Chapter 199

• So many guards lined up along both sides of the road as the students walked to where the dean had directed them to after lunch.
• Ava could sense the unease. She had walked down this road once, the day she had tried to walk away from Zeke after she had been discharged from the infirmary. It was one of the few roads too close to the forest. She could already feel the darkness looming over her.
• Her palms felt sweaty, and she couldn’t stop her heart pounding hard against her chest. The students walking in front of them kept turning back, so she was sure they could hear it. The bag on her back felt even heavier than in the morning when Derek had handed it to her.