Chapter 21 The sun has set on the rainy day and the storm outside is growing louder and more intense. My sheet of plastic seems like a pathetic attempt to keep the cave dry, and I’ve now had to supplement it with the broth pot to catch the continuous dripping. I’ve been on watch […]
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The Hunger Games: Peeta’s POV. Chapter 20
Chapter 20 When I wake up I can feel Katniss beside me. Everything seems normal, peaceful, comfortable. For the first time I feel well-rested and, strangely, all the pain in my body has disappeared. I sit up tiredly and see that the swelling in my leg has reduced dramatically, and what used to be […]
The Hunger Games: Peeta’s POV. Chapter 19
Chapter 19 I fall asleep immediately, warmer in my sleeping bag than I have been the past several nights. At some point in the night I can feel Katniss unzip the bag and crawl in next to me, but she tosses and turns uncomfortably. When I finally awake I am sweating, though my body […]
The Hunger Games: Peeta’s POV. Chapter 18
Chapter 18 The new day seems strangely hopeful. Though the night was cold, the morning sun is very quick do its work, and I feel the heat radiate through my body. I wonder if Katniss is looking for me. It is not long after I wake that my question is answered. I hear the […]
The Hunger Games: Peeta’s POV. Chapter 17
Chapter 17 Somehow during the night, I manage to drift off because when I awake again the sun has already made its way above the forest for me to see. It must be late in the morning, and in the stillness, I can hear the birds singing a four-note tune and the gentle flow […]
The Hunger Games: Peeta’s POV. Chapter 16
Chapter 16 Pitch darkness turns to vivid imagery. I’m back at the bakery. Ryean and Rottee are asleep beside me. Suddenly the roof collapses and a hive of tracker jackers falls to the ground, exploding with an angry swarm. Oddly, they don’t charge at me; instead, they surround my brothers until you can’t see […]
The Hunger Games: Peeta’s POV. Chapter 15
Chapter 15 I can’t believe I’m still alive. Though I would happily welcome the numbness of death over the pain I’m experiencing, I know I cannot just lay here until I die. And I will, soon enough, whether it be from infection, starvation, tracker jacker poison, or the rest of the Careers coming back […]
The Hunger Games: Peeta’s POV. Chapter 14
Chapter 14 The Games force you to be a light sleeper. At the first note of the Anthem my eyes shoot wide open, just in time to see the Capitol Emblem projected into the night sky. No new deaths today. The forest fire, though it was unsuccessful in wiping out any tributes, certainly served […]
The Hunger Games: Peeta’s POV. Chapter 13
Chapter 13 It seems odd to be walking towards the forest fire rather than away from it, but walking into danger has never been a foreign concept to the Careers. They train their whole lives to volunteer for the Games, whereas people from other districts do everything they can to avoid being selected. If […]
The Hunger Games: Peeta’s POV. Chapter 12
Chapter 12 As I pick up my torch and leave the scene, I suddenly remember that I’m being watched. I’ve almost forgotten that the Games are televised live for the whole country to see. District 8 must be having a riot, having lost both their tributes in less than 24 hours. I wonder if they […]