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they did to you, to the other girls, we can’t let them do that ever again. But it’s bigger than that. They’re no better than we are. They have no damn right to rule over us. And we need to bring our girls home.”
    “I know.” I held him, reveling in his warmth for a minute. “Where are they taking people?”
    “We don’t know for sure, but I think it’s the old prison. Do you remember finding it when we were little?”
    “Yeah.”
    “That’s the only place that makes sense.”
    “How’d they find it?”
    “They found everything. They’re taking everything from us. It was bad enough when they ruled from their city, but this is our village. It may have been bad before, but we can’t live like this.”
    I nodded. He was right. This had to stop. We had to resist. It was bad enough when it was just Norris punishing people in the village left and right. Now, we had an entire army of bullies. We had to fight and get Laney and the others out of Olympus somehow. “What can I do to help?”
    “A few of the leaders are meeting at three in the morning at the park. I need you to come. You have to tell them what happened to you and explain what they’ve done with the other girls. They need to hear it from you.”
    “I can do that.”
    He relaxed and leaned back against the tree trunk. Gruff voices began filtering closer to us. I pulled away. “Abby Blue?”
    “Yeah?”
    He pulled me close and lightly and quickly pressed his lips to mine. My eyes fluttered. What was that? I stepped backward, rubbing my lips.
    “Sorry,” he said. “I shouldn’t have done that. I just...never mind. Sorry.”
    Kyan walked away down the long row of the orchard until he faded from sight. My heart broke. When would he get it? He couldn’t keep doing this, not to me and not to himself.
    “Back to work,” barked from behind me.
     
    ∞
     
    Kyan woke me at two -forty in the morning. I was still foggy from sleep as we made our way through the woods. We couldn’t risk the trails. That’s how the guards moved around. He tugged me through the crunching leaves, over fallen tree trunks, and held branches out of the way so they didn’t smack me in the face.
    “Almost there.”
    We made our way into the funhouse, which was still full of frightening memories. Three shadows emerged from the darkness. The first was Councilman Stephens, a younger man, probably in his late twenties, tall and thin with a short dark beard that matched the thick hair on his head. He was Paige’s new husband. Oh, how he would pay if she found out I was here.
    Paige stepped out of the darkness to stand beside her husband. Great. The normal scornful look on her face had been replaced with one of strength. What had happened to her when I was gone?
    Gray was the third to emerge. “Gray?”
    “Yeah. I’m here to help. I joined up as soon as Kyan told me what was going on.”
    “But if they find out—”
    “I don’t care. It’s not right.”
    Kyan squeezed my hand. “We don’t have long. Tell Michael what happened.” Michael and Paige stood together absorbing every word. I told them how Olympus had planned the ‘harvest’ and how Crew was a part of it. Explaining how he had lied to me was hard. Those wounds were still fresh.
    I showed them my stomach. The bruises that were still fading away, explaining how I was told that I was infertile and then discarded like trash into the Lesser section. When it came time to explain how Crew helped Gray and I leave the city, the tears came. It was a silent cry. My voice was steady and strong.
    Paige stepped forward. “I know you and I have had our differences in the past. But I’m actually glad for what happened. No offense, Kyan, but I’m very happy with Michael. And I want to help. We both do.”
    Michael grabbed her hand. “We need you to lay low for now, but may need your help soon. For now, we need to figure out what to do about the resistance camp.”
    “Camp?”
    “It’s what they’re calling the old