The Return of the Hunger Games [FALLEN ASHES] Book II

(12)

I bring everybody back, I'm done talking to Trey and Rayla. I have to explain how there could possibly be a new threat. Kal holds my hand as we're sitting down on the couch.

"What are you tying to tell us?" My mother asks.

We're all reunited in the living room, Trey's mother finishing up dinner and Rayla and Trey sitting on the staircase listening.

"Fallon is one thing, but he doesn't even know I'm alive." I say.

"It can't be long until they realize how you're bodies missing." Kal says.

"They most likely already have, but are trying to keep it a secret from Fallon. If Fallon wanted me dead, he'd do it on his own, not send some peacekeepers to do it for him."

"I see where you're coming from, but the thing is, we don't know if Fallon already knows about Kal, if Fallon has been told how your bodies are missing, then we don't even know if there's somebody else going after you. I mean, why would they want too?" Haymitch explains.

"To get to the remaining child of Katniss and Peeta." Trey says with a haunting tone in him. I glance at him, but thats it. I look back at my mother and father.

My mom slaps her hand on the table by the couch holding a lamp. We all get caught off guard and jump. "Then come for me! Not my child!" She yells.

Effie looks uneasy, very quiet. I look at her, and I can see she's trying to hide something. "Effie?" Everybody looks to her. "What do you know?" I ask.

She bites her lips, but she's entitled to answer. "Snow's grand daughter." She whispers.

I freeze. Crap. "What about her?" My father asks. Trey and Rayla are on their feet, and Kal squeezes my hand.

"After Fallon had done what he did," she looks to me, knowing what she meant. When Fallon hit her, when he admitted to rigging the bowl, when Effie admitted to calling Annabells name instead of mine. "Right after the gong rang, I had to give him a piece of my mind. But when I found him, he already had a visitor. I knew her right away. Two body guards had him pinned to the wall and she threatened him. Saying how he didn't deserve to be where he was and how soon enough, she'd become more powerful than Fallon or Katniss combined." This is scary, I can deal with trying to put Fallon at rest, but somebody else who I've never even heard of? How much worse could this get? Effie continues. "She is very dangerous. This is a very seriouse threat. I do believe that she sent those peacekeepers to kill Elissa, and I also believe that Fallon already knows about Elissa being alive."

The panick in the room can be felt immedietly and this is not good. Not good whatsoever. Fallon and Snow's granddaughter. My expression is emotionless, but I'm holding Kals hand so tight its impossible to let go. I want to cry, but I've had enough of that. I'm tired of feeling tired. I'm tired of feeling scared everywhere I go. Its not fair. I stand up.

"If its a fight they both want then its a fight we'll give them." I say.

"Did you just hear what you said?" Haymith asks.

"Yeah, I did. District 8 is already shut down, today another District was suppose to cut all contact from the capitol as well, right?" I ask.

"Yes, District 11 is suppose to shut off at 10 tonight." My father says.

"But why isn't anybody in District 12 having any interactions? Not opening their doors or going out." Effie asks.

"It was a day made for Elissa's death. We all figured in her behaf we'd have a day of silence, but it wasnt suppose to last this long." Trey's mother says.