chapter 8

Adriana pov

"Ladies and gentlemen, the second round is about to begin," Carmen announced as the competitors gathered around, Alpha Abel's hopefully gaze was still focused on me,

"So what do you say? Are you going to join my team for the second round?" Alpha Abel asked as his amused gaze focused on me

"Are we meant to be in teams?" I asked as I moved my gaze to Carmen, who also had an amused expression on his face

"Listen to the announcements first, and Abel, don't pester the girl," Carmen said as Abel grumbled some incoherent words, I managed to hear some of what he said and it went like this 'mind your business' then the rest was gibberish.

"Go on and make the announcements, and stop annoying me," Abel said to Carmen, his annoyance evident in his tone

"Fine, fine. Quit being so grumpy," Carmen retorted before making his way to the stage to outline the rules for the second category.

"Such an annoying brat," Abel muttered quietly as our focus shifted to Carmen, who was about to start