chapter twenty four

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katniss' pov

I decided not to take back the leader position, it was too much stress and unwanted attention from other supernatural beings. Zander was disappointed, but understood, i did agree to help him every now and then, so i'm basically his adviser.

Gale has been helping me a lot, I'm still doing my research in that weird hidden room, but we aren't telling anyone. Only four people know about these weird flashback-type things. Myself, gale, Mary and peeta.

Speaking of Mary, her family have been a tremendous help. We've learnt so much about the shadows, about what they do and why they do it. Apparently snow has them convinced that we're trying to kill them, so they've gone into panic mode and attacked anything they see around our woods, grated that it only works on children, so they must have a back-up-plan for harming the adults.

I still don't understand why snow is doing this, is it do revenge? Or power? Or is he just a very sick and twisted man?

"Kat? You okay there?"gale asks, placing his hand on my shoulder

"I'm just thinking"I mutter, flipping the pages of another book

"About?"he asks, settling Into his sets again

I close my book, the dust blows off the pages, shimmering in the air and coating everything around us. I look up at him, my lips pressed into a tight line for a moment

"Why is he doing this? We know how and too who, but why? And why does he want the shadow help? There are so many other species that he could control, but no, he goes for the shadows. It doesn't make sense Gale"I say, looking up at him

It dawns on me sometimes, how much Gale and I look alike. We both have rich brown hair, mine just a few shades darker, the same olive skin tone, matching eyes, but Gales are more of a steel colour than grey, the only difference between us is the height.

People always asked me if we were siblings, I guess I never noticed why they thought that, I mean, I've always known we look similar, but now, I realise we look almost exactly the same.

"I don't know kat,"he looks back up at me, his eyes glazed in a unnoticeable emotions, "Why are you starring at me like that?"

I shrug, looking away for a moment, my eyes settle on the stack of books next to the wall, different volumes, all worn looking, like they had been through the ringer.

"We look alike"I say, he laughs deeply, cocking his head to the side

"I know that"he says, I shake my head, pullin him over to the mirror hanging on the wall

"No look, same hair, same eyes, same shade skin, it's quite odd if you think about it"I say, tracing the scar that dances on my left cheek

If I remover correctly, this scar was from the day coin got ahold of me, I don't remember how I got it exactly, but I know it wasn't there before.

"Oh, oh yeah. That's really odd, have you asked anyone about it?"he asks, I shake my head

"No, I've literally just noticed it"

"Well then, let's ask someone. There's a big difference between looking similar to someone and looking almost exactly the same".

I nodded, creasing a corner on my book page, making sure I don't forget what page I was on.

I glance at the stares, then to gale, it's as did he can read my mind, I sprint toward to stairs at the same time he does, bumping shoulders and prodding elbows.

I laugh, shoving him into the wall. It's as if we're kids again and it's a race to the finish line. We tumble onto my office floor, in fits of giggles and groans.

Gales elbows prods my ribs, I never realised how sharp this boys elbows are, he needs some kind of cushion on them or something.

"Ow! Gale your elbows are sharp!"I squeal, rolling into my stomach

"That's not my fault, it runs in my family"he says, I slide on my knees, standing up

I hold my hand out to him, heaving him up. He raises his eyebrow at me, brushing his hands on his jeans

"When did you get so strong"he asks, I glare at him half heartedly

"I've always been strong, you've just never noticed dumbass"I say, turning around

"Hey! Offensive!"he exclaims, quickening his pace to fall in line with me

"Oh shut up!"I say, laughing

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We stumble across my parents eventually, they're sitting in the conservatory, talking quietly. I poke gale in the shoulder, smirking at him

"Ha! Told you they were here!"

"Shut up"he grumbles, I smile triumphantly, looking towards my parents

"Hello kitten, gale"my dad says, I sit next to my mom, while gale sits to the left of me

"Hey guys"

"Hi"

"So, what do you want kat?"my mother asks, I put my hand to my heart

"You think I only come to you when I need something?! I wounded!"I say, she rolls her eyes

"Fine!, so, we've got a odd question"I say, gale nods along like a lost puppy

"No, you can't go to Vegas"my dad says, I glare at him

"I wasn't going to ask that"

"You have before!"

"Okay, I'll cut to the chase. Why do gale and I look so much alike?"I ask, they exchange a look, looking to gale

"Who's your parents?"

"Hazelle and Thomas Hawthorne"he answers, they share yet another look

"Okay, how do I explain this, Hazelle is my sister..."my mom say, my eyes widen as I turn to gale

He wears the same, shocked, disgusted expression. I stand up, running out of the room, almost screaming, I run into the lounge, looking at Emma and the girls

"OH MY GOD!!"I scream, I hear gale scream the same thing across the house

"What?! What's going on!?"Johanna asks, the guys run into the room, along with gale

"What's happened"peeta asks in panic, I looks at gale, he looks like he's going to faint

"GALES MY COUSIN!"I shout, half of the group look disgusted, while the other half look confused

"Yeah? So?"Natalia asks, I cringe, looking at gale

"I dated gale for two years! I dated my cousin!!"I yell, running my hands through my hair

"Eww, that's messed up!"Joseph says, stepping away

"I know!"Gale says, I shiver, looking at finnick

"Hey, where's the nearest cliff, preferably with rocky waters"I ask, he shrugs

"A few miles away, why?"he asks, I look at Gale holds the same expression as I do

"So I can throw myself off it!"I exclaim, he laughs, shaking his head

"This isn't funny. I dated my cousin!"

Alexander runs Into the room, half handing off the door frame, he's out of breath, looking at me with wide eyes

"We have bigger problems"he says, Peeta stares at him expertly

"What's wrong?"

"Alpha Jason is here,"he looks at the window, "and he's not happy"

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Okay, I'm really sorry for not updating, I've been really busy. I'll try my best to update frequently, and I'll try to update my divergent story. I hope you understand.

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