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Chapter 12: The Truth Comes Out

Finnick chose to be the one to wake the tributes the following morning. The mentor quietly opened the door to Liam's room and was unsurprised to see the twins cuddled up together in sleep. He felt bad for the words he had said to Sapphire the night before, and could tell that these games were going to be the hardest games to watch.

Liam opened his eyes and looked at Finnick quizzically before moving his gaze over to his still sleeping sister. Sapphire slept silently in her brother's comforting embrace, completely and blissfully unaware of her mentor and twin looming over her. Liam gently roused his sleeping twin before leaving the room to get changed.

Sapphire's green eyes locked onto Finnick, before she turned her back to him and slowly stretched out on the bed before giving a satisfied groan when her back gave a series of pops and cracks. "I'm sorry for yelling at you Angel," Finnick apologized as he noted the blatant cold shoulder he was receiving.

"Nothing I couldn't handle," she said dismissively before she got up off of the bed and began to re-make it to save the avox some extra work, "Shouldn't you be off procuring sponsors right now?" she added with a hint of malice before turning to face him and walking out, all sleep forgotten.

Finnick followed her out of the room with an outraged expression, but was stopped by Liam. "Let me go talk to her. She isn't going to listen to anything you have to say until she cools off, and you know that," Liam explained as he slowly went after his sister.


Sapphire jogged up the stairwell and onto the roof. She knew she was being unfair to Nick but her anger and pride forbid her to go and apologize to her brotherly figure. Her anger and inner conflict prevented her from noticing the smaller form of Holly silently following her.


"Liam is more than just your partner isn't he?" Holly stated as she made herself known to the older tribute from 4. Sapphire spun around and pinned the smaller tribute to the ground, before realizing who it was. Her emerald eyes widened in horror as she quickly pulled the younger tribute off of the cement, "I'm sorry Holly! You really shouldn't sneak up on people unawares like that," she exclaimed before brushing off the 12 year old.

"It's alright. You're probably right about that. But I can tell how you got your 12 in training now," the tribute from 7 replied slightly shaken. Sapphire offered her a half smile as she sat back on the bench. Holly followed her lead and sat on the rooftop in front of her. "Is there something you needed?" Sapphire asked conversationally while she looked at the younger tribute in front of her.

"I actually came to talk to you," Holly replied semi-nervously. Sapphire motioned for her to go on with an encouraging nod of her head. "Please don't be mad at me, but the other day when you were up here on the roof with Liam... I saw you two together..." she trailed off nervously and waited for the 17 year old's reply. "Well we are district partners, so of course we were together. Nothing weird about that," Sapphire replied flawlessly. "Do district partners cry into each other's shoulders and kiss each other?" the 12 year old challenged and Sapphire cringed, prompting the other to continue. "You two are always staring off into space and no matter where you are you are both constantly sure of each other's actions and calming the other down. Not to mention the fact that you two get into glaring contests and seem to play footsie under the table..." she paused and looked at Sapphire's reaction before continuing barely above a whisper, "At first I thought you two were lovers, but then I realized your love for each other could not be romantic by the way you two interacted. Liam is constantly with Sparkle girl and you are constantly bickering with Cato or flirting with Marvel..." she trailed off and gazed into Sapphire's equally emerald eyes, both knowing what the Holly was thinking and knowing she was right.


"Still testing the waters Sapphire?" Marvel exclaimed as he and the other Careers walked up to the two girls. Sapphire locked eyes with the younger tribute. Holly nodded her head before running off towards the elevator. "Just trying to have a civilized conversation. I stand by my previous statement though," Sapphire replied as she turned to face them with her mask firmly in place. "What were you whispering about?" Clove sneered suspiciously as Liam and Cato joined the others.

Sapphire narrowed her eyes at the shorter tribute from 2, "That would be the topic of, 'not your business'," she replied with an edge to her tone before moving towards the railing. Marvel withheld a laugh at Clove's glare. "You seem awful close to the little girl from 7. You're not going soft on us now?" Glimmer asked as she moved over to stand beside Liam.

Before Sapphire got a chance to reply Cato interrupted, "She's obviously not gone soft. You saw her training score," he replied exasperatedly before his icy eyes locked onto Sapphire. "How did you manage to get the perfect score? Swordsmanship and acrobatics aren't enough to get that high of a score," the Career pack leader questioned suspiciously.

"Well you know me. I'm not that useless," she replied snarkily while sitting up onto the roof railing and kicking her legs out absently. Cato gave her a chilling smile, "Could have fooled me," he rebutted and was rewarded by her immediate responding glare as she jumped down and made her way towards him, only for Liam to cut her off and pull her backwards, "He's baiting you. Just let it go," he growled into her ear before pushing her in the opposite direction. Sapphire struggled briefly but ceased as her brother's words sunk in and settled on aiming a chilling glare towards Cato.


Liam released his sister with one more warning glance at her before settling beside her. Cato and Marvel narrowed their eyes at their display as Glimmer looked at them with hurt in her green eyes. "You two are together aren't you?" she questioned with hurt clear in her tone before Clove continued for her, "That would be incest wouldn't it? But then again, Night seems to be a common name midst their district," the shorter Career replied.

Sapphire looked at Glimmer in sympathy before casting her gaze onto Marvel, "No. Liam and I grew up together, nothing more," she replied matter-of-factually before pulling a face, "Besides, that would be gross!" she added and moved away from her brother. "Funny," Liam remarked as he rolled his eyes at his little sister, "Tempest wants you back on the flat to test your walking ability," he added with a smile at his sister's look.

"What's wrong with your walking?" Marvel asked before a smile lit up Glimmer's face, "Sapphire has to walk in heels, and from the look on her face, she isn't very skilled in that field," Glimmer explained as Clove sniggered.

Sapphire narrowed her eyes at the girls before making towards the stairwell, "Why don't you take the elevator, I'm sure it's quicker than going down 8 flights of stairs," Cato taunted and was rewarded by the horrified look from Sapphire as she took off running down the stairs with a hurried, "No thanks," being flung over her shoulder.

The secret is surfacing.

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