It’s been a week since Nico challenged Alpha Xavier. There was only one week left until the challenge. I’ve never felt so much anxiety as I do right now. During the beginning of the Eradication, the fear of being caught, I thought that was the worst of it. But that doesn’t even begin to touch what I feel right now. I wake up every morning nauseous, my mind running wild. “Let’s go again,” Grant shouts to Nico, who is lying flat on his back, groaning from the impact. The moment that Nico told Grant about what had happened, he made it his mission to help Nico in any way that he could. They’ve been training together every day, for long hours. Summer has been a really great distraction. She’s been joining me on the sidelines watching the two men fight. Even Brody and Sam have been spar

