#august....

Over time in the bunker, as Bill works on cracking the anomaly stone, Callie and Reese start to lose faith in their father.

For some terrible reason I feel like something happens to their mother? I do LOVE her already though!

They meet August in the bunker and he and Callie bond bc they are both rebels living amongst a bunker of devout followers.

Becca comes to the ground and learns about Cadogan's plans with the stones.

Becca shows Cadogan that Earth is survivable with nightblood to try and stop them from using the stone. He burns her alive to keep it secret, because he needs people to think their only solution is deliverance.

Secretly, as Bill prepares to leave with his most devout followers: Callie, Reese and August recover the flame (which the Second Dawn realize later on that they need information from, with Becca dead) and the trio steals it.

Knowing that Bill has something terrible planned, the three main characters bring a bunch of kids (who maybe would be sacrificed going through the stones? Or who just want to stay?) out into the woods.

Since they've all given themselves nightblood alteration, the Second Dawn can't follow them outside.

Those kids become our beloved grounders.

(I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS!)