Chapter 13: Isle of Suns

Tris yelps as someone grabs her from behind and starts dragging her toward the trees. Her mind races as she panics and can’t think of what to do. She can hear Nick yelling at Dom, but Tris can’t make out what he’s saying.

“Lucas!” she screams after turning around to face her attacker. “What are you doing here?”

“I’m saving you, what does it look like?” Lucas replies, grabbing a large branch from the ground and waving it in front of him.

“You’re going to save me from a dragon armed with a stick?” she replies sarcastically.

Lucas smiles at her. “This is no regular stick, it’s a massive dragon-slaying sword,” he yells as the wood begins to glow.

Tris watches in amazement as the branch keeps growing until it’s too large to hold. Lucas lets the log drop to the ground before slowly turning back around to face her.

“Okay, so that wasn’t supposed to happen,” he says, pointing at the log.