"He would have killed you too. And me. I'm the reason she died. They were coming for me and then Zac and Eva decided we were going to run." Max sighed heavily. She had never taken time to process the emotions that night left her with; everything had happened so quickly and then, in a blink, she was in this strange world once again fighting to survive. For right now, in the arms of her new brother, she felt safe enough to think about everything that had happened. Unfortunately, Manticore didn't train them to deal with such things. She didn't understand the pain in her chest or why her stomach flipped when remembering Eva's sacrifice.

"I saw what they did to Jack and I didn't want them to chop me up. I was happy to run."