The Forest of Hands and Teeth (Chapters 9-12)

So Mary contemplates what to do with the news that the Sister are keeping stuff from them, and what to think about this Gabrielle girl. When she gets called down to see Sister Tabitha, she finds that Harry is there, And he has spoken for her which means they are going to be married. Mary is disappointed because she wants Travis but it is the only way out of the Sisterhood she reluctantly agrees. "His eyes become harder, deeper, and he shakes his head" (77) (CP). He knows that she does not love him. This whole situation is just sad, and right after that she finds Cass and he tells her that she fell in love with Harry! Mary wants to switch and "make it right" but Cass says no and that's the end of that. See, this whole thing is just sad. Later that same day she finds that Gabrielle has vanished.
The marriage ceremonies begin and Mary is not happy. She is marrying the person she doesn't love and has to watch her best friend marry him. It is a week long celebration with many parties and they are the "guest of honor." When she thinks all hope for Travis and her are lost she finds him in her favorite spot and she runs to him and he holds her. Giving her back those feeling and knowing he still loves her. He then proceeds to tell her that he too believes there is more then just there village and this forest and she starts to fall in love with him even more. They are more alike and I really hope they can somehow get married...
Then they see this Unconsecrated in a red vest and Mary knows it Gabrielle except shes not like the others. She can move really fast. Before she goes to tell the Guardians; Travis kisses her and then she asks " Will you come for me?" (94) (S). Now I already know he probably won't because he does not want to betray anybody, but I hope I'm wrong.
After telling the Guardians, the village people got worried but Sister Tabitha had reassuring words, but even then no one felt safe. Travis has still not come to Mary, and right before her true wedding day she goes to find answers. She goes down to the tunnels where Sister Tabitha first took her when she arrived at the church. She stumbles through and she gets through and door but she doubts whether she should go through or now. But she thinks about her life and how it did not turn out how it was supposed to be, she she steps forward into the tunnels.

When she enters the room, she finds a cot, a thick book that must be the scripture. It is just on ordinary room. She opens the scripture and sees tiny, cramped writing. She finds out about the fast one (Gabrielle). " As expected, extreme and complete isolation was the cause of her immense strength and speed. God help us all, we will send her to the Forest to see how long she lasts, to better understand. It is through her sacrifice that we grow stronger. It is through His glory that we survive" (109)(CPCX). She understands now that they are doing some sort of experiments, maybe just towards outsiders that come because they don't want the village to know that they can live somewhere. That's my prediction. Before the binding, Sister Tabitha comes and explains why they must do this. Then she tells Mary that her mother has lost children. I do not know why that is important but we shall soon find out.