Summary

Chapter 18 begins with June narrating the next day. She prepares for her meeting with the Senate but is distracted by thoughts of Day. She exits her apartment and waits for a jeep to take her to the meeting when she senses someone watching her. She looks around and sees Commander Jameson in a first-year Republic soldier uniform. June pretends not to notice her and alerts Anden over her mike as the Commander walks away. She asks Anden to covertly send soldiers to her location. She follows Commander Jameson for a few blocks and sees her speaking into a mike of her own, but she soon disappears from sight. June turns to leave, disappointed, and a bullet flies past her head. She hides behind a trash can as more bullets fire from an unknown source, blinded by their light. She...