It is the rule of the Wilds:
You must be bigger, and stronger, and tougher.
A coldness radiates through me, a solid wall that is growing, piece by piece, in my chest. He doesn't love me?
He never loved me.
It was all a lie.
'The old Lena is dead', I say, and then push past him. Each step is more difficult than the last; the heaviness fills me and turns my limbs to stone.
You must hurt, or be hurt.
Lena can build the walls, but what if there's no one left to take them down? The powerful, heartbreaking conclusion to one of the most eagerly awaited, talked-about series is here.
Requiem
Lena is now in the thick of it and struggling to fight free. After rescuing Julian from death, they are forced to flee back into the wilds. But what happens when the wilds aren’t safe anymore for the rebels? As regulators swarm the borders looking for invalids, Lena and her group must once again flee but this time to a larger group of invalids. It is up to her and her friends to save those she cares about and stop the corruption of the government once and for all.
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QBD, 04/11/2014