Nobody.07 - Page 12

Guards ushered us to the Justice Building and put Jaeze and I into separate rooms. Quickly, Luke burst in holding Selinna. Selinna was bauling and pressing her head into Luke's shoulder. Mecson was right on Luke's heels. His eyes were rimmed raw red. Luke put down Selinna, who ran to me and wrapped her arms around my waist. I didn't move. I was frozen. I couldn't really make my self believe that I was going. Away. Into the Games. It didn't seem real. Yet it felt more than reality. I Luke grab... Read Full Chapter

Christilleny calls into the microphone after her bony fingers finally "Jaezene McPhilum? Please come up young man!"

My heart pummeled through my stomach, through my feet. It threw itself threw the stage's floor boards, and buried itself into the cold ground.

A boy, 16 years old maybe, slowly pushed his way through the throng of other boys looking for "Jaezene." Why the only boy, outside of our family, that Luke cared about the most? Jaeze had a family similar to us. Jaeze always worked wit... Read Full Chapter

That night it took forever to get Selinna to bed. She has such a vivid imagination. She was weeping thinking that all of us would be picked. I kept telling her that was impossible, only one boy and girl can be picked. After I got her calm enough, she told me through sobs that Jaden nor Mecson would stand a chance. I told her calmly that if some how either of them were picked, either I or Luke would step in and take their place. No doubt. This got her quiet enough to go to sleep.
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I haven't had the best life. My mom is dead. Has been for six years now. My dad left entirely. After our mom died, he went off the bridge. Fell off his rocker. Went crazy. Whatever. So he moved one day. Without a note or warning. For the first month he'd left, he sent us money, but he quickly stopped. I am the second oldest child, so I do most of the cooking and cleaning. I have four siblings. My youngest sister is seven years old, Silenna. Mecson (boy) and Jaden (girl) are twins, both at 13 ... Read Full Chapter