I can feel Peeta press his forehead into my temple and he asks, 'So now that you've got me, what are you going to do with me?' I turn into him. 'Put you somewhere you can't get hurt.
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- Author's profession: Novelist, Writer
- Nationality: american
- Born: August 11, 1962
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