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Chapter 1

ARIA

They called the world beyond the walls of the Pod “the Death Shop ” A et so close

She bit her lip as she stared at the heavy steel door in front of her A display screen read AGRICULTURE 6—NO ENTRY in flashing red letters

Ag 6 was just a service dome, Aria told herself Dozens of dos an enclosed city needed Ag 6 had been dae was minor Supposedly

“Maybe we should turn back,” Paisley said She stood beside Aria in the airlock cha red hair

The three boys crouched at the control board by the door, ja an alar

“Come on, Paisley What’s the worst that could happen?”

Aria h so she tacked on a laugh That ca mildly hysterical

“What could happen in a daers “Our skin could rot off We could get locked out An Aether storm could turn us into human bacon Then the cannibals could eat us for breakfast ”

“It’s just another part of Reverie,” Aria said

“An off-limits part ”

“Pais, you don’t have to go ”

“Neither do you,” Paisley said, but she rong

For the past five days, Aria had worried constantly about her mother Why hadn’t she been in touch? Lumina had never rossed she was in her et into that dome