The 5th Wave

Evan leaves the house to go hunting but returns early and tells Cassie that he went to the grave of his former girlfriend, Lauren. However, Cassie notices that his hands smell of gunpowder and are too soft for him to have worked on a farm all his life. She begins to doubt his story.

Cassie searches the house while Evan is out and finds some pictures that support his story. She’s still suspicious, however, so she goes out to the barn. She finds her M16 rifle wrapped in cloth.

Cassie considers killing Evan because she believes he might be the Silencer who shot her but can’t bring herself to do it. Instead, she allows him to tell her a plausible story about finding the gun where she left it on the highway while he was out hunting. She finds herself wanting to believe him, especially when he says he’s willing to die for her.