❛ 𝑺𝑰𝑳𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬- 𝘵𝘩𝘨

Chapter 26

Apollo pushed me, Mae, and Willow out of the way, and we saw Gray collapse. Bronze took a deep breath, and ran into the gun fire. He grabbed Gray's limp form, and ran out. I could see Gray was still breathing, but Delia was standing next to Bronze, supporting him. She laid him on the ground, as his breathing slowed down, until we no longer heard it.

Delia must have been friends with Bronze, or at least knew him for a little while, because tears began to drip down her face. I checked Gray's pulse, and could still feel it. I think he got a bullet in his shoulder, so Mae helped bandage him up. We walked started walking to a spot where Delia knew someone who lived there that wouldn't mind us staying there.

We entered a house, and sat down in the living room. Delia walked into the kitchen, and to give her privacy to mourn her friend, Mae, Apollo, Willow, Gray, and I all stayed in the living room. Delia soon came back, holding a little bit of food that she must have found in the kitchen. When we split out the contents, I sat next to Apollo. Since there wasn't much to do, we
tried to go to sleep.

I laid down, but couldn't sleep. I was very nervous, ever since Bronze died. I half expected his face to start shining up in the sky in a holographic image, telling the other tributes that the male tribute from district 8 had died, but I had to remind myself that I wasn't in the games.

The image of Gray brushing up against the wall, and gun shots firing kept playing in my head. Could he be a spy? Was he trying to kill us? Would he kill us all in our sleep?

I marched over to Gray. "Who are you? I want to know who you are!" I signed to him. I must have been scary, because he was shaking. "Ada, what are you doing?" Apollo asked me in a firm voice.

He didn't answer me, so I started pulling off his helmet. When I finally succeeded on getting it off, my eyes widened as I observed his features. Dark hair, pale skin, dark eyes, and the same features as me. Gray Berkley was apparently a fake name, and I was right, he wasn't supposed to be here. Because Carter Latier, my 15 year old brother, is not supposed to be here. NOT AT ALL!

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A/N: Hey guys! I hope your enjoying the story! Sorry for the shorter chapter, but I hope the other chapters that I published make up for it! :) please let me know if you like it in the comments! Question: What's your district? Mine's district 4.