Things were finally going her way: her brother was marrying her best friend, she had a group of stable people in her life, her work was helping people across the factions, and she got Eric back. What could go wrong? How about her mother showing up, after Crystal believed her to be dead for nearly 8 long years? Yeah, that's bound to have nasty consequences that could royally screw her life up. Especially when her mother is the leader of the group of people who set fire to a school and nearly killed Eric, not to mention kidnapped and tortured her. There's only one way to solve this problem, and it's not going to be pretty.

Elizabeth Montoya is a young student who is finishing up school. She takes a test that will decide the rest of her life, and it changes her entirely. At only sixteen, Elizabeth is thrown into the real world and is forced to fight for her right to live in her new faction.

Erudite born, Jacquetta, wasn't particularly the brightest girl in her faction, in fact she was the worst at everything, the Erudite had seen nothing like it before. Choosing day was supposed to be simple for her. Her parents had done their best to convince her that a quiet life in Amity would be perfect for her, however she has much bigger plans. She felt that she was destined for Dauntless. She'd spent the past two years secretly training herself, ready to jump in at the deep end, but would it really be that easy? Join Jac on her journey into the unknown, mysterious ways of Dauntless, and the varying feelings she finds for the people around her, including her enigmatic instructor, who constantly has her on her toes.

I never really was made to be in Abnegation. I didn't ever fit in. All of the selflessness - I just couldn't do it. I couldn't forget myself in a matter of seconds then turn to another in need. I always thought of myself and what I would be like when I was older. Would I live in Abnegation? Could I learn to forget myself eventually? No. It just wouldn't happen. Life is never that easy in Abnegation, for me, at least. (incomplete)