Summary

In Chapter 9, Day narrates as he and June see Tess being held as a prisoner. He sees Pascao, a Patriot “Runner” that he worked with during the assassination attempt on Anden, held next to her. One of the guards explains that they were caught disabling military equipment to aid the Colonies attack and that the Elector ordered their detainment. Pascao rebuts that they were trying to aid the Republic soldiers, while Tess remains silent and looks at day warily. He approaches Tess and Pascao tells him that they came to Denver because another Patriot, Frankie, also imprisoned in the room, heard Day over the radio trying to make contact. June is suspicious of their sudden support, but Pascao further explains that the Patriots have mostly disbanded after fleeing to Canada and being forced to leave. Anden interrupts from the...