6PROLOGUE
53the caretakers with shards of glass and bone. Blood
7Beyond the transparent barrier, the caretakers
54CHAPTER FIFTEEN THE TEST OF TEARS
8terrifying.
55grieve.”
9CHAPTER ONE THE CAGE OF GLASS
56flesh, memories of her past, her deepest grief. She
10like hunger.
57laughter beyond, the promise of freedom.
11the crack.
58The leader bent low, his exposed heart pulsing. He
12CHAPTER TWO THE CARETAKERS
59THE BETRAYAL
13Recording.
60“Bleed. Resist. Bleed. Resist.”
14whispers, sharp and guttural, like shards of glass
61The leader bent low, his exposed heart pulsing. He
15child to them, but a subject.
62corruption.
16behind her, mask gleaming in the dim light. Its
63CHAPTER SEVENTEEN THE SLAUGHTER PIT
17CHAPTER THREE THE SILENT CHILDREN
64The Slaughter Pit.
18in half.
65below.
19defiance.
66blood.
20single word: TRUTH.
67CHAPTER EIGHTEEN THE BLOOD ASCENT
21CHAPTER FOUR THE CRACK IN THE WALL
68scream.
22and warmth spread through her skin, as though the
69inward. End.
23warning.
70with jagged lines. Truth.
24outward. Freedom.
71a room but a wound.
25promise.
72The Altar of Flesh.
26unbroken.
73agony.
27CHAPTER SIX THE BREAKOUT
74Her grief.
28open. Escape.
75“Bleed. Resist. Bleed. Resist.”
29CHAPTER SEVEN THE SILENT CITY
76with jagged lines. Truth.
30vials.
77CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE THE VEINS OF THE CITY
31structure at the city’s center.
78The Veins of the City.
32shard: a circle with bars across it. Prison. Liora
79CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO THE GLASS STORM
33CHAPTER EIGHT THE HARVESTERS
80inward. Collapse.
34CHAPTER NINE THE REVELATION
81with jagged lines. Truth.
35hollow, her mouth frozen in a silent scream.
82CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE THE LAST OFFERING
36system.
83hunger.
37CHAPTER TEN THE CHOICE
84CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR THE BREACH
38screams:
85wound.
39Sacrifice.
86with jagged lines. Truth.
40CHAPTER ELEVEN THE CITY OF MASKS
87CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE THE FALLEN SKY
41grown.
88The Fallen Sky.
42circle with jagged teeth. Danger.
89ABOUT THE AUTHOR
43inward. Submission.
90FINAL POEM
44pain.
91NOTE TO READERS
45CHAPTER TWELVE THE LIBRARY OF SORROWS
92TEASER FOR BOOK TWO
46worse.
93READER INVITATION
47silence of her nights, the hollow years that
