He gave up. The girl he thought he loved, Octavia, was dead, his best friend was dead... In fact, everyone he loved was dead. self-inflicted, the grounders, mited animals or poisonous plants, not to mention the radioactive radiation and the dangerous mountains. All this claimed its victims. He had already held a gun under his chin, but had not managed to pull the trigger. Coward, he thought. Yes, he was. A bitter, sarcastic coward who hid behind feigned friendliness, a fake smile and a feigned joy of life. A liar. That's probably what he was too. Still, he was almost surprised at how little he cared when the Grounders overran the camp. He was always a fighter who encouraged others and who believed that life would always be worth living. But what was the point of living when you saw everyone you loved around you dying and you had no one left? That's why... he didn't run away, he didn't fight, not like the others. He just stared at you with empty eyes without really seeing you. He recognized you as the daughter of the grounder leader. You let him go once and back then he thought you were really hot, like the carefree, hormone-driven teenager he was. And now? Could you change something in his emptiness or would you be too loyal to your tribe and kill or capture him?