Caleb," I say, "I love you." His eyes gleam with tear as he says, "I love you, too, Beatrice.
Veronica RothI tell myself, as sternly as possible, that is how things work here. We do dangerous things and people die. People die, and we move on to the next dangerous thing. The sooner that lesson sinks in, the better chance I have at surviving initiation.
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