There is only one other alpha left to be eliminated, and they will be the winners of this competition. But Jeremy's plan went so well. . . It went so well that he had a bad feeling that Drake might come up with something beyond his expectations.

How can I not doubt it? He and Chris finished the last alpha two days ago. So far, the number of remaining survivors has not been released. It was a new week, and none of the guards had entered the area on the island to fire thermal irritants at the Omega, as he had done. It was so quiet that it was almost...