Katniss is stunned. She has no idea how this could’ve happened.
She didn’t allow Prim to take the tesserae so she had one slip of
paper in thousands. Katniss shoves Prim behind her says that she
volunteers as a tribute in Prim’s place. Everyone is shocked and
confused. The mayor tells her to come forward. Prim protests
hysterically and Gale lifts Prim off her and tells Katniss to go up
on stage in a voice he’s fighting to keep steady. Effie, upbeat as
always, asks her name and tells the audience to give her a big
of applause. The crowd is silent and instead puts their three middle
of...
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