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Aspen

I couldn’t get my phone off the charger fast enough. There were two missed calls from unknown numbers and no messages from Papa, but I wasn’t worried about that now. I needed to see this for myself and make sure I wasn’t hallucinating.

Reality was worse than I imagined.

Who did these people think I was?

There were running polls with early voting, allowing viewers to make predictions on the twenty winning Luna contestants. My name hovered near the top next to Edith and another girl named Meghan. Fallon was a few spots down. I quickly counted about fifty Luna contestants, not proud of myself when I smiled noticing Stef’s name in the bottom ten. This was crazy. I knew viewers got to vote on their favorites, but something about the whole thing made me a little sick. Accidently, I clicked on the Alpha profiles, just looking quickly to see the fan favorites. Chad and Ranger were the top Alphas.

And Trenton was number twenty.

Dead last.

It didn’t matter that much though. The males didn
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