The Beta Challenge

We stood in front of the Alpha in silence as he glanced between Maxwell and I.

"Thank you for waiting, Maxwell... Callie," he started. I still couldn't read his face, his expression not giving me any hints to the results.

"The council and I have discussed this at long length and the result was... a tie."

My mouth opened in shock as I stared at Magnus. A tie? What did that even mean for us then?