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You have no other choice, I tell myself There is no other way

With that in mind, I pull the door shut and look for a seat belt to buckle I find only the frayed end of a seat belt and a broken buckle

"Where did you find this piece of junk?" says Christina

"I stole it froet it to start Better ditch those jackets, girls"

I ball up our jackets and toss them out the half-openMarcus shifts the truck into drive, and it groans I half expect it to stay still when he presses the gas pedal, but it moves

From what I reation sector to Amity headquarters, and the trip requires a skilled driver Marcus pulls onto one of the as pedal We lurch forward, narrowly avoiding a gaping hole in the road I grab the dashboard to steady myself

"Relax, Beatrice," says Marcus "I’ve driven a car before"

"I’ve done a lot of things before, but that doesn’t ood at them!"

Marcus smiles and jerks the truck to the left so that we don’t hit a fallen stoplight Christina whoops as we bu the tiht?" she says, her voice loud enough to be heard over the rush of wind through the cab

I clutch the seat beneath me and try not to think of what I ate for dinner

When we reach the fence, we see the Dauntless standing in our headlight beaainst the rest of their clothing I try to keep my expression pleasant I will not be able to fool the I’m Amity with a scowl on un in hand approaches Marcus’sHe shines a flashlight at Marcus first, then Christina, then me I squint into the beahts in the eyes and guns pointed at ed if this is how they really think Or they’ve been eating too much of that bread

"So tellin a truck with two A provisions to the city," Marcus says, "and I volunteered to escort them so that they would be safe"

"Also, we don’t kno to drive," says Christina, grinning "My dad tried to teach as pedal for the brake pedal, and you can iine what a disaster that was! Anyway, it was really nice of Joshua to volunteer to take us, because it would have taken us forever otherwise, and the boxes were so heavy--"

The Dauntless et it"

"Oh, of course Sorry" Christina giggles "I just thought I would explain, because you seemed so confused, and no wonder, because how ht," the man says "And do you intend to return to the city?"

"Not anytiht Go ahead, then" He nods to the other Dauntless by the gate One of theate slides open to adh and drives over the worn path to Ahts catch tire tracks and prairie grass and insects weaving back and forth In the darkness toup to a rhythm that is like a heartbeat

After a few seconds, Marcus glances at Christina "What on earth was that?"

"There’s nothing the Dauntless hatea shoulder "I figured if he got annoyed it would distract hih"

I senius"

"I know" She tosses her head like she’s throwing her hair over one shoulder, only she doesn’t have enough to throw

"Except," says Marcus, "Joshua is not an Abnegation name"

"Whatever As if anyone knows the difference"

I see the glow of Amity headquarters ahead, the fareenhouse in their center We drive through the apple orchard The air sain I re to pick an apple in this orchard, years ago e ca hurts my chest, but the o Maybe it’s because I am on a mission to honor her Or rieve properly But soed

Marcus parks the truck behind one of the sleeping cabins For the first tinition

"How did you get it to start?" I ask hiht e that I passed to ured it all out on his own, did you?"

"Actually yes, I did" I push the door open and climb out of the truck Grass brushes ht shoulder and tilts her head back

"It’s so different out here," she says "You could al on in there" She points her thumb toward the city

"And they often do," I say

"They knohat’s beyond the city, though, right?" she asks

"They know about as much as the Dauntless patrols," says Marcus "Which is that the outside world is unknown and potentially dangerous"

"How do you knohat they know?" I say

"Because that’s e told thereenhouse

I exchange a look with Christina Then we jog to catch up to him

"What does that mean?"

"When you are entrusted with all the information, you have to decide how ation leaders told the up her norreenhouse this early in the evening"

He opens the greenhouse door The air is just as dense as the last time I was in here, but now it is misty, too The moisture cools my cheeks

"Wow," Christina says

The roouish plant from tree from man-made structure Leaves brush e of the room And then I see Johanna, crouched beside a bush with a bowl in her hands, picking what appear to be raspberries Her hair is pulled back, so I can see her scar