mimiluna11
Characters from The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, in a different timeline.
It is Reaping Day in the districts of Panem.
The 59th Hunger Games are approaching.
A girl terrified for her friend.
A past that comes knocking at the door.
Names of the dead echoing through the air.
Guilt, regret, terror, and hope.
One day, someone stronger, braver, or simply luckier would put an end to that spectacle of suffering.
Days when the jays would sing, and when fire would finally rise.
But that future is still far away.
A desperate Mentor, drowning in the ghosts of his past.
Two teenagers bound together by the years behind them -
linked by an invisible thread, like roots beneath the earth.
Something stronger than fate tying them together.
How do you survive in a world where love cannot be the answer?