Scarlet

Thorne flies the ship to the town of Rieux, hoping to find a new power cell for the Rampion. Cinder worries about being spotted by more civilians, but Thorne says that she can just “pull [her] very handy brainwashing magic on all of them” (345) if need be. While shopping in the parts store, Cinder notices a “boulder of a man” who gives her a “taunting smirk” (347), and when she tries to use her glamour, it seems not to affect him. Cinder and Thorne don’t have ID chips, so they can’t pay for the power cell, but Thorne trades for it with the watch he stole from Alak. As they leave the store, Iko sends Cinder an alert: Police have detected the ship. Cinder and Thorne find two policemen standing next to their podship, “comparing the ship’s model with something on [their] portscreens” (349), and they duck into the Rieux Tavern to hide. However, her cyborg hand draws the attention of everyone in the tavern. Cinder uses her glamour on all of them, but police enter the tavern and start looking for her and Thorne. Cinder tries to use her glamour to confuse the officers, but they have tracked Peony’s ID chip to Cinder.