Chapter One
"Biana, you can't go this time."
"Why not?"
"Remember Nightfall?"
Biana groaned. "I'm not some broken doll you have to protect! I'm fine!"
Sophie sighed. "Look, Biana-" She started to say, but Fitz cut her off. "What if we meet Vespera again? She has to want revenge! What if she hurts you? Or worse..."
Biana tried to protest, but Mr. Forkle held up one hand to silence her. "Sophie, Fitz and Linh are going and that's final. Everyone else can stay and do other things."
"If it makes you feel better, I'm always left behind," Dex whispered in her ear," so you and I can be the 'Abandoned People' together." Biana blused, though she wasen't sure why. Then the group leaped away, leaving Biana alone with Dex and the Collective.
Soon, the Collective left, and Dex and Biana were the only ones at the Stone House. "What now?" Dex asked.
"We can go to my house," Biana offered.
Dex laughed. "A Dizznee alone with a Vacker at Everglen, that's a first."
"There's a first time for everything," Biana agreed. "But come with me. You're my friend, after all."