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Chapter 10- January 18th, 2020 8:03PM

Annie is standing in the old barn, wearing a pale peach jacket that goes down to her knees, a pair of white leggings, a pair of black Bearclaw boots and a matching set of white scarf, glove and hat with silver sequins embedded in them. She looks absolutely stunning, but even seeing her as beautiful as she is, I cannot conjure a smile to my face. None of us can. Johanna sits shotgun while Peeta drives, so Annie can sit in the back with me. "Hey, Fin. Hey Peeta and Johanna. Why all the long faces?"

I force a smile onto my face and shake my head. "I'll tell you later. Now isn't the time." Annie nods. She knows to trust me when I say something like this. I'm glad she can understand.

The place where we meet Katniss and Gale is a beautiful seafood place where they offer up all sorts of fish, crab, lobster and chicken and some steaks for those who are into fish. It means there is always something for everyone. Katniss and Gale are standing outside the door, waiting for us, huge smiles on their faces. Peeta parks the car and takes a deep breath. "All of you go ahead and go in. I'll talk to Katniss."

Annie looks up at me, confused. "What does he need to talk to her about?" She looks so innocent and vulnerable that I cannot bring myself to tell her. Katniss needs to be the first to know, anyway.

"I'll tell you inside." We reach Katniss and Gale at the door and Peeta pulls Katniss aside, by whispering a few words in her ear. Her look becomes concerned, confused and very serious. Gale looks as if nothing happened.

"Hey, can you two go get a table, real quick. I need to tell Finnick something." Gale's big gray eyes are alight with excitement and Annie giggles and nods. Johanna smirks and follows Annie in, giving a seductive and sexual wink at Gale, trying to mask her sadness.

I pull my arms in closer to my body. Despite the layers of clothes I am wearing, I am freezing. "What is it, man? I'm freezing and am ready to get warm."

Gale smiles and looks around him before he makes his announcement. "I am going to ask Johanna to marry me." The news takes me by surprise. I thought him and Johanna were going to get married after she wound up pregnant. I pause, look at the girls inside and don't see any sort of lump on Johanna.

"Uh- that's great man." I start to go in, but Gale grabs my shoulder.

"What is bugging you? Something is up." That is when I hear the intense sobs that I can only assume are Katniss'. "Woah, okay, I need to know what it is."

I take a deep breath and look inside to Annie once more. She looks so happy and innocent, talking with Johanna, not a care in the world when she is with us. Yet, I know I can't protect her forever. As soon as she sees Katniss' tear streaked face then she'll know something horrible has happened. "We got a call right before we came here. Someone found a body and we discovered upon arrival Peeta and I couldn't take the case because we had a personal connection to the body." I hear Gale gasp but he doesn't say anything, so I continue. "The body belonged to Primrose Everdeen."

Gale steps backwards and looks completely shocked. He blinks several times before he starts to cry. The crying isn't audible. It is just silent tears falling onto the snow. He grabs a handful of snow and forms a snowball in his hands and throws it at the first thing he sees before he just lets the tears fall. All of us were close to Prim. Her death hit us all really hard. I pick Gale up and wipe the snow from him. "Go to Johanna. I have to tell Annie. It was the same man who tried to kill her."

Gale nods and we walk into the restaurant. Gale takes his seat by Johanna, and she just hugs him. I look at Annie. "Come here." I have the keys in my pocket and start to walk to the car. Annie follows. I turn on the car, once I get inside it, and let the heater warm me. Annie sits in the passenger. Neither of us put our seatbelts on. She knows we aren't leaving, just coming in here for privacy and warmth. We sit in silence as we watch Peeta usher a crying, breaking Katniss into the restaurant. "This is going to be hard to hear. There was a body found, right before we came to pick you up. The body belonged to Katniss' sister, Prim. The killer is the same man who attempted to kill you. We know that because of the way she was killed, not because we caught him."

Annie sits in silence for a few moments before starting to cry. I take her in my arms and just let her cry as long as she needs. She knew Prim. She got close to her and loved her just as much as any of us did. This is the third person she has lost to this serial killer. I rub her back until she finally stops to cry. "I will promise you one thing, Annie. I will always protect you."

She shakes her head. "You can't always."

I look her in the eyes with concern. "Why can't I?"

She starts to peel away her jacket from her body, her hands trembling. I bite my lip as she finally gets it off. Under her jacket is a pale baby blue undershirt. She lifts up the undershirt and reveals a large bruise covering most of her abdomen. "Gloss did this to me."

I can only manage to get out one strangled whisper. "Why?"

She takes a deep breath and looks at her shaking hands. "He did this because I refused to have sex with him. He does this every time I refuse."

I gasp and take her hands in mine. I hate to hear her talk like she has no option. She does have options and this is enough to get an arrest warrant. "Annie, can I get a warrant for his arrest?"

She starts to cry once again. I know she is terrified. She always is but I am terrified that she hasn't ever done anything. This maniac could end up killing her before the killer even has a chance. When she looks me in the eyes she shakes her head no, but I know I'll get one anyway. It hurts me too much to see her this way.

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