❝I'd rather die kind and forgotten than be remembered for being brutal.❞ ( *undergoing slight formatting tweaks & adjustments -- the story itself will otherwise remain readable and unchanged! ) ⠀⠀⠀⠀ Had Bellamy not volunteered, he wouldn't be sent out for slaughter. Had he not volunteered, he wouldn't be a pawn in the...
IRON | ❝Hail, Emperor, those who are about to die salute you.❞ Vesper knows that if she were ever to be reaped into the Hunger Games, she wouldn't leave much behind in District Six. That is, until Icarus Brunel's name is called. The little boy of only thirteen years who wouldn't hurt a single soul. She could neve...