Reid, Reilly, Ronan and Rhys did some interviews as a group and some individually. Kevin and Charles were also interviewed. When the governing body came to see the venue, they did an audit on the seating. Because they were a modern country with fire marshals, they had to ensure that the place was safe. It was a local marshal though. One easily bribed by the king. At the end of the review, it was determined that the maximum capacity for seating a crowd safety was actually 12,095. It was clear of the threshold. A sigh of relief went through the country. The finals would be able to be played there in a week. Everyone was holding their breath. The Idut brothers did not know what pressure was until they got to this point. Everyone's eyes were on them all the time. People either cheered or heckled them in the street. The news was talking about them nonstop. Anna could see that it was really getting to the boys. She brought them over to her apartment. She unplugged the television. They all spent a whole day off the interned. It was spent playing board games and cards.
Taking their minds off of everything got them to relax. Anna knew they had this. It was just making sure the pressure did not break them right before the finals. With 2 days left before the tie, the family went towards the venue. All of them had never been there before. It was an experience all of them could appreciate together. Anna was along for the ride with Molly. The locals were much kinder. They were all farmers and ranchers. Even the omega males had to pull their weight during harvests. They still wore their collars and listened to their alpha mates, but they were not shrinking violets if they had something they felt they needed to say. Bruce and the rest of the Idut family were rich. They paid for front row seats. While it was free to those born in the region, others had to pay. If it was a matter of money, no one could out spend Bruce and Jeffery. Joan Westender, Dion and Damon were also going to be there as well. They had made up with Kevin a while ago. Alphas in the family had to stick together after all. Dion did a lot of heavy lifting to broker the peace. It was tough.
Kurt was a couple of years older than the boys. He smirked at them after spending an afternoon together. "You know, even if you win here, there's no chance you'll make it as pros." he said. Anna looked up to the sky for the strength not to knock him out. Reilly was probably going to be kept back in the king's harem. Reid, Ronan and Rhys were still fine though. Reid and Rhys played doubles. Both were married to beta females. Neither wife was the type to stop them from travelling for tournaments. Ronan played singles. Mitchel would love to win a ton of doubles titles by being carried by the omega. Playing singles would not be a problem. If he was mated by an alpha, it might be a problem if they did not want Ronan going out at all because of jealousy. Even then, Ronan was the national hero. Kurt said "If I had a mate, I'd keep them safe. No one should be able to crowd them and boo like those assholes did to you last time." That caused Anna to look at him. Protecting omegas was a nice sentiment to have. That was only if the protector allowed them the choice though.
