Alphas Like Us (Like Us, #3)

by Krista Ritchie

Back on the beach, Loren Hale scours the competition like his son just did. “You’ve got to be kidding me,” Lo says. I turn my head and try to peer around all the famous ones and distinguish the sand structures. The Cobalts are going the traditional route and building a huge castle. Complete with four turrets and the structure has motherfucking windows. “Is that a moat?” Luna asks. Sure enough, Eliot and Tom dig a hole towards the ocean, and Team Hale watches as the water fills up the tunnel that surrounds the Cobalt’s castle. “We’re screwed,” Kinney deadpans. Next to Team Cobalt, the Meadows family compacts sand in the shape of a mermaid. Since they only have four team members, they were given a head start. Winona uses a twig to draw scales on the tail, and Sulli places seaweed as a bikini top. Their parents, Ryke and Daisy, make the mermaid’s hair with seashells.