1.) The Seekers stopped looking for Melanie.
2.) One extra Seeker was looking for Melanie on its own, retracing her last steps.
3.) Jared finally talks to Melanie for the first time since she got back.
4.) Jared was debating whether or not to kill it(Melanie).
5.) With Jared and the other males gone, Uncle Jeb gave Melanie a tour of the entire community(cave).
- Are souls stronger than humans?
- Why was Jared treating Melanie like his prisoner?
- Was this a way he thought he could get her back?
- Why did Jared break Kyles nose?
Jared was like a silent wall between me and everything else in the world, good or bad." - Simile (pg#175)
unfathomable (adj) - impossible to comprehend (pg#159)
stalactites (noun) - a deposit of calcium carbonate (as calcite) resembling an icicle hanging from the roof or sides of a cave (pg#159)
callous (adj) - feeling or showing no sympathy for others (pg#165)
acquiescence (noun) - the state of being acquiescent (pg#165) |
