Part II: The Tournament
46-Hope 2
"The prize is you." Alex flinched as he said it, while I let out a loud laugh.
"The what? What kind of sick joke is this?" Ash was hard as ice while my nervous laughter filled the room. "You can't give me away like I'm some sort of property. I have my mates..." Finally admitting it out loud felt relieving, although not at all how I pictured confirming it to them.
Regan and Alex smiled for a brief second, their joy faltering when they saw how confused I was.
"Hope, take a seat...please, your face..." Regan started.
"My face what?" I snapped back, giving him the stink eye.
"Its...very pale. Please. We don't want this either, but we thought we would talk to you about it...in entirety and let you choose as it's your fate that's being decided here..." He
