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Chapter 56: Tris
Overview
Caleb turns a gun on Tobias and Tris, revealing a deal with Jeanine to protect their father. He forces Tobias to place Tris under a simulation, neutralizing her. The betrayal shatters Tris’s trust and shifts control to Erudite’s agenda at a critical moment.
Summary
Tris confronts Caleb as he points a live-fire gun, trying to understand his intentions. Caleb orders Tris to disarm and step back. Tobias remains kneeling with his hands in the simulated flames, frozen by the threat as tension escalates.
Caleb admits he made a bargain with Jeanine to save their father and intends to fulfill it, demanding Tobias put Tris under a simulation. Tris reflects on past moments with Caleb and realizes she misread his calm as care rather than detachment. The revelation compounds her earlier discoveries about hidden truths in her family and faction leaders.
Seeing Caleb’s resolve, Tris urges Tobias to comply to prevent him from being shot. Caleb presses the gun to Tobias’s head, and Tobias acts as ordered. The simulation overtakes Tris, leaving her incapacitated and ceding control to Caleb and Jeanine’s plan.
Who Appears
- Tris (Beatrice Prior)Protagonist; disarms under Caleb’s threat and consents to Tobias simming her to prevent bloodshed.
- Caleb PriorTris’s brother; betrays them, wielding a gun and enforcing Jeanine’s deal to protect their father.
- Tobias (Four)Held at gunpoint; forced to put Tris under a simulation to avoid being shot.