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Chapter 1:

Sophie's POV

Unmatchable. It didnt used to matter. She used to be just fine without the matchmakers. So why was she trembling?

Surely Fitz would understand, Sophie had faith in that. But something was wrong.

"What?" she said, a little too harshly.

The girl behind the desk at the matchmaking office looked just as confused as Sophie was. "I'm sorry, miss. This has never happened before. It's understandable though. If you don't know your biological parents then we can't match you."

A hand gently touched Sophie's shoulder, and she remembered that Grady and Edaline were present.

"It's okay, Sophie." Edaline's soft voice floated into Sophie's ears, but the words didnt register.

There were no words in any language that could describe what she wanted to say, so her mouth hung open, not accepting breath. This wasnt supposed to happen.

"We should go." Grady told her, placing his hand next to Edaline's on Sophie's shoulder.

Sophie nodded feebly, her throat beginning to swell, and her heart sinking. She wanted to leave this place. More than anything.

Grady and Edaline held each of her hands as they walked down the all too perfect streets of Atlantis. Everyone looked happy. Sophie reminded herself that that was probably because she and her friends had saved the whole place from flooding not too long ago. They even walked by the statue of her, Lihn and Keefe, right where Nightfall had been. Seeing Lihn's face made a tear come down Sophie's cheeks.

Lihn was doing everything to get her brother back.

What was Sophie doing?

Crying about the matchmakers.

Sophie wiped a tear, and looked around, just now realizing that they had reached the transportation that would suck them out of Atlantis, from where they would light leap back to Haven feild.

As Sophie got ready to leave, she made herself a promise.

No matter what the Matchmakers said, she was her own person, and it was time for her to act. No more waiting for the answers to come.

She was going to pave her own legacy.