Jennifer Armentrout
1. There was a horrific car accident where Ember and her father died. Ember’s little sister, Olivia, was able to bring her back to life, but she couldn’t reach their father to do the same. Two years later, Olivia keeps bringing dead pets back to life, the latest a hamster that finds its way into Ember’s bed. However, if Ember comes into contact with any living thing, it dies. She wears skin colored gloves to prevent touching anyone and wonders why Olivia’s animals don’t have the same affect on others. Ember returns the hamster and scolds Olivia for bringing it back to life, but ultimately tells her she can keep it. They get ready for school and Ember drops Olivia off at her school on her way to her own. Ember is late and gets a tardy slip before going to homeroom. When her only remaining friend, Adam asks about it, Ember just says she slept in. After homeroom, a guy that Ember used to date before the accident stops to make fun of her appearance before moving on. Ember sees a strange new kid down the hall. She turns to talk to Adam, but when she turns back, the guy is gone.
2. Ember ignores people bullying her all day. Adam finds her after school and is missing his glasses due to bullying. They make plans to watch movies later that night. Ember goes to the public library. She sets an alarm to make sure she picks up Olivia from school on time. The new guy comes to talk to her. He doesn’t seem to be put off by her dead looking eyes or scars. He quotes Dorian Gray to her and says he has seen her there a few times before. She says she saw him and the school and asks if he transfered. He says he was checking it out. His name is Hayden Cromwell. She has to go when her alarm goes off. He offers to walk her out, but she declines. She gathers her things, but when she looks up, Hayden is gone. She rushes out and looks at the window where she was sitting and sees his shadow there. When she picks up her little sister, Olivia throws a tantrum about not wanting to go to the grocery store because she has a bad feeling. Ember makes Olivia some mac and cheese and then does the dishes. She goes around the kitchen making a list of what they need. Their mom is fading more and more each day. Ember grabs some of the money, but knows the last of their dad’s life insurance money would be gone soon. They get in the car and Olivia said she has a bad feeling again like she did before the accident. Ember ignored her feeling last time. This time she promises Olivia everything will be okay. Ember is extra careful driving her jeep to the store.
3. At the store, Olivia begs to push the cart. Ember agrees to it if she is careful and doesn’t run into people. Olivia gets too excited and ends up running into several people. One of them is Ember’s exboyfriend, Dustin. Ember apologizes, but Dustin only has rude comments for her saying he never understood what he saw in her. She decides it is best to ignore him and goes to pay for their groceries. As they are walking out to the Jeep, Dustin follows and starts calling after Ember. She loads up the groceries and tells Olivia to get in the car. Dustin catches up to her and asks if she really has scars all over her body like the girls at school say she does. He starts to lift up her shirt and touches her. He falls to the ground and Ember doesn’t know what to do. She worries about being sent to a lab to be studied and Olivia being put into a foster home. A man in a cowboy hat and duster comes up to her and knows her name. She gets in the Jeep and locks the doors. He starts banging on the window and she drives away. Ember is freaking out and doesn’t know what to do. She apologizes to Olivia for not listening to her about her bad feeling. Ember gets Olivia inside and everything settled. Adam keeps texting her about coming over, but she ignores him. She doesn’t sleep that night. In the morning, Olivia asks to stay home from school, but Ember decides they need to keep things as normal as possible. Before they leave, she goes to her mom’s room and begs her to come back them. She tells her they both need her. At school, Ember tells Adam she feels sick. After school, she goes directly to the pickup line at Silvia’s school, but she never comes out. Ember goes into the school’s office, but is told her mother picked up Olivia. Ember yells at them that is impossible. She rushes home, but Olivia is not there. She takes off her gloves. She finds the man in the cowboy hat and duster in her room. When he approaches her, she hits him in the head with a lamp. Hayden appears in her doorway and grabs her hands. He tells her he is absorbing her powers. She passes out.
4. Ember wakes up in an unfamiliar place and Johnathon Comwell comes by to introduce himself. He tells her she and her sister have gifts. He takes her to see Olivia first and their mom is with her. Olivia asks why their mom won’t acknowledge Ember, but the mom says Ember died in the car accident. … tells Ember she killed Dustin. He can’t let her go to prison for it because her power could expose all the other gifted people. They have been watching them for two years already and already on one that Embers powers didn’t come along until after Olivia brought her back to life. He wants Olivia to stay there and live a life that would allow her to be with her family as well as others that are like them. There are a lot of people that are weary about having Ember there. She asks about the cowboy, Kurt and Hayden. He says Kurt got a bump to the head, it will be fine. His son, Hayden, used his power to withstand hers otherwise he would have died. Ember feels the need to escape, so she goes to reach across the desk for Cromwell. She is flung up against the back wall. Cromwell tells Gabe he can let her go because he believes she will not try again. Gabe grumbles about Hayden rushing home to see Ember everyday after school since Ember arrived before he goes to find his friend. Cromwell warns her that if she tries to attack anyone or run away, she will no longer be welcome in his home.
5. Back in her room, Ember takes a look around. Her closet has some of her things as well as many new things. She has a new backpack and cannot find the one her dad got her. There are new charcoal pencils by her sketchbook. She opens the balcony doors and goes out. She stays agains the wall because she is afraid of heights. She calls Adam, but isn’t sure what to tell him. At first, she is crying and telling him she isn’t okay. He tells her he went to her house and everything was gone. She realizes she can’t leave. She tells him that her mom has gotten worse and they are staying with family friends in West Virginia. He doesn’t seem to believe her. She ends up hanging up on him and turning off her phone. She realizes this is the best place for Olivia right now, so they need to stay and she needs to trust Cromwell.
6. Hayden comes into Ember’s room. She is weary of him and he explains his gift to her. He can drain the energy from anything, including the air. His biological parents didn’t want anything to do with him. Cromwell took him in and taught him how to control his gift. When he leaves her room, she follows and listens in on the conversation between Cromwell, Hayden, Kurt and Gabe. Gabe tries to convince Cromwell to kick Ember out of the house because of her power. Hayden stands up for her and Cromwell tells him to stay away from her because he can’t risk losing him. Ember regrets waves dropping. She goes to Olivia and tries to tell her they need to leave, but Olivia has become attached to the people there, especially Miss Liz. ember goes to her room and slams the door upset she has lost her sister to strangers that hate her.
7. The next morning, Ember goes to the kitchen after a night of not sleeping well. Hayden is there just back from a run. He tells her about how sometimes he would go with his dad to keep an eye on them. He watched the day a few weeks ago she started crying in front of the bank because she couldn’t access any more of their money without her mom’s signature. He tells her it is good they are there and she is free to do anything she wants except leave. She goes outside and finds her Jeep in the driveway by a bunch of much nicer cars. She hears tires moving in the gravel and Adam gets out of his mom’s car. She tries to tell him she is fine and that he needs to leave, but he doesn’t believe her. Cromwell comes out and says Adam knows too much. Kurt walks over to Adam while Hayden holds Ember back. Kurt touches Adam’s for head and he completely forgets who Ember is and what he is doing there. He gets in the car to leave and Ember begs him to remember her. He calls her a freak and leaves. She feels like she has lost everything.
8. Ember is upset about losing Adam. Hayden tries to be thee for her and is even able to hold her hand for a few seconds. He tells her he is there for her, but she is too upset. She goes to her room and Olivia comes up to see her after dinner. She asks why she didn’t come to dinner and Ember just says she wasn’t hungry. Olivia climbs into her bed and stays until Ember falls asleep crying. Ember wakes up in the middle of the night and feels awful after a night of crying. Olivia has left her. Ember thinks she sees a shadow moving the balcony, but when she looks again, nothing is there. She locks the door hoping she’ll be able to get back to sleep.
9. The next morning, Ember keeps to herself. She tries to use the internet to research Cromwell and “the facility” but nothing helpful comes up. Later, she is summoned to the kitchen to talk to Cromwell. Hayden is there as well eating a sandwich. Cromwell tells her he doesn’t see any reason why Olivia shouldn’t go to a normal school. He has some concerns about her going to the normal school because she has had several violent reactions since her arrival. He says he has registered her in at the normal school, but if she can’t handle it, he will send her to the Facility. He explains it is where their gifted students go when they need to learn to control their powers. He tells her if she tells any one outside of their group about them, he will have their memories erased like he did with Adam. She agrees to be on her best behavior. When Cromwell leaves the room, Hayden insists on helping her learn how to control her powers. He thinks she is strong and special. She is reluctant because she doesn’t want to get her hopes up only to fail. She also worries about them getting caught and her being sent away from her sister because of it. He tells her she doesn’t have a choices. She asks if he was on her balcony the previous night. He said he only went into her room to get Olivia to her own room. She tells him she thought she saw someone, but must have imagined it.
10. The next morning, Ember is upset they Miss Liz takes Olivia to school. Cromwell says he won’t give Ember the keys to her jeep until she has earned his trust. Hayden takes her to school with him. He tells her he is originally from Montana, but when Cromwell wanted to move back home, he offeeed to take Hayden with him. He found the other kids like he could Ember and Olivia. They are there because their parents didn’t want them. The twins, Phoebe and Parker are an empath and telepath respectively. Parker is homeschooled because he cannot handle regular school because of how many people there are. Cromwell has sionic ability. He can make people believe what he wants, but he doesn’t use it. Ember resistance to him is proof of that. The arrive at school and Hayden checks her schedule. They have lunch and biology together. He points her in the direction of her English class. Mr. Theo introduces himself and has the class say hello to her. After class, he asks her to stay a minute. He tells her he is new at the school also and he understand a it is difficult. In her next class, a boy named Corey checks her schedule and sees they have biology together. He asks about her gloves and she says she was in an accident. He says it’s no big deal and heads off to his next class. At lunch, Ember goes through the lunch line and then Hayden tells her they don’t eat in the cafeteria with the normal people. They go outside (which they are not allowed to do) and Phoebe and Gabe are there as well. Phoebe tells Ember that Hayden is the only one that wants her there and they all think she is going to ruin everything for them. Hayden explains they like it where they are. If they are exposed, the Facility will come for them and take them to South Dakota. He says the Facility is not a good place to go.
11. In biology class, Ember sits with Corey and Hayden is in front of her. She isn’t interested in listening to him talk about himself, but when she sees Hayden is engage with his lab partner, she starts to listen. He is the school’s quarterback and hoping to get a scholarship for college. The entire class consists of the teacher putting up notes on the projector and the students copying them down. Hayden doesn’t bother to write them down. After class, Hayden asks if Ember is taking all of her books home. She says she needs to stop at her locker. When she opens it, there is a dead rabbit at the bottom and she screams. Mr. Theo comes by and sees it. Then Hayden comes up and joins them wondering what is taking her so long. Mr. Theo asks Ember if there is anyone that she can think of that would do that, but she doesn’t answer. She asks for a new locker and Hayden asks to take her home. When they get out to the car, Hayden says none of them in Cromwell’s house would do that. Back at the house, Olivia gives Ember a drawing of the two of them with Miss Liz. She says she has seen it many times. Ember wonders if it is a new power. They eat dinner and then Olivia falls asleep on Embers lap. Ember forgot her gloves and is trapped watching TV for hours. Hayden comes down to see if Ember wants to work on controlling her power, but sees she is trapped and picks up Olivia and carries her to her bed. In the hall, Hayden asks how she is doing. When Gabe comes out into the hall, Hayden tells him to go back into his room and he does. Ember suspects the other kids, but Hayden tells her to trust him that it couldn’t have been any of them. He thinks it could have been one of the outsiders being weird about new kids.
12. Three days go by without any weird incidents. Mr. Theo asks Ember if she is doing alright and she is drawn to a coin on his desk. He says it is a lucky charm and offers it to her saying he doesn’t need it. She puts it in her hoodie pocket. During Biology, Corey reaches out and almost touches Ember. She jerks back from him and he apologizes. She isn’t used to people trying to touch her so casually. After dinner that night, Hayden takes Ember out into the woods to work on controlling her ability. They go to a hunting cabin and when they arrive, Hayden can tell that someone had been there. He dismisses it saying it was probably just Parker. She sits on the couch and he sits across from her with their knees touching. They start with plants and he tells her to clear her mind before she touches anything. She has trouble not thinking about him and how close to her he is, but refuses to admit it. They had back to the house. She apologizes for brushing him off earlier when he said he was there for her. They go their separate rooms as friends.
13. Corey asks Ember if she really isn’t going to the game or dance. She tells him it isnmt her kind of thing. He says Billy is having a bonfire after the dance and the other kids she lives with usually go. Hayden hadn’t mentioned it to her. Phoebe was going to the dance with a date. Ember isn’t sure about going. When they get to the lockers, she asks Hayden if he is going to the party. He says he wasn’t planning on going because he thought they would work on her abilities. He is reluctant going until she says she could go with Corey. He says he won’t go to the dance, but he is taking her to the party. She opens her locker and finds a model of her dad’s car with the same damage as the accident. She is even more convinced it was someone in the house. She throws away the car and tells Hayden they can’t tell his dad. He accidentally makes the trash can explode. He says if anything else happens, he has to tell his dad. Ember gets ready for the bonfire while Olivia watches. Hayden comes in to tell Olivia Liz made cookies and sends her to get some. Ember puts the coin in her pocket. He then gives Ember a pair of knit gloves he took from Phoebe’s room that will keep her hands warmer. Cromwell asks where they are going and Hayden tells them it is a school party. They are given a curfew of eleven, but Hayden negotiates to midnight.
14. They arrive at the party and shortly after people start showing up from the dance. Embers surprised to see Corey in a tuxedo. Hayden is social, but doesn’t wander to far from Ember. Gave and Phoebe come up to Ember. Phoebe is not happy Ember is wearing her gloves. Gabe asks why Ember doesn’t like him and she points out that he doesn’t like her. Phoebe is drunk and tells Ember she has to go with her to urinate in the corn field. Ember is hesitant, but her sense of girl duty wins out and she goes with her. Phoebe does her business and Ember sees the self harm scars on her legs. Phoebe tells her it is tough being an empathetic and always feeling everyone else’s feelings. Ember tries to relate by saying she also has scars from in the accident, but Phoebe tells her it wasn’t an accident. They just wanted Olivia, not the entire family. Ember tries to get more information out of her, but Phoebe insists she is drunk and hurries back to the party. Ember tries to go after her, but stumbles through the corn field. She finds the road and there is a car with tinted windows.
15. The car swerves and Ember falls to avoid it. She doesn’t know if it was just a drunk kid or someone trying to run her over. She finds her way back to the party and Hayden comes up to her. She says she has to talk to Phoebe because of what she said. Hayden says they need to talk in private. They get in the car to head to the back to the house. They each go to their separate rooms and change and then sneak out to head up to the cabin. Ember is furious at first. She rushes Hayden and he throws her to the bed. He tells her that he doesn’t know who caused the accident, but they were after Olivia. Liz’s power allows her to sense other abilities and when they are born. When they saw Olivia had a family that wanted her, they left her alone. When Liz sensed a new power born in Olivia’s exact location, they went to check it out and found Ember. Since they still had their mom and Cromwell had no idea how damage she was, they didn’t intervene. Hayden continued to check in on them and after seeing Ember at the bank, told Cromwell about it. When they brought them there, Kurt told them the mom’s memory had been messed with and it looked like it was a poorly done rush job. Ember is furious they didn’t tell her about all this, but is relived that her mom doesn’t hate her. She asks if there is any way for her mom to get back her memories, but Hayden says they are gone forever. They spend the night in the cabin and walk back in the morning. Ember goes to her mom and apologizes for everything she thought was her fault and that she knows she isn’t just mad at her. She hears someone in the hall and her mother seems to as well.
16. Ember continues practicing her power with Hayden, but doesn’t seem to be making any progress. She thinks she is still trying because she likes the closeness she can have with him. One morning, she overhears Kurt saying they would all be better off if Ember was shipped off to the Facility. He mentions Hayden trying to make up for the last one. She doesn’t tell Hayden about it. She also hasn’t told him about the other things that have been left in her locker. Mr. Theo checks in on her occassionally. He asks if she thinks it is someone from Cromwell’s house, but she lies and says she doesn’t suspect them. She and Hayden make their way across the street to the diner for lunch. She asks him what got him to be able to control his powers. He is hesitant, but tells her he had to let go of the fear and accept what he is. Phoebe comes in and sits next to Hayden. Ember thinks he is trying to flirt with him. When Hayden goes up to the counter to pay, Phoebe tells Ember that Hayden is only interested in her because she is so pathetic. She says she feels sorry for her and then leaves.
17. That night when they get to the cabin, there already candles lit inside. Hayden says he has an idea that might help her get over whatever is preventing her from controlling her power. Parker is inside. He holds something of Embers to make the connection and then takes her back to the night of the accident. Her parents were fighting over something Olivia had healed. Her dad asked what she wanted for dinner. Her mom said she could make pasta at home, but Wmber don’t want to go home, so she says seafood. She sees the car hit and Olivia screaming for Ember and their dad. She doesn’t think she has a soul. Ember passes out and when she wakes up, Parker is gone. He asks to see Embers scars. She is against it at first, but eventually lets him take off her hoodie.
18. Hayden and Ember spend some time talking about how they want to kiss each other and getting as physically close as they can. They talk for a while and Hayden tells her a bit about what it was like in the four years he spent at the facility. Then Hayden falls asleep. Ember thinks over the night of accident and realizes her parents new about Olivia’s gift. She tries to wake up Haden, but it proves difficult. When she finally does, he attacks and pins her to the bed. He calms down when he realizes she wasn’t attacking him and he apologizes. She tells him what she remembers. She points out that her parents told someone about Olivia’s gift. She thinks it is oddly convenient that Liz would “discover” them like she did. She thinks it is possible that Kurt and Liz might have been behind the accident. Hayden doesn’t want to talk about it saying he is too tired to think. They go back to the house.
19. Hayden avoids Ember for two days. She finds him in the kitchen and asks to speak to him. They go outside, but he has no interest in listening to what she has to say. He blows her off and she is frustrated with the entire situation. Back at school, someone has left ground beef in her locker, her stuff is covered in it and it smells awful. She starts crying and it is a while before she goes to find a janitor to get it cleaned up. Mr. Theo finds her and takes her to the principal who calls Cromwell. Ember notices a coin on the principal’s desk that looks oddly like the one in her pocket. Cromwell comes in and the principal says this is the first she has heard of it. She starts to imply it is one of the kids from Cromwell’s house. He uses his ability on her to convince the principal that the smell is from Ember leaving her lunch in her locker and there is no reason to suspect any of his kids. He tells her Ember is not feeling well and he is going to take her home. Ember is shocked and terrified. She tells him she has to stay at school because she has a test. He asks her why she didn’t tell him what was going on. She accuses him of collecting kids for a purpose. She wants to get out of the car and run. He tells her she is grounded for not telling her about it when he could have put a stop to it. He plans to talk to all the kids that night about it. She insists she didn’t tell any of them about it. He tells her he doesn’t understand why she keeps lying to him.
20. Ember stays in her room that night. She falls asleep and when she wakes up, Hayden is in her room. He is jealous that she told Mr. Theo about what was going on and not him. They start touching and coming close to kissing. He backs up when he feels himself starting to drain her and she gets dizzy. They get into an argument about who is behind everything that has been going on. He begs her to trust him and by extension his family. She can’t do it. He storms off. Mr. Theo approaches Ember at school to check on her. He isnmt sure she actually wanted to leave school the previous day. She says she thinks she is coming down with something and he tells her to rest over Thanksgiving break.
21. While Olivia is at the library with Liz and Hayden is out with Phoebe, Ember sits on the porch and sketches mindlessly. When she looks down at her paper, she has drawn Hayden. She closes the book just before Parker comes out. He apologizes for what he did at the cabin. Sometimes when he reads someone he can’t stop himself and goes too deep. He mentions her knowing about Phoebe. Ember says she should get some help for the cutting. Parker points out that she needs help as well. She might be using the excuse of being evil and soulless as a way to avoid responsibility for her ability. When she goes inside, Cromwell finds her and has her go with him to his office. He pulls out the files for all the kids and in the back is hers. He gives her an album of the family photos from their house. She takes them to her room and grieves the loss of there family and happier times. She decides she wants to spend some time with Olivia, but when she finds her, she is fast asleep with the other kids around her watching TV. Phoebe is laying on Hayden with his arm around her. Ember is overwhelmed with emotions and Phoebe can feel them. Ember rushes out the door and just keeps walking. She makes it to the end of the road and sits by a tree. She tries to touch a plant without killing it, but doesn’t have any luck. An arrow is shot through her arm and hits in the tree behind her. Then she is overcome with pain and falls over.
22. It takes Ember a minute to get up and she starts her way back down the path to the house. She hears Hayden and Phoebe looking for her and she calls out. They find her and Hayden helps her along while Phoebe goes back to the house for help. Cromwell and Kurt arrive in a car to take her to the hospital. Hayden wants to go with them, but Cromwell sends him back to the house. In the emergency room, Cromwell uses his gift to make sure all the doctors and nurses are wearing gloves every time they touch Ember. They give her pain killers and suddenly she is fearless. On the way back to the house, she accuses Kurt of all the accidents on Cromwell’s orders: her death, the locker, the car the night of the party, and the arrow. Kurt likes her tenacity, but Cromwell is annoyed with her accusing him and his family. When they get back to the house, the kids are all gathered. Parker tells Phoebe she has to tell them the truth. She admits she was the one leaving things in Ember’s locker. She was overwhelmed by Ember’s emotions and wanted her sent away. Hayden starts to help her, but she makes a comment that he should go check on his girlfriend. Liz comes out to help Ember, but offers to let Hayden do it. He declines and goes inside. Ember is disappointed they weren’t able to make up.
23. Ember stays in her room sketching until dinner. Phoebe asks about going to the holiday parade, but Cromwell tells her it isn’t possible that year. Phoebe gives Ember a look like it is her fault and Ember leaves the table. She stands in the hallway for a minute feeling like the walls are closing in on her. Hayden comes to check on her, but quickly walks away. Kurt tells her she needs to stay away from him. He tells her she should leave so her sister can have a normal life and Hayden can get over her. She points out that she doesn’t have anywhere to go. He says money wouldn’t be a problem. She is inspired takes plants up to her room each night to continue working on being able to control her touch. When she concentrates on her power being a gift and is able to touch a plant without killing it. She goes to Hayden’s room and carefully wakes him up from a distance. She takes him back to her room and shows him how she can touch the plant.
24. Hayden carefully puts his lips against Ember’s. When nothing happens, he kisses her more. They continue kissing until he tremors and then has to pull back. He is able to kiss her for a few seconds at a time before her power kicks in and he stops just before. She isn’t able to concentrate on anything but him when they are kissing. She needs more practice. The next morning, they are watching the parade on the TV. Olivia is anxious to see Santa at the end. Ember goes to help Liz make the Thanksgiving dinner. Liz says she thinks her mom hears her when she talks to her. When Hayden comes in, Liz leaves to watch the end of the parade with Olivia. Hayden sneaks kisses on Ember’s neck. They finish the stuffing and get everything in the oven. Cromwell comes in and asks to speak to Hayden before they go anywhere. Ember goes to her room and grabs her sketchbook before heading outside. Hayden meets her out there later and they head into the woods. Ember is worried that Cromwell told Hayden to stay away from her, but Hayden says he doesn’t think Cromwell cares about that anymore. He flips through her sketchbook and tells her about how Cromwell saved him from the fostercare system. The Facility used extreme emersion techniques to help him control his power, but it was driving him crazy and Cromwell pulled him out and brought him there. The Facility claims they have changed their techniques, but he doesn’t think Cromwell would send anyone there. They still have a few hours before dinner and decide they will spend it together.
25. The rest of Thanksgiving break goes well for Ember. Cromwell gives her the keys to her jeep on the last day. Hayden sneaks into her room every night. They have been able to increase the length of their kisses. The next day at school, the four kids go to the diner for lunch. Gabe mentions that Cromwell is taking Parker to Charleston. Ember realizes it will be the perfect time to check the files. She is worried of what she might find and what Hayden would think of her still suspecting his family. After school, they start watching with a movie. She asks if he would mind if she drove herself to school because she hadn’t driven in a while. He tells her she is free to do what she wants. They try to define their relationship. He asks if she only likes him because he is the only one she can touch. She tells him it helps, but she went from trusting no one to trusting him. They make out and she realizes this could be the last time she will kiss him if she exposes Cromwell. In the morning, Ember drives to school early. As she is about to leave after second period, Mr. Theo sees her about to leave, but smiles and turns away. She drives back to the house and makes sure all the cars are gone. She goes inside and makes her way to Cromwell’s office. She goes through Kurts file first and sees he has a small criminal record from when he was younger and a few narcissistic trait. She doesn’t find much of interest in the other files. She finds a file called TG, but everything is blacked out. She pulls out her own file. He refers to her as Project E and talks about how she is unstable. She is compared to Project J. She reads Haydens file and finds out he killed his entire family when he was five.
26. She reads the end of the new article and finds out he was only survivor of the house fire that killed his family. She realizes he doesn’t have complete control and remembers the burst of the trash can or smelling smoke when he is made. She finds another file called JG and sees it is another teenage girl. The girl had been part of the assimilation program, which failed. She had the same ability as Ember. JG killed herself because she couldn’t control it. Papers fall out of the file. She sees articles about her dad from before the accident, her class schedule, and a menu for the seafood restaurant with the date of the crash circled. Some of the notes are in Hayden’s handwriting. Hayden finds her in there. She tries to escape, but he catches her. The evidence falls to the floor and he wants to explain. She tells him about the papers and what she saw, but when Hayden picks them up, they are different. She tells him she thinks she is going crazy. They decide to get out of there and Hayden starts driving them through the rain. They are hit and the SUV goes tumbling. She sees Hayden next to her pale and bloody. She is pulled from he car and sees someone she trusts that can help them. Then she is thrown to the ground and kicked in the head. Everything goes white and then black as she passes out.
27. Ember wakes up cold in a cellar. She is tied to the wall and there are rats all over. Mr. Theo comes down and she pretends to be asleep. He says he can read her mind and knows she is awake. He says his mother shipped him and his sister off to the facility. He tried to kill her the night of the party and then again in the woods. He holds up the coin he gave her to use to read her and to put stuff in her head. He tells her being a telepath isn’t his first gift. He was able to pick up more at the facility. He picks up a dead rat and brings it back to life before throwing it against the wall. He says he is just like Olivia and Ember is just like his sister. He worked for the facility. He tells her he is doing all of this because of her father. He was going to sell Olivia to the highest bidder. Their great grandmother was a healer as well. Her parents only had Olivia because Ember hadn’t had any powers. Ember can feel Parker on the edge of her mind. She tries to keep him talking. He tells her Cromwell was in charge of his sister while they were at the Facility. She was made to kill things constantly until she couldn’t take it anymore and killed herself. He wants to keep Cromwell from having someone with her power that can control it. He says he is saving her from what Cromwell would do to her. He pulls out a gun and shoots.
28. The bullet never comes for her. Hayden is there with Kurt. He tells her Parker and Phoebe tracked her. Kurt warms her with his duster and body heat while trying to keep her still while Hayden melts the metal cuffs around her wrists. She grabs Hayden's arm and makes him promise not to let Olivia see her that way. He promises not to let her die again. Once Ember is free, Kurt goes to call Cromwell for help. Hayden helps her up. Mr. Theo gets up and aims the gun. He misses the first shot and then aims at Hayden. Ember focuses on him and he falls to the ground. Ember wakes up in the hospital. Cromwell is with her making sure no one touches her skin. A woman asks about Project E and if he wanted her to take Ember. He says she is one of his and she tells him to take better care of her. Ember falls asleep again and Olivia is there when she wakes up. Olivia is concerned, but Ember promises there won’t be any more accidents. She falls asleep again and Cromwell is there when she wakes up. He tells her Mr. Theo told her the truth and he has learned from what he has done at the facility. It is why he tries to find gifted kids before they lose control of their powers. He knows about her and Hayden’s involvement. He appreciates they have been working together to control her powers. He is thrilled she has started controlling it. He is grateful she saved his adopted son. She thinks about how she had killed Theo with a smile on her face. When she wakes up again, Hayden is there. She apologizes for everything that happened. He Carrie’s her out onto the balcony so she can see the snow falling. She suddenly realizes she isn’t afraid of the place anymore. She tells him she loves him. They kiss. A star falls to the earth.