Because that's what you and I do, protect each other.
My lips are just forming his name when his fingers lock around my throat.
I just...I just miss him. And I hate being so alone.
My name is Katniss Everdeen. Why am I not dead? I should be dead.
One time, my mother told me that I always eat like I'll never see food again. And I said, "I won't unless I bring it home." That shut her up.
Yes, they have to have a victor. Without a victor, the whole thing would blow up in the Gamemakers' faces. They'd have failed the Capitol. Might possibly even be executed, slowly and painfully, while the cameras broadcast it to every screen in the country.