Karaline Mathis has beat the odds. She was reaped at 12 and won the Hunger Games. She's just starting to recover from her horrific games that have left scars so deeply imbedded in her mind. It doesn't help that the wounds and the pain she had been trying to heal are being reopened by her victory tour. The stakes are even higher now as she begins her life as a victor. She's not only at risk of losing herself but everything and everyone she holds dear. Can she hold herself together while her world falls into pieces? Will Kara ever recover from what's to come? Read and find out! This is the second book of Kara's story. Please read Against All Odds (Finnick Odair love story) before reading this so everything makes sense. Enjoy!

Kara Mathis was simple, average even. She didn't take up more space than needed. She was seen by many but known by few. She was the little girl who lost her sister brutally. Then loses her mom weeks after due to what doctors say was a broken heart. Then loses her father to himself completely broken full of hate towards the world. She finds herself in competing in the Hunger Games. Are the odds aren't in Kara's favor. But then again the odds are never in anyone's favor.

Kara is in love with Finnick but is too scared of rejection. Finnick is in love with Kara but unwilling to admit so. What should be simple and beautiful soon turns into secrets and deception. Pain and loss. Will their path to each other end in destruction? Will Kara be able to save her best friend Annie Cresta from becoming collateral damage in President Snow's agenda? Lives will be lost. Hearts will be broken and the very foundation Kara has relied on for so long begins to crumble. How many people have to die before Snow is satisfied? How many sacrifices will Kara have to make before it's good enough? Read and find out. Welcome to the third installation of Kara's story. First read Against All Odds then Against Fate before reading this one. It will make soooo much more sense. The Hunger Games and it's characters do not belong to me. Only Kara and my other original characters.