He might have an axe, but she has something far worse... His past. Very few things mattered to Ash Sakura. The Hunger Games had not been one of them. When caring for six children and trying to scrape by with what little they had, he did not have time to care about anything else. That was, until he was reaped into the 68th Hunger Games. Ash knows that certain death is imminent. Distraught over the idea of having to leave his family to fend for themselves and losing everyone he loves, Ash struggles with the grief of leaving them behind and the acceptance of his impending death. But he soon learns his struggle belongs only to him. The girl hailing from his own district is no more a friend than a snake. An alliance flourishes between Edelweiss and the male tribute from District 2, formed by the shared disdain they both have for Ash. After all he has endured, Ash has no choice but to accept his inevitable fate and the fact that the odds have never been in his favor.