chapters 13-15 Summary

Cal finds Shay near her locker. She is very upset from the encounter with Logan, and agrees to go on a walk with him. She asks him to kiss her, but he refuses at first. Finally, they do kiss, but Cal tells him that they can never do it again. Shay takes a book out of his backpack. Cal is terrified of the book because she is not allowed to read it, on pain of death. It has maps inside, one of which is of Haldis Cavern, and the book is titled "Bellum omnium contra omnes."

In chapter fourteen, Cal tells Shay that she is forbidden to read the book, or that she will be killed. She explains to him that Bosque is neither his real uncle nor actually a human being. The Keepeers are at war with the Searchers. The...