Gia _____ I lay on my bed, looking at the ceiling. After everything that had happened, I was still no closer to finding the RAD traitor. Frustration burned inside me. I knew everyone, except Trent, didn’t want me to do it; they didn’t understand. It was my destiny to save people, and I was failing spectacularly. I hadn’t even managed to slow him down, much less stop him. When would it end? How many more people would I have to lose. The faces of my grandfather and the fallen villagers flashed through my mind. My heart ached for them. Why, why did this person have to take them from me? And what about Uncle Ted and Sophia? Were they okay? Were they being tortured or starved? My nails dug into the palms of my hands, the pain barely registering as the magic pulsed within me and then rushed

