COLDHEARTED
Coriolanus bites down on his tongue, determined not to make a sound. He will not allow those wretched birds to make a mockery of his final words. He remembers the bang of the trapdoor, the taste of blood flooding his mouth, the crack, and nothing else.
When he wakes, he is unable to speak, unable to move, and yet quite unmistakably alive. How? He should be dead. He was hanged. The weapons implicating his involvement in one Mayfair Lipp's murder were found. If he sees anyone, it should be the mayor's spoilt daughter and that self-righteous Sejanus Plinth. Instead, it is the loathsome duo of Dr. Gaul and Dean Highbottom gloating over his immobilized form...
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People think it was a tragic accident, a case of terrible luck to be wrongfully accused and penalized for something he hasn't done. The Plinths have taken Coriolanus in as recompense, since it is allegedly their son who framed him and caused this entire mess.
In the ten years since, Coriolanus has spent much of his time and newfound riches trying to undo the damage, only for his efforts to backfire. As a result, he has been cut off and sent to yet another rehabilitation facility to, well, rehabilitate. As if therapy could restore him to health or normal life. What's the point?
He doesn't believe in therapy. He doesn't believe in fate. Truthfully, he doesn't believe in a lot of things anymore, including the Hunger Games. But he does believe that the odds will never be in his favour. It's why he's here. Or is it to meet her?
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𝒍𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒙 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒚𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆
𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝑯𝑬𝑨𝑹𝑻 𝑶𝑭 𝑮𝑶𝑳𝑫 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔
𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒖𝒑𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑾𝑰𝑵𝑫𝑭𝑨𝑳𝑳 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝑰𝑳𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑰𝑺 𝑮𝑶𝑳𝑫
𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊'𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑺𝑶𝑻𝑹 (𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕)
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FanfictionLILITH GOLD SERIES: BOOK 1/2 [1] 𝙃𝙀𝘼𝙍𝙏 𝙊𝙁 𝙂𝙊𝙇𝘿 | 𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙋𝙇𝙀𝙏𝙀𝘿 [2] 𝙎𝙄𝙇𝙀𝙉𝘾𝙀 𝙄𝙎 𝙂𝙊𝙇𝘿 The blood has barely dried, the arena barely locked. It's only been a few days since the Twentieth Hunger Games declared its victor but...
