The last line is scribbled and Tris has to read it a few times for it to sink in. Nick’s grandfather is alive? The only reason his father took the throne was because his own father had died, right?

This doesn’t make any sense to her, so Tris decides to keep this information to herself for now. The prince is having a hard enough time trying to work through everything else and she doesn’t want to be the one who sends him over the edge. Her plan to go back to the palace is ...