Alpha Malik (Published)✔️

Chapter Nine

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Word Count: 2099

Aria

"That's them!" Zariah squeals in my ear.

We stare out the window in Zariah's room, which faced the front of the house, showing the courtyard where the rest of the contestants were arriving. This is probably going against the rules, but it's not like I haven't done so already, and Zariah is too curious to care.

My fingers are ice cold, as the press into the window sill, while I fight for the best look at the girls. Most of them step out of the same sleek black cars we had yesterday, however, none of them looked as if they had dressed as lavishly as we had been instructed. Many wore loose pants and sweatshirts, with their hair messy from the travel. Most of them travelled days to cross the land.

"Sizing up your competition, Zariah?" Brynn said slyly from where she lay on Zariah's bed. We aren't even allowed to be in each others room and were even instructed to stay where Malik would be able to find us, so he could talk properly to us before he chose who to eliminate.

He's met Zariah, and Brynn, but when I saw him walking down the hallway earlier, I had slipped into a broom closet to hide. No way do I want to see him after last night.

"No," Zariah muttered, face almost pressed against the frosted window. "I'm curious."

You could easily tell each Pack members apart, as they revealed themselves to us. The dark features of the Vengeance Pack, the sandy hair of the Discipline Pack. You could even tell the Freedom Pack member's apart from everyone, with the unruliness of their outfits.

Brynn came up behind me, looking over my shoulder. "Not that I would call the competition."\

"They aren't dressed up yet," I tell her. "My future Luna might be in that group.

The noise Brynn makes in her throat as she backs away is comical. The only reason she applied in the first place was 'for a laugh' as she liked to say. As I Desire Pack member, whoever gets chosen probably doesn't affect her.

"In that group, is Haven Reed from the Vengeance Pack. According to her online profile, she just broke up with her boyfriend and applied for this as I was to get back at her former boyfriend. As a member of that Pack, she clearly doesn't believe much in mates," Zariah tells us.

"You know, you're kind of weird," Brynn observes.

"Noted."

Looking out the window to where Zariah had pointed to the girl she was talking about, I noticed those dark features about her, that honestly made me a little envious. The sleekness of her hair is something I would never achieve on my own.

"Watch out from Alani Prelich over there...Her father is the commander of one of the most notorious armies in the Power Pack," Zariah warns me, and I shiver, as she glances up, so I can see the darkness of her eyes.

I make a mental to avoid her at all costs.

"Anyone else worth knowing about?" I ask, looking at the array of girls that were being welcomed inside. It might be safe for us to wander out now since I'm sure Malik would be occupied by his new arrivals.

"Passion Pack members are pretty strange. Nylah and Mareli, are their names," I'm told.

"So are Desire Pack members," she adds, glancing over her shoulder.