I wish I could say I felt guilty for what I did. I don't.

I would rather be dead than empty

That's what love does. When it's right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.

For God's sake, Stiff," he says. "You don't have to follow me," I say staring at the maze of bars above me. I shove my foot onto the place where two bars cross and push myself up, grabbing another bar in the process. I sway for a second, my heart beating so hard I can't feel anything else. Every thought I have condenses into that heartbeat, moving at the same rhythm. "Yes, I do," he says.

I am no longer Tris, the selfless, or Tris, the brave. I suppose that now, I must become more than either.

I don't know if you know this," Tobias says, "but Edward is a little unstable." "I'm getting that," I say. "That Drew guy who helped Peter perform that butterknife maneuver," Tobias says. "Apparently when he got kicked out of Dauntless, he tried to join the same group of factionless Edward was a part of. Notice that you haven't seen Drew anywhere.

I don't need to relive my fears anymore. All I need to do now is try to overcome them.