When I woke up, Jem was gone. He was usually always awake when Ana and I got out of our tent, so it didn’t surprise me. I couldn’t help but feel the absence though, wondering why it was bothering me. It didn’t bother me when Ana woke up before me and left, why should I care now? What we talked about last night was swirling through my mind. I couldn’t help but wonder, was the reason he hated me because I was the future wife to the dragons he hated so much? It’s not like I had a choice in the matter though, so there was no reason to be mad at me for it. Then again he was clearly irrational, telling me to think about running away when he wasn’t planning on letting me go. Where would the honor be in that anyway? If men were fighting a war for me, forcing others to die for me, how could I j
