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need to talk to you about . . .” I glance at Will and Christina. I can’t corner Tori now; they’ll ask questions. “. . . Something. Sometime.” “I am not sure that would be wise,” she says quietly. “I helped you as much as I could, and now you will have to go it alone.” I purse my lips. She has answers; I know she does. If she won’t give them to me now, I will have to find a way to make her tell me some other time. “Want a tattoo” she says. The bird sketch holds my attention. I never intended to get pierced or tattooed when I came here. I know that if I do, it will place another wedge between me and my family that I can never remove. And if my life here continues as it has been, it may soon be the least of the wedges between us. But I understand now what Tori said about her tattoo representing a fear she overcame—a reminder of where she was, as well as a reminder of where she is now. Maybe there is a way to honor my old life as I embrace my new one. “Yes,” I say. “Three of these flying birds.” I touch my collarbone, marking the path of their flight— toward my heart. One for each member of the family I left behind. 90
chapter nine “Since there are an odd number of you, one of you won’t be fighting today,” says Four, stepping away from the board in the training room. He gives me a look. The space next to my name is blank. The knot in my stomach unravels. A reprieve. “This isn’t good,” says Christina, nudging me with her elbow. Her elbow prods one of my sore muscles—I have more sore muscles than not-sore muscles, this morning— and I wince. “Ow.”. “Sorry,” she says. “But look. I’m up against the Tank.” Christina and I sat together at breakfast, and this morning she shielded me from the rest of the dormitory as I changed. I haven’t had a friend like her before. Susan 91
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