Tris isn’t sure what happened after being tied to the stake, the wood around her set ablaze. Her heart had threatened to leap out of her chest, and her brain had become a fog. The thoughts that had crossed her mind before the world around her went black were those of happier times. Playing in the meadow as a child, sowing her first dress with her mother, her father taking her through the woods, and Nick.

The fire was violent around her as the smoke stole the very air out of ...