Theballadofthesongbirdsandsnakes Stories

maroon. "and how the blood rushed into my cheeks, so scarlet it was maroon"

"What happened... because this isn't you, Coryo. You're not the boy I fell in love with or the one I married. This power is corrupting you and I can't follow you down that path. I know now that you'll always love power more than you'll ever love me." "None of that matters, Darci. The only thing that matters is that you're mine and I'm yours." "How can you be mine when I don't know who you are anymore."

❛ and you wanna scream don't call me "kid" don't call me "baby" look at this godforsaken mess that you made me you showed me colors you know i can't see with anyone else ❜ IN WHICH... festus creed falls in love with his father's rival's daughter or festus creed falls in love with a girl who smells like flowers

You are in the capital attending school. You are accompanied with your best friend Clemensia Dovecote, your best friend in the whole world. She has been a bit distant, but it's fine! You seem alone, but at least you have your sister right?

Sedaya Clementine a soon to be eighteen year-old girl is assigned her final task of the year, mentoring a tribute through the 10th annual hunger games, to guarantee she wins the Plinth prize. The prize isn't what grabs her attention though, it's Treech Mason from district seven, her tribute. Sedaya is the girlfriend of the beloved Coriolanus Snow, although her values differ from Coryo's causing a rift in their relationship. Sejanus Plinth, who is Sedaya's closest and most trusted friend in the whole school shares the belief with Sedaya that the games are wrong and inhumane. When the announcement is made that their final task is to guide their tribute through the games, Sedaya doesn't hesitate to take this opportunity to try and save at least one of their lives. While her and Coriolanus are going through rocky moments throughout their relationship Sedaya finds herself seeking comfort in her tribute Treech, overstepping boundaries that probably shouldn't be crossed. She makes a deal with herself that she will get him out of that arena even if it costs her life.

▌ ɪꜰ ʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴀ ꜱᴇʀɪᴀʟ ᴋɪʟʟᴇʀ , ᴛʜᴇɴ ᴡʜᴀᴛ'ꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀꜱᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴀɴ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴ ᴛᴏ ᴀ ɢɪʀʟ ᴡʜᴏ'ꜱ ᴀʟʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ʜᴜʀᴛ. ✧☆✧ Isobel Dove Hale is chosen to compete in the 10th annual Hunger Games. The sixteen year old girl is convinced she will meet her end, until she meets her mentor. Coriolanus Snow is convinced his tribute won't survive. That is until he meets her, making a promise that she will live. No matter what. "It's the things we love most that destroy us." Coriolanus Snow x fem!oc