How It All Goes Down
- America feels guilty the next morning, which, you know, is probably justified. She's so caught up in her emotions that she decides to skip out on breakfast.
- As America is hanging with her maids, there's a knock on the door—it's Aspen. He convinces the maids to leave.
- Now alone, Aspen apologizes for the fight in the tree house. He also explains that he was just helping Breanna after she tripped, which is one of the most ridiculous explanations ever.
- Still, it's working—America is melting. Aspen puts his hand on her face and…
- The maids burst in. Aspen pretends that he was just checking her temperature and scuttles out soon after.
- That night, America is woken up by Anne, who's frantic. They're being attacked again.
- Anne explains that America should go into a secret passageway that leads her to the royal family's safe room. America is all like, Okay, let's go right now, but the maids refuse—they have their own hiding spot.
- America scoffs and drags the maids with her, anyway. It's a long, dark hallway, but it eventually leads them to the safe room.
- A guard tries to send the maids away, but America gives him a piece of her mind. He relents. Afterwards, Silvia tries to get the maids to do work, but America shoots that down, too.
- After a while, Maxon checks up on America. He seems to admire her for getting her maids down to safety.
- America pulls Maxon aside and asks whether the attackers are Northerners or Southerners. It quickly becomes clear that they're Southerners—they're "killers" (23.111).
- Several hours later, a guard returns and gives the all clear. The girls are to go to their rooms and remain there until further notice.
- America returns and finds her room in shambles. Silvia drops by and reveals that three girls have asked to be sent home following the attack.
- Silvia also gives America a phone so she can let her family know that she's okay.