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she throws with her right, but it’s enough to slow her down a<br />

few moments, having to pull the arrow from her arm, take in<br />

the severity of the wound. I keep moving, positioning the next<br />

arrow automatically, as only someone who has hunted for<br />

years can do.<br />

I’m at the table now, my fingers closing over the tiny<br />

orange backpack. My hand slips between the straps and I yank<br />

it up on my arm, it’s really too small to fit on any other part of<br />

my anatomy, and I’m turning to fire again when the second<br />

knife catches me in the forehead. It slices above my right eyebrow,<br />

opening a gash that sends a gush running down my face,<br />

blinding my eye, filling my mouth with the sharp, metallic<br />

taste of my own blood. I stagger backward but still manage to<br />

send my readied arrow in the general direction of my assailant.<br />

I know as it leaves my hands it will miss. And then Clove<br />

slams into me, knocking me flat on my back, pinning my<br />

shoulders to the ground, with her knees.<br />

This is it, I think, and hope for Prim’s sake it will be fast. But<br />

Clove means to savor the moment. Even feels she has time. No<br />

doubt Cato is somewhere nearby, guarding her, waiting for<br />

Thresh and possibly Peeta.<br />

“Where’s your boyfriend, District Twelve? Still hanging<br />

on?” she asks.<br />

Well, as long as we’re talking I’m alive. “He’s out there now.<br />

Hunting Cato,” I snarl at her. Then I scream at the top of my<br />

lungs. “Peeta!”<br />

Clove jams her fist into my windpipe, very effectively cutting<br />

off my voice. But her head’s whipping from side to side,<br />

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