in which alina king volunteers for the hunger games
&& cato hadley makes her fall of him
despite her belief that love is a liability
CATO HADLEY &&. PEETA MELLARK
the hunger games ── mockingjay
cover by -voidlegends
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can't catch me now; ❛ ENIGMA ❜ ↷ the hunger games ❝ I hope you know what you are doing, Red ❞
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Alina watched Cheryl Everdeen's Games before she went to bed the night before the interviews. Cato told her that she was worrying over nothing but she thought that he had the exact same doubts as her.
Cheryl was a good hunter which was how she managed to be the last one standing. She grabbed a bow and some arrows in the first few minutes and eliminated most of the Careers in the Bloodbath.
However, Cheryl had a sort of charm that her sister did not seem to possess or she would have had some allies already. Her own District partner did not seem like a big fan of her and Alina was convinced that he did not have a bad bone in his body. That was the only thing that Alina was not worried about. She had to win over the sponsors during the interview and that was that.
Alina watched Glimmer plaster on a big fake smile before she walked onto the stage. Her long legs were almost completely revealed beneath her shimmery pink dress. Her blonde hair was curled into perfection and she seemed to be ready to play the role of a dumb blonde simply for The Capitol's amusement.
Caesar Flickerman was eating her attitude up. He even made an attempt to feel her up in an "innocent" manner and Alina cringed at the action.
She shook her head and looked up at the ceiling, trying to compose herself. She jumped a little bit when she felt an arm on her lower back.
"Relax," Cato whispered, the sound of his voice reminding her that he was the one behind her in line. "You got this. They'll love you."
Alina sighed. "Thanks."
"Did I tell you that you look beautiful tonight? Because you do."
Alina felt her cheeks growing warm at the compliment. He did not mention it but she could have guessed because of his reaction when he saw her after dinner (or the lack of).
Marvel was next on stage. Alina would lie if she said that she was surprised to see him choosing to charm everyone with his humor. He was genuinely funny. But funny did not win The Hunger Games. It did, however, bring people sponsors.
"Now, from District Two, another volunteer. Please welcome Alina!"
Alina was supposed to look like she was happy to be there. Sure, she volunteered but she was not happy to be in a fight to the death with twenty-three other teenagers. She wanted to win. She wanted power. She wanted fame.
She was driven by ambition and ambition only.
Clearly, ambition made people do things that they would not usually do. If it were otherwise, Alina would not look like the happiest girl in the world while walking to sit in the white chair for her interview.
