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The wind whips their tattered remains, but the signs aredeterminedly fixed, flapping against the steel and concretestructures they’re stuck to. Some are still pasted to polessprung right out of the ground, loudspeakers now affixed atthe very top. Loudspeakers that alert the people, no doubt,to the imminent dangers that surround them.But the world is eerily quiet.Pedestrians pass by, ambling along in the cold, frigidweather to do factory work and find food for their families.Hope in this world bleeds out of the barrel of a gun.No one really cares for the concept anymore.People used to want hope. They wanted to think thingscould get better. They wanted to believe they could go backto worrying about gossip and holiday vacations and going toparties on Saturday nights, so The Reestablishmentpromised a future too perfect to be possible and society wastoo desperate to disbelieve. They never realized they weresigning away their souls to a group planning on takingadvantage of their ignorance. Their fear.Most civilians are too petrified to protest but there areothers who are stronger. There are others who are waitingfor the right moment. There are others who have alreadybegun to fight back.I hope it’s not too late to fight back.I study every quivering branch, every imposing soldier,every window I can count. My eyes are 2 professionalpickpockets, stealing everything to store away in my mind.I lose track of the minutes we trample over.We pull up to a structure 10 times larger than the asylumand suspiciously central to civilization. From the outside itlooks like a bland building, inconspicuous in every way butits size, gray steel slabs comprising 4 flat walls, windowscracked and slammed into the 15 stories. It’s bleak andbears no marking, no insignia, no proof of its true identity.Political headquarters camouflaged among the masses.
The inside of the tank is a convoluted mess of buttons andlevers I’m at a loss to operate, and Adam is opening mydoor before I have a chance to identify the pieces. His handsare in place around my waist and my feet are now firmly onthe ground but my heart is pounding so fast I’m certain hecan hear it. He hasn’t let go of me.I look up.His eyes are tight, his forehead pinched, his lips his lips hislips are 2 pieces of frustration forged together.I step backward and 10,000 tiny particles shatter betweenus. He drops his eyes. He turns away. He inhales and 5fingers on one hand form a fickle fist. “This way.” He nodstoward the building.I follow him inside.
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Shatter MeTahereh Mafi
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EpigraphTwo roads diverged in a woo
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Chapter Twenty-ThreeChapter Twenty-
Page 8 and 9: Chapter OneI’ve been locked up fo
Page 10 and 11: To torture me, to torment me, to ke
Page 12 and 13: Chapter TwoIt smells like rain in t
Page 14 and 15: constructed bed frames: built from
Page 16 and 17: It doesn’t seem impossible.I’ve
Page 18 and 19: Chapter ThreeThe door opens to an a
Page 20 and 21: widens to reveal nothing but what I
Page 22 and 23: “Take the hem of my shirt,” I i
Page 24 and 25: Chapter FourI am not insane. I am n
Page 26 and 27: 2I take a sharp hit of oxygen. “F
Page 28 and 29: In 17 years no one has said my name
Page 30 and 31: days. Summer is like a slow-cooker
Page 32 and 33: “So that’s it? They open the do
Page 34 and 35: No I did not, I tell him. I do not
Page 36 and 37: He laughs and the action gives life
Page 38 and 39: Instead, I ignore the desperation s
Page 40 and 41: The pen stumbles its way to the flo
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Page 44 and 45: Chapter SevenI remember televisions
Page 46 and 47: choking my body. “I said GET UP.
Page 48 and 49: Adam is pointing a gun at my chest.
Page 50 and 51: “You have nothing to say about th
Page 52 and 53: a glance before smiling at me. “B
Page 54 and 55: Chapter TenAdam puts on the gloves
Page 56 and 57: It’s not a car. It’s a tank.I s
Page 60 and 61: Chapter ElevenI’m so prepared for
Page 62 and 63: “You can kill me,” I tell him.
Page 64 and 65: starvation I’m so hungry so hungr
Page 66 and 67: created by sentences, a figment of
Page 68 and 69: I hope I disappoint Warner in every
Page 70 and 71: Warner doesn’t miss a thing. He c
Page 72 and 73: wanted to touch him I’m not sure
Page 74 and 75: will. What will happen to both of u
Page 76 and 77: “Kent, Curtis, Soledad—TAKE CAR
Page 78 and 79: carpet the color of a setting summe
Page 80 and 81: He ignores my question. “The mech
Page 82 and 83: I try to fight it
Page 84 and 85: Chapter FifteenWhy don’t you just
Page 86 and 87: Warner is already 3 steps ahead but
Page 88 and 89: I watch him swallow hard and take a
Page 90 and 91: I scared him away.I close the door
Page 92 and 93: He grabs my hands, focuses my eyes.
Page 94 and 95: compounds stretching on for miles.
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Page 102 and 103: No one moves for so long.I begin to
Page 104 and 105: Chapter EighteenNo one moves.Fletch
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“Juliette?” He doesn’t move a
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“Wait,” he says with one hand.
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touching me and he’s not screamin
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Chapter TwentyIt’s 8:00 in the mo
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“You’re far more stubborn than
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“Excuse me?”“I’m nineteen y
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follow me into the bathroom. He doe
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I thought so many things
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never
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never
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You have so much more power than yo
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“A murderer?”“NO—”“An i
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“There is a soldier living in my
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Oh
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OhThis was all a trap.“Does this
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wants, but I’ll expect her for di
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“Psycho!”“She’s got some ki
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“It was an accident,” I choke o
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Once, twice, a hundred times his li
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Chapter Twenty-ThreeI’m 14 years
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But he’s not so different, either
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flames and swallowing a million mor
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me. “You had bruises on your arms
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Adam and I have little time togethe
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release but his reassurances in my
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know Warner and his accomplices mus
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Chapter Twenty-FiveWarner knows I d
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together, that I’ll play games wi
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click
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clickEvery moment is loaded.“If a
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down his face, nothing but his eyes
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his skin, I dare to trail my finger
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torture. His weight is pressed into
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ever
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knewwhat it meant to feel.An alarm
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inch of him covered in clothing, a
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he wants to make a break for it ear
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will come near you—you’ll be an
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My eyes dart between Warner and Ada
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Chapter Twenty-EightI’m burning.T
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We’re darting in a million direct
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shredded dress. The slit Warner cre
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Adam stares at me so long I begin t
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main unit fried on contact with the
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Chapter Thirty“You have a house?
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there’s an expiration date on thi
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The possibility of losing himThe po
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I’m staring at a point in the bla
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His hands
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His lipsare at my ear when he speak
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unblemished, untouched by most of t
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disappeared to, where the house is.
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behind and lifts him off the floor.
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around the space. “This is all mi
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Adam brushes back wayward strands o
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only one who ever cared.” My eyes
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He takes a tight breath. “I don
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nearly over my head when a door squ
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“That seems awfully convenient.
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I chance a peek and see Adam is sti
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would be comfortable to fight in. I
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going to do with the psycho chick?
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bathroom hallway, holding the makes
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“Where’s the ‘super-safe plac
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I touch the word on his lips and he
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“I’m still not interested,” I
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Chapter Thirty-Seven“I’m really
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“HURRY—”“How close—?”
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Turns to Kenji. “If you let anyth
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just fine. He doesn’t tell me to
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He kicks open the doors and we stum
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“No—”Warner backs me into a c
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to overpower him and I have no idea
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Chapter FortyWarner is down.I am up
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rusted door that looks like it’s
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everywhereand I do something stupid
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His head snaps up with a sudden bur
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“And kicked it a little.”He’s
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Chapter Forty-One“You’re lucky
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“You trust me now?”A small sigh
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broken breath. “You’re going to
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Chapter Forty-Two“We’re here, a
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Strange suits. All white with gray
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Chapter Forty-ThreeI’m an old cre
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“How did you touch me?” Surely
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Kenji walks inside, a little hesita
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Chapter Forty-Four“Now?” Blondi
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Chapter Forty-FiveI feel like a clo
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“Yeah.” Kenji looks uncomfortab
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This place is far more complex, far
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“Are kept hidden. Genetically mod
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gift.”I spin around, stunned.“I
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“For my condition? Yes. For yours
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My smile is wider than the Pacific
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His eyes flutter for just a moment.
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myself and take my seat next to him
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“You have no scars.” I touch hi
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Chapter Forty-Nine“He’s not.”
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He reappears just in time to jump o
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Adam pulls back just a tiny bit. Ki
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“I’m sorry—” I backpedal.
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“Wait!” Winston slams the door
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his lips.I touch the material. Deci
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mirror for once in my life. I look
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than fabulous; Christina Colangelo,
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CreditsJacket art © by Aurora Crow
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First EditionEPub Edition © 2011 I
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United KingdomHarperCollins Publish
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