Matthias and Percy slept through the ominous rumble of the engines, the impatient rapping on the school's front door, the trample of boots in the hall. The cots were the most comfortable beds they'd ever had, but both boys still found themselves jerking awake several times each night, reaching out to protect a little girl who wasn't there.īut no instinct, no premonition alerted them when the Population Police trucks rolled up the school driveway.
It still bothered the boys that Alia couldn't sleep nearby. It was the middle of the night, and Matthias was curled up on his narrow cot beside Percy's, in a roomful of narrow cots. Matthias was sound asleep when the Population Police arrived at Niedler School.
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