Zelia woke up from the Glade without her memories from her past - only her name she knows.
What will happen to her? Is she's willing to give up everything? Will she face all of her challenges?
"Why did you do that? I thought you hate me since day 1...
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"What did you say?" Alby asked Minho again. They are now in the Reign so that the former Keeper can talk to their leader.
When Minho woke up in his hammock—since he wasn't a Keeper anymore and his old room was owned by Ben—he immediately went to Alby's room. Even though Alby wondered what was going on and why Minho would wanted to talk to him, he just let himself follow the young man until they reached the Reign.
Minho took a breath before speaking and looked the leader in the eye. "Punch me, put me in the Slammers, Banish me, I don't know. Give me a punishment."
"And why should I do that?" Alby asked in surprise. He will not issue a punishment unless if the Gladers really did something against the rules. Minho looked away and didn't speak for a few minutes. Alby just took a deep breath.
"If you're not going to tell me what you want to say, why did you even bring me here?" He turned his back on Minho and was about to leave when he suddenly heard the young man speak.
"I kissed Zelia yesterday." Alby slowly looked at him; he didn't expect what he said.
"What?"
"I kissed Zelia yesterday. At the Deadheads. I wasn't in my right mind at that time because I had been drinking the glass full of what Gally's recipe. I don't know how many glass I drink." Aside from Zelia, Minho only tells the truth to Alby.
Alby seemed to want to laugh, but he realized that Minho didn't really know how he felt about Zelia. It is obvious from their actions that they have feelings for each other. There's one time when he couldn't sleep and he was about to go to Slammers to say check Minho, but he saw the two of them together inside, sleeping. He couldn't ask why and just let the two do what they wanted to do.
"What do you want me to do?" Alby asked for a few minutes, and neither of them spoke.
"Punished me." Because of what Minho said, he couldn't avoid rolling his eyes at him, and he crossed his arms.
"Minho, are you really that super dumb numb? Because if you ask me, you two are more obvious about your feelings for each other. The way you let yourself Banish yourself, the way she's waiting for you to come back, the way she's sleeping with you these past few days when you're on your Slammer. Tell me if you really didn't feel anything for her."
Minho looked away and looked at the grass. He doesn't know what to answer, or maybe he knows but still doesn't want to admit it to himself.
"She would probably hate me for what I did," Minho said softly but just enough for Alby to hear.
Before he could look at their leader again, he suddenly fell down on the grass and felt three punches in his face. Minho didn't try to fight back; he just let Alby punch him.
