Visitors come and go for the rest of the afternoon, mostly Zeke, Cassandra, Lauren, and Matthew. The compound nurse comes only once, and briefly at that. Her head was shaved, and her brown eyes dared you to talk to her. She gave me some medication for the pain and left as quickly as she appeared.
Cassandra and I spend the day playing checkers, a game I'm good at since my mom taught me how to play back when...when she was still alive.
"I win. Want a rematch?" I look up from the board and catch Cassandra staring at me. "What is it?" Cassandra looks away, blushing. "Nothing." I grin. "Whatever you say."
"Thank you."
"What for?"
"Saving my life. The time we had to jump on the roof of that building."
"It wasn't just me. Zeke and Lauren helped."
"But...you didn't know me, and you helped me anyway." I lean forward. "I guess it was the Abnegation part of me, you know?"
"Yeah, I guess there is always some Abnegation in everyone." Not Marcus, I think. "You know what?" Cassandra picks up her game pieces. "I think I do want a rematch after all. Bring it on."
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♘ Be Brave ♘
Fiksi PenggemarTobias Eaton has been abused and manipulated by his father for as long as he can remember, enslaved by his fears and oppressive Abnegation lifestyle...but one day, he chooses to betray his faction, and embarks on a journey that will change his life...
