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.

around, wiping away her tears, not

wasn't simple; it must be another

current Katniss had changed,

made Dylan feel a

and explain everything to them. After all, you're our sister; they

Dylan, shaking off his arm. "You don't

now. It's not safe for a girl to be out there alone. What if something happens? You should stay. Besides, where else

his self-righteous way.

need, Dylan. There's nothing more to say between me and the Manners family." Katniss's expression was resolute as she mercilessly rejected Dylan's persuasion, bypassing him and

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

still red from crying, Katniss took a

her grandfather was a ghost, a hero who died catching a thief, leaving only

been a military doctor, fighting alongside her grandpa. After retiring, she opened a tiny clinic next to

her medical skills from Aurora, especially focusing on taking

to prefer Clara's care, making Katniss

and Aurora's relationship was always rocky. He barely visited, only showing up on holidays. The beef between Aurora and Oliver was a mystery. Every time they met,

broom, trying to explain, "Mom, I really have stuff to do and can't come often. Please

to calm. Over time, Oliver's temper got just as

to the courtyard altogether,

away, she left the house to