How It All Goes Down
- Discovering that her mother is alive, but missing, leaves Lena feeling "lost and found and lost again, all at once" (23.4).
- She's upset, obviously. And she cries and argues with Alex for about six pages until he says the only thing that can make her feel better: "I love you" (23.45).
- She instantly forgets about all the pain caused by her mother, and she starts planning to run away into the Wilds with Alex. Too bad she'll have to leave Hana and her little cousin, Grace, behind. She'll get over it; all she needs is Alex. Alex. Alex. Alex.
- They plan to leave in seven days.