Upon this crown my pledge I give, To my last breath,I hold this choice, I will your unjust deaths avenge, All here who died without a voice.

They're betting on how long I'll live!' I burst out. 'They're not my friends!

When I was young I was trained in stage fighting and rapier and dagger, for several years.

Something small and quiet, like a match being struck, lights up the gloom inside of me.

It’s the final word in camouflage. Forget chucking weights around. Peeta should have gone into his private session with the Gamemakers and painted himself into a tree. Or a boulder. Or a muddy bank full of weeds.

In the end, the only person I truly want to comfort me is Haymitch, because he loves Peeta, too.

When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold. My fingers stretch out, seeking Prim`s warmth but finding only the rough canvas cover of the mattress. She must have had bad dreams and climbed in with our mother. Of course, she did. This is the day of the Reaping.