Chapter 1

A horrified shriek broke the calm May morning, echoing throughout the Survey Corp outpost. The long scream was punctuated by several smaller ones.

The soldiers of the Survey Corp no longer thought about responding to the scream; by now, it was muscle memory. Within a minute, almost a dozen soldiers had responded, all ready for combat.

But it was not a Titan, not even a horde of Titans, that had ripped a shriek from Hannah's throat.

It was a body.