JARIS The Alpha trials were never easy. If there was one thing they did, they made it look easy. Easy enough for you to let your guard down and fail. I waited in a separate hall with the others. Our phones were taken from us so there would be no form of communication, and all around us, there were guards, watching us like hawks. One at a time, an Alpha was taken out of the hall to go through his own trial. It would take about twenty minutes before they return and take another. The Alphas that had been taken to participate do not return to the hall. So, our numbers kept depreciating. Roderick was taken. The asshole had been glaring non-stop at me. I wish he'd fail. It'd be a delight to see the disappointment in his face. We were just three left when they took me. I shot Zarek a