CHAPTER 2

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TOBIAS POV:' I PACE UP AND DOWN THE CHASM,WAITING FOR TRIS.SHE SHOULD BE COMING DOWN HERE NOW,RIGHT AFTER SHE WAS GIVEN HER APARTMENT KEY AND NUMBER.OH MAYBE ZEKE DIDNT GIVE HER MY MESSAGE.I SWEAR I'LL KILL HIM  IF-'MY MUTTERING IS CUT OFF BY SOMEONE JUMPING IN FRONT OF ME.ZEKE.''YO FOUR WHY THE ANGRY FACE?'HE SAYS,GRINNING.I SHOOT HIM A DEATH GLARE,THE SCARIEST THAT I USE ON MY INITIATES WHEN THEY GET ON MY NERVES BY ASKING TOO MANY QUESTIONS.''DID YOU TELL TRIS TO MEET ME HERE? ISAY.''YEAH I ALSO TOLD HER TO COME WITH YOU TO MY PLACE FOR A GAME OF CANDOR OR DAUNTLESS,HE SAYS ,PICKING AT HIS CUTICLES.SHE SHOULD BE HERE RIGHT ABOUT....NOW!''.AND WITH THAT,TRIS EMERGES FROM THE DARK,SMILING AT ME AND ZEKE.SHE GOES UP TO ZEKE AND SLAPS HIM ACROSS THE HEAD.I CRACK UP.''WHAT WAS THAT FOR,WOMAN!?HE SHOUTS,RUBBING HIS HEAD.SHE SCOWLS.''I GIVE YOU SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT TRYING TO KEEP HIM BUSY,AND YOU CANT EVEN DO THAT.HOW DO YOU EXPECT ME TO SCARE HIM IF YOURE TELLING HIM WHEN IM ABOUT TO COME?HUH?SHES TRYING NOT TO LAUGH BUT ITS NOT WORKING.A GIGGLE ESCAPES HER MOUTH AND ZEKE GLARES AT HER,AND THEN LEAVES.I TURN AND GRIN AT TRIS.''SO...WHAT WERE YOU AND ZEKE PLANNING TO DO TO ME?', OH NOTHING I JUST WANTED TO SCARE YOU,THATS ALL.'' I THINK FOR A MOMENT.''TRIS,I WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING.''WHAT IS IT TOBIAS?,SHE SAYS WRAPPING HER ARMS AROUND MY TORSO.I FEEL MY BODY HEATING UP.WELL,NOW THAT INITIATION IS OVER,I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE IN WITH ME.SHE GRINS.''OF COURSE I WILL''.I SMILE.

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