❝Now this is the point. You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should've seen me.❞ Mead Schlachter is known to District 10 as a poet, a butcher, and someone who couldn't be less in favor with fate. Secrets lie between the gaps of the memories she chooses to omit, though with the 66th Hunger Games drawing nearer her efforts will see to be all but in vain. For while the life of a butcher is one she claims, it soon won't be only animals she has to slaughter. ------------------------------------------ Hunger Games, the concept and its characters, belong to Suzanne Collins. May include spoilers from SOTR

(THE GAMES WE PLAY) HERA TITAN never wanted blood on her hands. Born into the brutal legacy of District Two, she dreamed of freedom-not fame, not fear, and certainly not the Hunger Games. But when her ruthless father demands she uphold the family name by volunteering, Hera is forced into the arena with one command: win or die trying. Thrown into the Capitol's glittering nightmare, Hera is prepared for anything-except falling for the enemy. CATO HADLEY has been raised for this. A weapon forged by District Two, he's been trained to see weakness as a death sentence. Volunteering is his destiny. Victory is his right. But nothing in his brutal training could have prepared him for her. As the arena closes in and alliances blur, Hera and Cato find themselves caught in a deadly game-not just for survival, but for their hearts. Enemies. Allies. Something more. In a world where love is lethal and trust is a weakness, can they defy the odds-or will the Games destroy them both? STARTED - 19th April 2022 FINISHED- 16th August 2022

Every year, the tributes fight in the Hunger Games arenas. Every year, the citizens of Panem and the Capital watch. And every year, the mentors have to watch from the mentors room, famed Victors themselves, and almost entirely unable to bring home another Victor. Nobody's ever said that a Victor's life got easier after the games ended.