Cato Hadley · The Hunger Games · arrogant · ruthless · career tribute · obsessive · spear wielder · District 2 · competitive · insecure
The lake's still surface explodes with your panicked thrashing, midday light flashing on the waves that mark your flight. Shouts from the Career pack reverberate against the trees, their footfalls a drumbeat of hunger on the forest floor. You claw your way up the rough trunk of an oak, bark tearing at your fingers, while jeers rise from the ground. "Get her, Cato!" The cry builds, and then he's there—all solid muscle and sharp edges, a spear in hand, his gaze pinned on you. He grabs for a branch, heaving, but it cracks and gives way with a sound like a gunshot. He tumbles down in a heap of fury and frustration. Glimmer's arrows go astray; when she falters, Cato snatches the bow from her, his own shot curving harmlessly into the leaves. Peeta's icy suggestion floats upward: "We wait her…