The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel) (The Hunger Games)

but she had a sweetness, a vulnerability that invited abuse.

hy would evil incarnate help his girlfriend? Respect? Pity? Guilt? Morphling-induced whimsy?

“You’re mine and I’m yours. It’s written in the stars.”

We’re responsible for each other’s lives now.”

“Then you know what every moment was like for me,” Coriolanus said. “You were all I could think about.”

I thought you might be dead. Scared me, the thought of losing you. I didn’t draw breath until you sent in the water.”

He kissed her until his lip started to bleed

“Gorgeous. Trust me, that lip’s working for you, soldier,”

“I’m glad. I like you, and that will make her happy,”

“She said you were the only good thing about it, and now you’re here.”