16 parts Ongoing MatureIn the woods of District Twelve, Coriolanus Snow raises his gun at Lucy Gray Baird - but the shot never comes. Torn between ambition and desire, he convinces himself it is love that stays his hand. For Lucy, it feels like a noose tightening. With the Mayor eager to pin Mayfair's death on her and her family's safety hanging in the balance, Snow offers her no choice but obedience. He has the power to shield her loved ones - or destroy them - and he uses it to keep her close. Dragged toward the Capitol under his control, Lucy must bend without breaking, caught between survival and the ache of betrayal. He believes he has saved her; she knows he has trapped her.
Warning: This story contains themes of violence, drug use, rape/non-con, and abuse that may be disturbing to some readers. Reader discretion is advised.