Friday, March 2, 2012

Mockingjay Epilogue

Epilogue They play in the Meadow. The dancing girl with the dark hair and blue eyes. The boy with blond curls and gray eyes, struggling to keep up with her on his chubby toddler legs. It took five, ten, fifteen years for me to agree. But Peeta wanted them so badly. When I first felt her stirring inside of me, I was consumed with a terror that felt...

Mockingjay Chapter 27

Mockingjay Part 3: The AssassinChapter 27In the stunned reaction that follows, I‘m aware of one sound. Snow‘s laughter. An awful gurgling cackle accompanied by an eruption of foamy blood when the coughing begins. I see him bend forward, spewing out his life, until the guards block him from my sight.As the gray uniforms begin to converge on me, I think...

Mockingjay Chapter 26

Mockingjay Part 3: The AssassinChapter 26Out in the hall, I find Paylor standing in exactly the same spot. “Did you find what you were looking for?” she asks.I hold up the white bud in answer and then stumble past her. I must have made it back to my room, because the next thing I know, I‘m filling a glass with water from the bathroom faucet and sticking...

Mockingjay Chapter 25

Mockingjay Part 3: The AssassinChapter 25Real or not real? I am on fire. The balls of flame that erupted from the parachutes shot over the barricades, through the snowy air, and landed in the crowd. I was just turning away when one caught me, ranits tongue up the back of my body, and transformed me into something new. A creature as unquenchable as...

Mockingjay Chapter 24

Mockingjay Part 3: The AssassinChapter 24A chill runs through me. Am I really that cold and calculating? Gale didn‘t say, “Katniss will pick whoever it will break her heart to give up,” or even “whoever she can‘t live without.” Those would have impliedI was motivated by a kind of passion. But my best friend predicts I will choose the person who I think...