Bootcamp won't install windows after partition

I am attempting to install with windows 10 preview via bootcamp. I've had it running in Parallels just fine but want to run it using bootcamp and then run the bootcamp partition through Parallels.
I went through the bootcamp assistant, made the bootable usb drive with the drivers and then went to partition the drive. Once the partition finishes, the Mac reboots with no warning. It reboots right back to the login screen for mac. If I go to the disk utility I see the BOOTCAMP partition there.
Tried rebooting holding the option key and the only option is the Mac, no Bootcamp partition. I've tried deleting and re-creating the partition and it still isn't available as a boot option.
How do I fix this?

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         415.4 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                84.1 GB    disk0s4
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *415.0 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 01D66AE9-5432-421F-9E0F-C39EF1C852E8
                                 Unlocked Encrypted
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *16.0 GB    disk2
   1:                 DOS_FAT_32 WININSTALL              16.0 GB    disk2s1
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group C36D68E8-EFC1-4B1B-BB7B-934B4CFC2C0D
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         415352614912 B (415.4 GB)
    Free Space:   389120 B (389.1 KB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume C21907EF-CA82-4CEE-A4E6-34E87C691A07
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     415352614912 B (415.4 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family 0B2E43FA-5D5F-4240-A8AD-04F30F2726B9
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Encryption Type:         AES-XTS
        Conversion Status:       Complete
        Conversion Direction:    -none-
        Has Encrypted Extents:   Yes
        Fully Secure:            Yes
        Passphrase Required:     Yes
        |
        +-> Logical Volume 01D66AE9-5432-421F-9E0F-C39EF1C852E8
            Disk:                  disk1
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          414999904256 B (415.0 GB)
            Conversion Progress:   -none-
            Revertible:            Yes (unlock and decryption required)
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS

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