_Author's POV_
The morning of the draw was cold and the sky was the flat pale grey of early hours that hadn't decided yet whether they were going to become a good day or a difficult one.
The Starlight Supercars arena compound occupied a large section on the north edge of the city, purpose-built for exactly this scale of event.
Alaric had access to several of those cars because he bought them and gifted a few people he found potential in to participate in the race.
He’d have given Rowen, but he wasn’t exactly pleased to have her join the competition and he didn’t want her to know that he knew she was participating. Everything she hid from everyone was already known by him. The system showing her face name and so on. He saw everything.
By the time Rowena arrived at the arena
