Convergent
Chapter 1
Tris
I stare across the room, completely transfixed at the sight of my mother with me again. I don't feel my bullet wounds, or the remnants of the death serum still clogging my veins, all I see is her. She is as I last saw her – in Abnegation clothes, her small, knowing smile playing around her lips, and I can see bullet holes in her shirt, yet there is no blood. I try to step towards her, but am unable to move; I feel the arms of death tighten around my chest. My mother is no longer calm; her lips are moving too fast, she looks upset and angry. I look around wildly, trying to see the source of her anxiety. Black dots begin to creep into the edge of my vision; my mother's face starts to blur and fade, replaced by the darkness. I close my eyes as I am consumed by the shadows. I picture everyone I will see so soon: my father and mother together again, Will, Al, Lynn, Uriah. I can almost see their figures coming forward from the gloom to greet me. But then I see all those who I am leaving behind: Matt, Zeke, Susan, Caleb, Christina, Tobias… My throat tightens and tears prick my closing eyes. Tobias, I'm so sorry, I think, but then I am falling, weightless at last…