I am Aislyn, the 27th Protector of the 188th generation. I was chosen to save lives of Vessels and Unnecessaries before they were discovered and sentenced to die. Until Megan unveiled the truth: The dead aren't dead.

We have a chance to save them, and I want to take that chance, but we've been ordered to keep saving the Unnecessaries and Vessels in the Republic, and ignore the Seven Lists. I want to disobey that order, but if I do, someone will die. Collin has abandoned his future as a trainer to love me. Alex has risked his life to save me.

But now, I don't know who to love.

I don't know who to save.

And all of us are running out of time.