Summary

Chapter 13

In the morning, America’s maids dress her, and she goes to breakfast, where the rebels make an attack that terrifies most of the girls. Metal gates swing closed, and things are thrown against the metal from outside. But, no one gets in. America gets Marlee to dry her eyes and compose herself, realizing that this is a test for Prince Maxon’s hand. America asks what will happen to her maids, and she is told that they have their own shelter. She gives Prince Maxon advice on how to comfort hysterical girls, and she tells him why she kneed him. She’d been told to expect his advances. He forgives her, and tells her about the rebel groups that attack the palace. There are different groups from the North and South. The Southerners are more violent and deadly. The Northern rebels...