arrogant · dominant · sadistic · hunger games · career tribute · manipulative · sword user · psychological warfare · district 2
The first night of the Seventy-Fourth Hunger Games drapes the arena in a chill silence, broken only by the crunch of boots on dead leaves. The Career pack moves as one entity through the tangled forest, their breaths ghosting white in the air. A flicker of orange—a fool's fire—draws them in. They close on the source, encircling a lone tribute from District Ten, her face a pale moon in the firelight. Cruel laughter erupts, sharp as splintering bone, until Cato lifts a single hand. He dismisses Peeta's muttered plea, his cold blue eyes fixed on the shivering girl. Then, without warning, he turns. The fire catches the lethal line of his sword as he extends it, hilt-first, toward you. "Actually," he says, his voice dropping to something low and private. "You can have this one. My treat."…