As soon as Jack Kang releases Matthew, everyone surrounds him, questions being shot at him every which way. "I have nothing to say," he declares. His voice is quiet but confident, and everyone backs away. I can feel his gaze burning into me, but I refuse to look his way. I can't let him know how grateful I am about everything he's done.

Not yet. I still can't forget how much I suffered at Marcus's hands... and I don't think I ever will. I ignore everyone's stares, their loud whispers. I know what they're thinking.

So that's why he's been doing so well in the rankings! And, honestly, I don't blame them. I really thought that I'd earned that ranking thanks to my hard work and effort, but apparently not. If he thinks that favoring me will make me forgive him, he's wrong. Soon everyone else leaves the building and we prepare to board the cars, and I jump on the first one that comes by. I feel so ashamed I want to dig a hole and disappear.

Lauren and Zeke find me quickly and take a seat nearby. "So. Quite a turn of events, huh?" I nod. "Did you... uh... did you know about... that?" I sigh. "I don't want to talk about it, okay?" Zeke looks away. "Okay. Sorry." I'm silent the rest of the way home. I shouldn't have talked to him like that, but I have to be firm.

No one, not even Zeke, has the right to interrogate me about my past - the very thing I came here to forget. I jump off the train as soon as it nears the Dauntless compound and head straight to the dorms. It's dark by the time we get back, so that gives me an excuse to go to sleep.

"Well, well, well... who do we have here? The teacher's pet." Eric walks in with a handful of the initiates. They snicker, and I feel my face turning red. "Leave me alone, Eric." I'm exhausted, much too tired to deal with this right now. "Or what? You'll kill me like your daddy killed that poor nurse?"

He chuckles. "Like father, like son." That's it. I can't take this anymore. I aim for his nose and smile when I hear the bone crack. "Bastard!" His minions pin my arms behind my back, leaving my face exposed for Eric to destroy. I tense and brace myself for the pain, but it never comes.

The others release their hold on me, and I turn just in time to see Zeke, standing in the doorway with a gun in hand. Before I can do anything to stop him, he pulls the trigger... and everyone is silent.