(Takes place after Uprooted.)

A lot of things have happened in a matter of hours for Thorax and his subjects. From Ocellus running away from the hive to Thorax berating her for it. And for some odd reason, it’s been bothering him. Since her family was able to immediately understand Ocellus’ intentions and her motives, Thorax has been having a certain question in his mind:

Was he overreacting?

Little does he know that a friend of his, Ember, has been asking herself the exact same question ever since she supposedly ended her friendship with Thorax, after she had accused him of hiding her own student, Smolder, when all 6 students went missing.

Either way, this is nothing that a talk between the two can’t fix... right?

(Co-written by MKM Alliance. Thanks so much for helping with this story! )