Chapter 389
“Judy Montague,” One of the men I didn’t recognize said as he stepped forward, offering me his hand, which I took and shook. “You are quite impressive. I’ve been watching you and from day one I knew you were going to make it far.”
“Thank you,” I replied as sweetly as I could.
“We are the top commanders for some of the Elite forces around the world; we have gathered here to scope recruits and to meet with the victor of the competition. With that being said, we are interested in working with you and making you one of our Elite Gammas. Of course you can only choose one of us. We have put together a packet of the details for each of our forces that you can look over on your own time. But I just wanted to introduce myself properly.”
He handed me a thick folder with his territory logo printed on the front.
“Thank you,” I said again.
He stepped aside and allowed for the others to introduce themselves as well, pretty much the same way, and then hand me their folders as well. They were such thick folders that I knew it was going to take some time to go through. I was already overwhelmed as is.
“Thank you for stopping by gentlemen, she’ll be in touch,” Gavin said, shaking each of their hands and dismissing them.
They nodded and said their farewells before leaving.
“Now that that’s out of the way, they are the Top Elite forces in the world, but they aren’t the only ones. You were sent an email with the listing of each force around the world. As the winner of the competition, you can choose any of them. Also, there’s a 5 million prize money as well and a trophy. The money is being wired to your account as we speak,” Levi continued to explain, my heart pounding in my chest when I thought about that money.
I could do a lot with that money.
Mica stepped around the corner with a large trophy and a grin on his face.
“Congrats Miss Montague,” Alpha Mica said thoughtfully as he handed me the heavy trophy. Nan and Irene had to help me hold it.
“Thank you,” I said with a proud smile. “It’s surreal; I still can’t believe I won.” “Believe it,” Nan said, patting me on the shoulder. “You did incredible.” “Truly,” Irene agreed.
“Tomorrow is the ceremony to celebrate your victory and the competition as a whole,” Alpha Levi said, his eyes on me. “It’s formal attire and obviously you are expected to be there. It’ll be held in the resort’s entertainment center ballroom. Your friends are invited as well.”
“Okay, I’ll be there,” I told him.
My flight home wasn’t until the day after tomorrow anyways, so that worked out fine. He nodded and without another word, he turned and left. Alpha Mica and Alpha Jeremy left after him, but Gavin remained.
“Where’s Matthew?” He asked Irene.
“With Chester,” Irene replied.
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He nodded and then glanced at me. I tried hard not to meet his eyes because every time I did, I felt the same familiar ache in my chest that
I always feel.
“Congratulations,” he finally said, breaking the heavy tension for a moment.
I nodded.
“Thanks,” I said, my tone almost indifferent.
After another beat of silence, he finally left.
Third Person POV
As soon as Levi was out of view of any others, he grabbed his cellphone from his pocket and brought up a specific name in his contact. He pushed the call button and then
pressed the phone to his cheek,
waiting for the contact to answer the phone.
After a few rings, the other line was picked up.
“You did well during this competition; she doesn’t suspect a thing,” Levi said to his
contact. “We move onto the next phase. Are you ready?”
“I feel kind of bad playing her like this…” the contact’s soft voice said on the other end. “It’s not right.”
“It’s necessary,” Levi snapped,
speaking through his teeth. “We
made an agreement; you aren’t
backing down on me now, because I can get your sister to do this instead.”
“Are you kidding me? Chrissy would crack under the first sign of pressure,” his
contact hissed, her rage clear. “You can’t be serious.”
“Don’t test me,” Levi murmured. “Now, are you able to handle this next task?”
There was a pause for a moment before a heavy sigh could be heard on the other end.
“Yes… I can handle this task. I won’t let you down… father.”