Chapter 12- The Rescue
My head hits something as I jolt up, awake. I turn around and see Jacob. My heart stops. I manage to stutter out a question, but it comes out so quietly I don't think he hears it. I ask again, "Wh-aa-tt hap-pp-end?"
He pulls me into his lap and plunges into a full length story.
"I had just found the desert oasis when I heard several cannons boom. This worried me because I thought that the Careers were killing off tributes. I ran away, hoping to find shelter, but than I realized that there was a sickly sweet smell in the air. I started feeling dizzy. I picked up one of the dead birds off the ground and smelled it, realizing that the food must have been injected with sleep syrup."
He pauses to let me take in the full extent of his story.
"Just than I heard a scream. I knew it was you and I couldn't stop myself from trying to help you. I grabbed my knife and saw you collapse on the ground. You must have been knocked out by the sleep syrup. There was an ugly mutt hovering over you and without thinking, I threw my knife. It hit the beast and knocked him over. I killed the mutt. I stabbed him. I carried you to the waterfall and found a cave hidden behind the cascading water."
He strokes my hair as I sob.
I look up at his beautiful bronze and brown hair. I stare at his eyes and see his muscular arms wrapped around me, protecting me.
And for the first time since I have entered the Arena, I feel safe. For the first time, I let myself forget that I am in the Hunger Games.
MASSIVE SORRY! I am the worst! I take on too many projects! 3 PROJECTS! Gosh, I am so bad! I know I need to take one at a time! I am so sorry! Busy with SYOT and "Burning" Summer just started! So sorry!
My faithful readers… I am sorry! Tomorrow will be a super long chapter because (WARNING) I will probably not be updating until mid-August.
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