Tris," he says. "What did they do to you? You're acting like a lunatic." "That's not very nice of you to say," I say. "They put me in a good mood, that's all. And now I really want to kiss you, so if you could just relax-

I will be my undoing If I become my obsession.

Cowardice is how you decide to be in real life

Soon I will honor my parents by dying as they died. and if all they believed about death was true, soon I will join them in whatever comes next.

What is wrong with you?' I shake my head. 'Pull it together.' And that's what it feels like: pulling the different parts of me up and in like a shoelace. I feel suffocated, but at least I feel strong.

Are you asking me to undress, Tris?' A nervous laugh gurgles from my throat. 'Only ... partially

The person you became with her is worth being.