Color fills her cheeks, and I think it again: that Johanna Reyes might still be beautiful. Except now I think that she isn't just beautiful in spite of the scar, she's somehow beautiful with it, like Lynn with her buzzed hair, like Tobias with the memories of his father's cruelty that he wears like armor, like my mother in her plain gray clothing.
Veronica RothTag: beauty
hear him breathing behind me, loud and fast. "Are you all right, Four?"
"Are you human, Tris? Being up this high..." He gulps for air. "It doesn't scare you at all?"
I look over my shoulder at the ground. If I fall now, I will die. But I don't think I will fall. A gust of air presses against my left side, throwing my body weight to the right. I gasp and cling to the rungs, my balance shifting. Four's cold hand clamps around one of my hips, one of his fingers finding a strip of bare skin just under the hem of my T-shirt. He squeezes, steading me and pushing me gently to the left, restoring my balance. Now I can't breathe. I pause, staring at my hands, my mouth dry. I feel the ghost of where his hand was, his fingers long and narrow.
"You okay?" he asks quietly.
"Yes," I say, my voice strained.
I look up at Eric,sniffing "I tried to...and..."I shake my head.
"You tired to what?" asks Eric
"Kiss me," says Tobias. "And I rejected her,and she went running off like a five-year-old. there's really nothing to blame her for but stupidity.
You won," Four mutters. "Stop.
Veronica Roththats it?" I say. Those were your worst fears? Why do you only have four..." My voice trails off. Only four fears.
"Oh" I look over my shoulder at him. "thats why they call you-
A one-eyed man with a knife in hand, looking for someone else’s eye to poke out.
Veronica Roththough he does not touch me, he steadies me.
Veronica RothFear," she says, "is more powerful than pain.
Veronica RothMaybe I was afraid to trust him with something so personal as my devotion.
Veronica RothWell, technology is supposed to make life better," she says. "No matter what you believe, there's a technology out there for you.
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