, and soon it was approaching the end. How could I be so stupid as to let this happen! Now Alistair and Nicholas would duel until one of them won. I never wanted anyone to g
