I see a few hands stretching out to me at the edge of the net, so I grabbed the first one I could reach and pull myself across. I roll off, and would have fallen face-first onto a wood floor if he had not caught me. "He" is the young man attached to the hand I grabbed. He has a spare upper lip and a full lower lip. His eyes are so deep-set that his eyelashes touch the skin under his eyebrows, and they are dark blue, a dreaming, sleeping, waiting color.
Veronica RothIt would be stupid to confide your entire plan to one person. Itโs infinitely smarter to give little pieces of it to each person working with you. That way, if someone betrays you, the loss isnโt too great.
Veronica RothCan I ask why youโre throwing knives at cheese?โ โCaleb came by to discuss something,โ Tobias says, leaning his head against the wall as he looks at me. โAnd knife-throwing just came up somehow.โ โAs it so often does,โ I say, a small smile inching across my face.
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