I feel nothing special towards Zeke, but my commitment is to Alaoden. The river bends slightly to the right, and we follow a makeshift path, made by those who were letting go of their loved ones. ‘Do you think you’ll ever have kids?’ Zeke asks me casually. ‘Or can you even have kids while in the Compound?’ ‘I’m not sure,’ I reply. ‘But I don’t think any of us are going back to the Compound.’ I glance over at Arys and Kai, who are holding hands. Kai is helping her over fallen trees and loose rocks. ‘What about you?’ I ask him. ‘I don’t think I ever could. Not the whole settling down bit anyway. The Hunters will always be around, and I don’t want what happened to Alaoden to happen to any other child, let alone my own.’ ‘How about-’ I quickly stop myself. I almost said something absurd, so I try to change the subject. ‘What if the Hunters are gone?
