Chapter 16

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TRIS POV

Blue.

It was the first thing I noticed. My life had taken a drastic turn the day that I decided to set a new path for myself; I had just taken a leap into the unknown depths of the Dauntless compound. And before I could drink anything in with my curious, un-Abnegation gaze, I saw him.

He stared back, calculating, sharp, trying to make sense of the Stiff who had jumped first. There was a confidence in his aura that did not match the mysterious past that I would later find out about. His eyebrows remained furrowed as he towered above me, all muscle and intimidation, but I did not feel threatened. If anything, I was intrigued.

I challenged him by staring right back into his eyes. The unfathomable color that shared everything with me in one glance, the calm hue that awakened a fire inside of my lifeless persona, that—

Blue.

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