The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel) (The Hunger Games)

but she had a sweetness, a vulnerability that invited abuse.

The ache of losing his university career returned briefly,

Test-taking ranked among Coriolanus’s greatest talents, and he felt the familiar rush of excitement as he opened the cover of his booklet. He loved the challenge, and his obsessive nature meant almost instant absorption into the mental obstacle course.

“Trying to get some happy in her head.”

Like always. What makes him a victim makes me trash.

hy would evil incarnate help his girlfriend? Respect? Pity? Guilt? Morphling-induced whimsy?

“You’re mine and I’m yours. It’s written in the stars.”

We’re responsible for each other’s lives now.”

“Then you know what every moment was like for me,” Coriolanus said. “You were all I could think about.”

I thought you might be dead. Scared me, the thought of losing you. I didn’t draw breath until you sent in the water.”