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After the confrontation with Clarke, Bellamy doesn’t manage to calm down until he has hunted a bird. When he returns to camp, he finds Octavia on the ground, surrounded by Graham, Wells, and several others. He learns that because Wells overheard Clarke and Bellamy’s argument, everyone is now convinced that Octavia took the medicine. Bellamy is outraged by the accusations. In the ensuing argument, there is an impasse. If the kids let Bellamy and Octavia go, they will leave; however, Graham refuses to let them leave until the medicine is found. Finally, the group decides that Octavia will stay under supervision in the infirmary. Bellamy marches her away from the group, silently vowing to “do whatever it took to protect her,” just as he “always had” (200). The thought reminds Bellamy of his childhood, when his mother insisted that they keep Octavia hidden in a closet so the guards wouldn’t find her.
After spending hours with Luke, Glass returns home in the middle of the night, where she finds her mom waiting up for her. Reminding Glass of the trouble surrounding the pregnancy and Glass’s arrest, her mom warns her to stay away from Luke, saying, “I’m not going to let you die for some Walden trash who seduces Phoenix girls and then abandons them” (205).


