I read the note over and over again, hoping that I had missed some part of the joke, but nothing else was there. I rubbed my eyes vigorously, in case I had undiagnosed dyslexia. Or, just maybe, I had taken some drugs that I had somehow forgotten about and all of this was a hallucination. 

Nope, definitely real.

How did I even get this letter? If the other Pandora really did exist, how did she ma...

Since the war, there were not many ways that Astros could get any worse. The land was practically divided in two, both physically and metaphorically. The Highers still thought it was necessary to distance themselves from the Lessers, and it was rare to see a conversation between the two groups, let alone a peaceful one. 

And somehow, Lark’s sister managed to be courted by the ruler of Astros, who...

Dear Diary,

Today, I learned what grass feels like. It has been years since I have seen it with my own eyes, or have felt it with my hands. I was rubbing against it a lot, just because of how amazing it felt to touch nature again. I think the neighbors were looking at me like I was crazy. 

It’s officially day 4000 of being trapped in this place again. Should we celebrate? Just you and me, since ...

“Please, please don’t hate me,” was all I could think to say to her, my words raspy as my throat threatened to swell up. “It was the only way I could find to bring hope back into the world.”

She still looked at me, working through everything in her head. I could see the way she considered my words, considering how they impacted everything she had seen until now. What pained me even more is that I...