Like most people, Uriah doesn't usually notice the Stiffs at school, but there is one girl that just seems... different. When he runs into Beatrice Prior as they both leave early after their aptitude tests don't go as planned, a friendship begins to form. When she chooses Dauntless... could it be more?

Mare deceives her parents with the help of her brother and goes into the forest, despite all the stories. She meets her friend as well as his sister in the forest. At first she is too blinded by love to see something is wrong but then a scream rings through the air, Kilorn is gone and all she wants is home. Will Mare survive this or will she become one of many unlucky victims?