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When Annie Cresta's name is drawn at the Reaping, seventeen-year-old Kina Hale volunteers before she even thinks. She's spent her whole life protecting the people she loves - her little brother, her broken family, her best friend. Dying in the Games feels easier than watching someone else go.
But the moment she steps onstage, she meets Finnick Odair's eyes - and something unexpected sparks. Not love. Not yet. Something dangerous. Something she can't afford to feel.
On the train, Kina and Finnick are pulled together by fear, anger, and a numbness they both wear like armor. She's resigned to death. He knows exactly what she's walking into. And neither of them is ready for the connection forming between them in stolen glances and sleepless conversations.
Kina isn't trying to win.
She's trying to survive long enough to matter.
But the Capitol has its own plans - and the closer she gets to the arena, the harder it becomes to ignore the one thing she never expected:
Finnick makes her want to live.
And wanting to live... is the most dangerous choice she can make.