

Juliette declines his offer, which seemingly makes Warner displeased. He previously sent Adam to spy on Juliette to check if she was insane or actually capable of human interaction. Warner proposes that Adam should join his team in order to torture people for him. He used the resources he received as sector leader to try and find a cure for his mother. Warner took her last name, and asked to be the leader of Sector 45 in order to stay in close proximity to her. His mother, who was sick from her power, needed to be "stored" in a house away from the compounds. Many times, Anderson woke up to find his son trying to kill him in his sleep, but every time, Warner broke down and could not follow through with it. His father taught him how to shoot a gun when he was nine years old. He spent a large part of his life training. Throughout much of Warner's life his father taught him to be cold, unfeeling, and to bury his emotions. She gave it to him on his sixth birthday as a distraction while they hid from Anderson and told him a story of a man carving the jade ring off the color of Warner's eyes. It was a green ring that he now always wears on his pinkie. His first and only actual gift was from his mother. Anderson thought that giving him gifts would make Warner weak and dependent on others. Aside from the whippings, his father never allowed him to have birthday presents from anyone. His father abused him from a very young age, whipping him every year on his birthday as "gifts".

And even Juliette has been distracted by everything they need to do.Īt long last, Warner and Juliette’s future together is within reach, but the world continues to try to pull them apart.Aaron Warner was born to Leila Warner and Paris Anderson. But with so much chaos around them, it’s been nearly impossible for them to have a wedding. Since he proposed to Juliette two weeks ago, he’s been eager to finally marry her, the person he loves more than anything and has endured so much to be with. Warner has his sights set on more than just politics.

Life in the aftermath isn’t easy, as they and their friends at the Sanctuary work with their limited resources to stabilize the world. Juliette and Warner fought hard to take down the Reestablishment once and for all. The devastatingly romantic fifth novella in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Shatter Me series, chronicling the events after Imagine Me, the explosive sixth novel.
