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Chapter One

The Ark was dying, that was secret number one, number two was something that, with hope, wouldn't be a secret forever. The council wanted to introduce 'arranged marriages' and 'betrothals' into their society. There were many reasons as to why this decision had been made, none of which they were allowed to share. Abigail Griffith was a mother, doctor and councilwoman who had been completely against the idea; she believed that they were taking things too far and that love was one of the only things left in their control. The rest of the council claimed that love can grow; blossom from nothing and grow into a stronger love. Her daughter was chosen to be their 'guinea pig' in their experiment, for no other reason than the fact that they had leverage over her. And the man they'd chosen to be her life partner…well they had even more leverage over him, so much so that he would probably float himself if that's what they wished for him to do.

A seventeen-year-old daughter from Alpha station—the daughter of the most respected doctor and the daughter of the lead engineer that had recently been floated for 'treason'—was engaged and she didn't even know it.

The twenty-two-year-old son from Factory station –the son of the woman who was recently floated for giving birth to an illegal second child sixteen years ago and the brother of the girl who had been arrested for no other reason than being born—was engaged to a woman he had never met, someone he was only marrying to save his little sister from certain death. 'Your sister, your responsibility' his mother's words echoed through his head as he made the decision to marry a stranger. The council promised to look into appealing his little sister's case early and they offered to show leniency because, after all, she hadn't really done anything wrong. It wasn't her fault she was born, it was her mother's…and his to a degree. The council weren't above blaming children for even the smallest of mistakes, the fact that Bellamy was only demoted to janitor from Guard cadet was astonishing.

Clarke knew nothing apart from the grief over losing her father was eating her alive and no one could tell her what he had done wrong. She knew he had learned of a design flaw on the Ark but she refused to believe that he was executed for doing his job. Her mother had grown distant, leaving her to grieve alone and that confused her even further.
"Clarke, honey, we need to talk." Abby announced one night as she entered their living quarters. "I've tried so hard to stop it, but I can't. It's me against the entire council." She began.
"You can't stop what?" Clarke asked cautiously, fearing that her or her mother would be next to get floated. If they floated Jake for knowing what was wrong with the Ark, they'd surely have no problem for floating her and her mother for knowing.
"The council want to introduce a new system into our society, unfortunately it will be an involuntary one. However, they need to experiment it first and they've chosen you to take part in the experiment. You have a decision to make, Clarke." Abby scanned her daughters' green eyes. Holding both her hands firmly.
"You're scaring me mum. What choice?" Clarke's breathing sped up, her heart pounding in her chest.
"You can agree to an…an arranged marriage or you can get locked up and I will be floated." Abby said, not taking her eyes from Clarke's. The room was bright and it felt too empty without Jake.
"Why will you get floated?" Clarke cried, wanting to know as many details as she could.
"For knowing what your father knew and for knowing what they're trying to do with the arranged marriages. I'm the only one against it and if they lock up my daughter for refusing, I'll have no reason to stay quiet." Abby informed, brushing her honeycomb hair away from her face.
"So they'll kill my other parent is I say no to their little experiment?" Clarke asked but it was more of a rhetorical statement. "Who am I marrying?" She asked defiantly. She couldn't do anything to save her father but saving her mother was something she could do.
"His name is Bellamy Blake. He lives in Factory station." Abby announced, relieved her daughter was saying yes. What she didn't want Clarke knowing was that if she got locked up, she'd be sent to Earth in the upcoming weeks with the rest of the prisoners to see if it was survivable yet and with Abby being dead in that scenario, there was no way for her to protect her daughter.
"Clarke Blake…doesn't have much of a ring to it, does it?" Clarke whispered sadly.

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