`` yes , '' she whispered , praying her inner torment over the fact remained hidden . `` is that what will happen to me ? '' chapter thirty the battle arrived four days later . god has arranged the last two years of my life so that i could be in your class ? do n't press , they had told him . for the second night in a row , he found himself searching through a bar for someone . i fought to keep my stance steady , aware of a strong pulse in my eyelid . 