Arabella's P.O.V

"So, how do you feel?"

How did I feel? Nauseous, scared, regret, anxious, but above all...

"Excited. I feel excited." Hardin's confidence inspired me to be strong.

I could do this, and if I couldn't then whatever. People would laugh or they would be bored and I would come last. It wasn't the end of the world.

I decided to link my entire performance to the one thing my people craved. Freedom.

I was hoping that I would get a good response from people in the sectors, labs and Academies. I wanted to inspire people to fight, to take a stand, to be free but without all the...