FBI agent Jack Rhodes and Doctor V.C. Coldwater team up to solve a murder involving treason, secret government research, and the Uzbekistani black market. ***** Commander Jack Rhodes was kicked out of the Navy SEALs after a mission went wrong, but he continues to serve the public as an agent of the FBI. After a woman is murdered, he's forced to team up with the unconventional and flagrantly disrespectful Doctor V.C. Coldwater. What looks like a simple case turns out to extend deep into government research, nuclear fission, and the global criminal underworld. Jack's forced to rely on a woman he thought he'd despise, because in a case this complicated, she's the only person he can trust. [[word count: 200,000-250,000 words]]

Coriolanus Snow has always had severe paranoia and it's cost him a lot. Lucy Gray Baird is the love of his life and he was already lost to her as soon as he saw her selected in the reaping. Will his paranoid mind and thoughts keep him from loving Lucy Gray Baird freely, or will it end them? Even worse, they found something unexpected in the ruins of District 13, and suddenly, everything Coriolanus and Lucy Gray planned for their future changes.

What if Lucy Gray had never disappeared? Would Coriolanus have become the monster we know? Would he have become like his father or would he have stopped the games with Highbottom to protect Lucy one more time? If you have any suggestions for improvement or discover errors, please let me know. Many thanks Hailie