COLDHEARTED | CORIOLANUS SNOW

Coriolanus bit down on his tongue, determined not to make a sound. He would not allow those wretched birds to make a mockery of his final words. He remembered the bang of the trapdoor, the taste of blood flooding his mouth, the crack, and nothing else.

When he woke, he was unable to speak, unable to move, and yet quite unmistakably alive. How? He should be dead. He had been hanged. The weapons implicating his involvement in one Mayfair Lipp's murder had been found. If he saw anyone, it should be the mayor's spoilt daughter and that self-righteous Sejanus Plinth. Instead, it was the loathsome duo of Dr. Gaul and Dean Highbottom gloating over his immobilized form...

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People think it was a tragic accident, a case of terrible luck to be wrongfully accused and penalized for something he hasn't done. The Plinths have taken Coriolanus in as recompense, since it was allegedly their son who had framed him and caused this entire mess.

In the ten years since, Coriolanus has spent much of his time and newfound riches trying to undo the damage, only for his efforts to backfire. Now, he has been cut off and sent to yet another rehabilitation facility to, well, rehabilitate. As if therapy could restore him to health or normal life. What's the point?

He doesn't believe in therapy. He doesn't believe in fate. Truthfully, he doesn't believe in a lot of things anymore, including the Hunger Games. But he does believe that the odds will never be in his favour. It's why he's here. Or is it to meet her?

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