The Dove - A Hunger Games Story
Venus Columba was a problem-anyone in District Ten could see that. Anyone, that is, except Leander Rush, the victor of the 40th Hunger Games. He hadn't meant to take her in. What started as a desperate excuse to avoid a trip to the Capitol ended with him unofficially adopting the orphaned girl. By the time he realized you can't simply return a child without it being seen as abandonment, it was too late.
Together, they managed to rebuild a life-messy and dysfunctional, but still theirs. Against all odds, they had found a family. But nothing good ever lasted for a victor, especially not for those like Leander Rush. So when Venus Columba's name was picked as the tribute for the 69th Hunger Games, it shouldn't have been a surprise.
The odds, after all, had never been in their favor.
