Promises

Elaina Calloway has spent her entire life knowing the odds were never in her favor-but she always believed she would make it to nineteen.

On the day of the 65th Hunger Games reaping, in her final year of eligibility, her name is called.

At eighteen, Elaina is forced from the coal dust and quiet survival of District 12 into a brutal desert arena where the sun is merciless, water is scarce, and survival means becoming someone she never wanted to be. With the Capitol watching her every move and the clock counting down to the moment only one tribute remains, Elaina must decide how far she's willing to go to live.

But as she's pulled deeper into the Games- and into the orbit of the mentor who sees far too much of himself in her-Elaina begins to realize survival might cost more than her life. It might cost her heart.

Because in an arena where the sand remembers blood, survival isn't just about staying alive-it's about deciding who you are when the world is trying to break you.

(a hunger games fanfiction)
(65th hunger games)
(haymitch abernathy x fem!oc)
(book 1 of 2)