60 pages 2 hours read

Lauren Kate

Fallen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

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Chapters 9-12Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 9 Summary: “State of Innocence”

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of death.

On Monday evening, Luce attends a mandatory study session for Miss Sophia’s religion class midterm. Miss Sophia talks about the angels in John Milton’s Paradise Lost. During their brief meal break, Cam offers figs to Luce, but Gabbe interrupts them and throws the figs away, instructing Luce not to eat them. Arriane backs Gabbe up. Hours later, when Miss Sophia addresses the story of Lucifer, Molly passes Luce a note suggesting that her name is related to the name Lucifer.

Luce’s eyes meet Daniel’s across the room, and she recalls her dream from the night before, in which she and Daniel were back at the lake. This time, Luce followed him to shore with the help of fish pushing her along. The fish then transformed into shadows and threatened to take her from Daniel forever. Daniel, with large angel wings, rescued her.

Arriane passes a note to Luce, asking where she and Daniel went the other day. She passes a second note, but Molly intercepts it. Luce snatches it and tears the note, pocketing the piece she has. When Miss Sophia calls out Luce and Molly, Luce states that Molly has a contribution to the discussion about angels.

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