❝ 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘐𝘊𝘌 𝘋𝘖𝘌𝘚 𝘕𝘖𝘛 𝘍

INDEPENDENT     ,    PRIVATE    ,    BOOK    BASED   &   CANON   DIVERGENT MATTHIAS HELVAR WRITTEN   BY   ELLA  .

CUT  FROM  THE  SAME  CLOTH    /      her  lips  twitched  with  ease  as  she  watched  the  way  the  man  crafted  a  smile  warm  enough  to  melt  the  icecaps.  inej  was  surprised  by  the  confession,  softer  than  prayer,  and  the  fact  he  was  willing  to  admit  that  to  the  wraith.    leaning  her  back  on  the  brick  of  the  building  they  sat  next  to,  she  relaxed  her  shoulders  and  her  sharp  eyes  softened  to  pull  him  in.      HE  WAS  BECOMING  MORE  LIKE  THEM.    criminals,  thieves,  killers,  and  crows.  all  picked  to  pull  off  the  impossible.    her  eyes  lifted  to  watch  a  bickering  session  between  nina  and  kaz,  distent  but  predictable,  and  her  eyes  turned  back  to  the  boy.      ❝      because  you  are  free.      ❞          

she  paused,  mind-twisting  around  the  word    FREEDOM    as  if  she  understood  what  that  meant.    the  reality  was,  inej  was  still  working  through  the  balance  between  guilt  and  survival.    to  busy  her  mind,  she  brought  her  fingers  to  a  knife  against  her  hip  and  started  to  play  with  the  blade.        ❝    do  your  gods  not  believe  in  freedom?      ❞             

      ❛   my   gods   .   .   .   ❜   he   wondered   what   his   gods   would   want   .   WHAT   DJEL   WOULD   WISH   FOR   .   surely   not   for   his   followers   and   believers   to   enslave   grisha   or   treat   them   like   objects   .   maybe   NINA   WAS   RIGHT   .   maybe   his   gods   were   grisha   once   .   the   questions   in   his   mind   were   multiplying   -   daily   .   ❛   I   don't   know   what   my   gods   would   want   .   I   feel   confused   Inej   .   like   I've   lost   my   connection   to   them   and   I   do   not   want   to   lose   it   .   I   do   not   want   to   become   like   him   .   FAITHLESS   .   find   comfort   in   objects   .   ❜   his   eyes   on   the   demjin   .   he   wasn't   weak   ,   he   was   brilliant   .   he   was   strong   but   he   died   not   envy   him   at   all   .   Living   for   the   kruge   ,   seemed   like   a   very   low   philosophy   in   life   to   have   .   not   fulfilling   at   all   .   empty   .