Is it love? How can the two tributes of District Two survive the horrific 74th Hunger Games if they don't know how they feel about each other? Are they friends? Enemies? Or perhaps more? ________________________________________________ This story is dedicated to ClatoGirl12 for inspiring me to write my first Clato story, and for having an amazing one of her own :) **Disclaimer. All of the characters belong to Suzanne Collins** -ClatoForevaFanatic17

What if the true story was never told? What if Katniss and Peeta didn't win; they weren't the only couple. Cato and Clove had loved each other from day one. In the near dark future, North America is divided into 12 districts and a Capitol. Each year, a boy and girl between the ages of 12 and 18, are chosen at an annual reaping and then forced to appear on a televised competition until a lone victor remains. Clove Kentwell volunteers for her younger sister at the reaping. What she doesn't know is that he volunteered to. He is her boyfriend. Cato

Clove trained her entire life for the Games. She left District 2 to escape her father and tormentor, Favian, and bring honor to her District. Against all odds she and Cato both managed to survive. But one of them was meant to die in the arena. And President Snow is furious. Unless Clove can convince everyone she is the heartless, brutal, killer she was born to be, everyone she loves will die. This includes letting go of whatever she and Cato had--even their friendship. In the aftermath of the Games, District 2 becomes a minefield of secrets and lies. Ghosts from Clove's past appear in the day as ghosts from the arena haunt her nights. In this sequel to "Clato: Cuts Beneath the surface" Clove struggles with hiding her breaking heart and surviving the Victory tour. She begins to wonder if it would have been better to have died in the arena.

Clove never knew her parents. All she knows is her trainer Favian who sometimes doubles as her dad, and sometimes falls far short of looking out for her. In district 2 they train you not to be heartless, but to ignore your heart. After years of solitude with Favian her only family Clove has mastered this skill almost as well as she's mastered knife throwing. When new training partners for the year are assigned the day after the 73rd reaping, a mistake is made. Clove ends up partnered in the wrong age category with next years best contender for the crown: Cato Hadley. Everyone is jealous but Clove has bigger problems to deal with than her annoying partner. She has a secret that she's kept hidden for years and only Cato can save her from herself.