I met him while I was imprisoned," I say, and my voice sounds far away even to me. "I was just curious." "I wouldn't judge him too harshly," says Fernando. "Jeanine can be extraordinarily persuasive to those who aren't naturally suspicious. I have always been naturally suspicious." ... "Yeah," I say. "So have I.

To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.

I 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.

It is amazing how pretending to be in a different faction changes everything -- even the way I walk. That must be why it's so strange that I could easily belong in three of them.

We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.

Caleb," I say, "I love you." His eyes gleam with tear as he says, "I love you, too, Beatrice.

Tricking someone into grief is one of the cruelest tricks a person can play, and its been played on me twice.