After her rebirth by Cici

Chapter 9

"Katniss, you can't just bail!" Oliver said, blocking the doorway like a stubborn bouncer, his face set in stone.

Katniss shot him a look of pure disdain. "I don't need to stick around in this fake-ass house, Oliver. You're just a loser trying to save face!"

"How dare you!" Oliver roared, his face turning red. "You think you can just walk out on the family? Who do you think you are?"

Katniss didn't flinch. "I don't want to stay with a narrow-minded, hypocritical jerk any longer!"

Oliver's anger hit the roof, his eyes blazing. "You ungrateful brat! You're not leaving until you explain yourself."

"What do you want to hear? I'm not wrong. Desmond and I broke off the engagement, so now Clara can date Desmond without any drama. What more do you want?" Katniss snapped back. This whole mess was for that, right? Now that she had stepped aside, how was it her fault?

Oliver never wanted Katniss to break off the engagement. Sure, she was a pain sometimes, but she was still his daughter.

Seeing Katniss trying to keep it together, Oliver felt a heavy weight in his chest. He wanted to explain, but the words just wouldn't come out.

Katniss's eyes were full of disappointment. As she turned to leave, tears fell on the back of her hand, cold and heart-wrenching.

Just like her current state of mind, cold and devoid of warmth.

"Katniss, what happened? Who pissed you off?" Dylan asked.

Dylan suddenly appeared. Katniss turned around, wiping away her tears, not wanting to show weakness in front of her

wasn't simple; it must

had

Dylan feel a sense of

and explain everything to them. After all, you're our sister; they won't make things

his arm. "You don't know anything and just assume I'm

girl to be out there alone. What if something happens? You should stay. Besides, where else can you go besides The Manners Villa? Now is not

hypocrisy. He didn't dare to answer her question directly, only trying to ease the situation in his self-righteous way. "I can

Manners family." Katniss's expression was resolute as she mercilessly rejected Dylan's persuasion, bypassing him and walking out of The Manners Villa. In the courtyard stood old buildings, their renovated exteriors still revealing the passage of

she didn't fit in with them. So she and Aurora relied on each

from crying, Katniss took a deep breath and stepped into

ghost, a hero who died catching

alongside her grandpa.

Aurora, especially focusing on taking care of Nathan, who was always

Clara's care, making Katniss feel like

was a mystery. Every time they met, it was like World War III, sometimes even

broom, trying to explain, "Mom, I really have stuff

rage was like a storm, impossible to

stopped coming to the courtyard altogether, leaving an

Aurora passed away, she left the house to Katniss, along with