Sloane
I truly had no idea that Benedict had been competing with me academically for two years. I thought, like me, he had learned that we were both close to becoming Valedictorian at the end of this year.
It makes more sense to me now that he’s been watching me so closely for so long. That’s why he’s been around every time this year when I’ve gotten into a fight with someone because they picked on Slade. He’s been casually watching me while I was actively ignoring everyone.
I could feel that he meant every word he said during his speech, damn the man. I had planned to throw out some nice platitudes about Benedict and now I’m going to have to get all f*****g mushy and say how I really feel about him.
‘Be the Alpha. Be the Alpha,’ I say to myself as I step up to the podium and look out
