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Chapter 1
A KNOCK MAKES me jump My hands shake from exhaustion, fear, and sorrow as I unlatch the lock to the door of h of relief as I see Raffe Jeffries in the doorway Though we share the same path of study, there is little else that is similar about us Me fro to be here He froraduates are welcomed into the University with open arms We are not friends Even after he helped save ht, I do not know if I can trust him But I have no choice
Raffe appears unconcerned, but I can read the warning in his eyes as he steps intoroom and closes the door behind him “Cia, they know”
My knees weaken, and I grip the back of a chair for support “Knohat?”
That I left campus? That I know the rebellion led by theisn’t what the rebels believe? That soon the rebels will launch an attack that will lead thehts away from that question
“Professor Holt knoe both left campus” His dark eyesfor Damone”
Of course Griffin would be looking for his friend When he doesn’t find him, he will alert the head of our residence, Professor Holt She onder why the Tosu City Government Studies student has vanished Will Dr Barnes and his officials believe the pressure to succeed has caused Damone to flee? Or will they launch a search for hiins to swell I tell myself there wasn’t another option But was there?
I shake my head Unless I want my future to contain Redirection or worse, I have to avoid thinking about what is past
There are no rules that say we cannot leave campus I cannot be punished for that alone But if they knohat I have seen
I take a steadying breath, then ask, “Does Professor Holt knoe left or if we left together?”
My fingers trace the lightning bolt sydevice contained inside The one I thought I had beaten Only, I rong I rong about everything Now Michal is dead and
“I don’t think anyone kno long ere gone No one saw us leave, and I don’t think anyone spotted us e returned to cah his dark hair “But Griffin stopped e to Tomas He asked if I had seen Da I don’t kno, but he kneere together”
I have not told Raffe about the tracking device in his bracelet Part of me had hoped I would not need to share my secrets My father warnedto trust no one But I have I er
Quickly, I tell Raffe about what’s hidden inside the bracelets and about the transnal and hide our ht or this , that transmitter fell out of my pocket Where and when it was lost I do not know
Raffe looks down at the sy in the center of the balanced scales of justice “They’re e Only a nod of the head before he says, “We’re going to have to find a better way to block the signal if we don’t want the our every move e do whatever you have planned next”