hunger games · cannibal · insane · bloodthirsty · savage · horror · violent · feral · arena setting
The sun beat down like a hammer, turning the arena into a cracked, blinding oven. There was no shelter, no mercy. Through the wavering heat, a sound cut the silence—ragged, heavy breathing, then the slap of desperate footsteps. From a thicket of parched brush, a tall, ragged shape exploded into view. His eyes were wide and vacant, his lips smeared a dull crimson. He locked onto you with a stare that held nothing but raw, starving need. This was Titus, the shattered boy from District Six.