If I feel ragged, my prep team seems in worse condition, knocking back coffee and sharing brightly colored little pills. As far as I can tell, they never get up before noon unless there's some sort of national emergency, like my leg hair.

The only thing worse than fighting a giant scorpion was fighting a giant scorpion who was trying to protect her young.

This is what birds see. Only they're free and safe. The very opposite of me.

Want a sugar cube?" he asks in his old seductive voice.

If I'm going to die, I want to still be me

I want to do something, right here, right now, to shame them, to make them accountable, to show the Capitol that whatever they do or force us to do there is a part of every tribute they can't own. That Rue was more than a piece in their Games. And so am I.

I pull an arrow, whip the notch into place, and am about to let it fly when I'm stopped by the sight of Finnick kissing Peeta. And it's so bizarre, even for Finnick.