by Revis, Beth
The last thing Papa had said to Jyn was to trust him. The last thing Mama had said was to trust the Force.
She wasn’t sure she could do either of those things, but for the first time since she was eight years old, she was willing to try.
Jyn swallowed. She looked out at the faces of the people around her. Expectant. She recognized something in their expressions that she had never expected to see again.
Hope.
She had thought her hope had died on Wobani. Snuffed out like a flame deprived of oxygen. Before Zorahda had killed herself, Jyn had nothing to help her with, not even lies. But seeing these people, the way they still believed they had a chance—a chance hinged on her —rekindled that spark inside her heart that she had thought died long before.
She wouldn’t go down again for doing nothing.
They were giving her a chance. It wouldn’t change what had happened in the past. But maybe it would help change the future.
“Yes,” she said firmly. “I’ll do it.”
BETH REVIS is the author of the New York Times best-selling Across the Universe series; the companion novel, The Body Electric; a twisty contemporary novel, A World Without You; and numerous short stories. A native of North Carolina, Beth is currently working on a new novel for teens. She lives in rural NC with her boys: on husband, one son, and two dogs roughly the size of Ewoks.
