Then he draws his hand back by his face to hit me, and I say, my throat tight with fear, “The Choosing Ceremony, Dad!” “It poisons this house with selfishness!” “This is rank with self-indulgence!” he shouts, and he shoves the trunk off the edge of the bed so its contents scatter all over the floor. I flinch, over and over again, and don’t have an answer.

He takes them out one by one and thrusts them toward me. “What is this?” His hand moves through the treasured objects carelessly, scattering them to the left and right. Now I can’t feel my palms, and the breathing is starting, the shallow breathing that always comes when I know he’s about to explode.

I reach into my pocket, then drop the key in his hand. And I have to give it to him, because he can see when I’m lying he can see everything about me. He holds out his hand, palm up, and raises his eyebrows at me.

But what I’ve always wondered is, if it still has blankets in it, why do you keep it locked?” “Your mother claimed this was for blankets,” he says. I pinch the hem of my shirt, but I can’t feel my fingertips. It doesn’t budge.įear slides into my gut like a blade. But instead of reaching for me, he bends down and pulls the trunk from beneath the bed, then tries the lid. He starts toward me, and I back up instinctively. “That’s three lies,” he says, and his voice is low but hard as flint. I clutch the back of the chair, hard, and stare at my books. “What were you doing in here that you didn’t want me to see?” “I-” I can’t think of a single thing to say, so I just close my mouth and carry the chair back to my desk where it belongs, right behind the perfect stack of schoolbooks. The fourth story, 'The Traitor,' runs parallel with the events of Divergent, giving readers a glimpse into the decisions of loyalty - and love - that Tobias makes in the weeks after he meets Tris Prior.“That’s the second time you’ve lied to me today,” Marcus says. The first three pieces in this volume - 'The Transfer,' 'The Initiate,' and 'The Son' - follow Tobias's transfer from Abnegation to Dauntless, his Dauntless initiation, and the first clues that a foul plan is brewing in the leadership of two factions. When read together, these long narrative pieces illuminate the defining moments in Tobias Eaton's life. Readers will find more of this charismatic character's backstory told from his own perspective in Four: A Divergent Collection. His voice is an integral part of Allegiant.

Readers first encountered Tobias Eaton as 'Four' in Divergent. 1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth will be thrilled by Four: A Divergent Collection, a companion volume that includes four pre-Divergent stories told from Tobias Eaton's point of view.ĭIVERGENT, INSURGENT and ALLEGIANT were major blockbuster movies in 2014, 20.

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