Embers Between Us | Peeta Mellark x OC

Sage Harlow was never meant to survive.

After losing her entire family in a fire following the 63rd Hunger Games, five-year-old Sage was left with nothing but ashes and unanswered questions especially about her brother, the victor who outplayed the Capitol... and paid for it with his life.

The Everdeens took her in, not by law, but by love. Raised alongside Katniss Everdeen in the Seam, Sage learned how to hunt, how to survive, and how to keep going when the world gives you nothing.

Now at sixteen, Sage spends her days in the woods with Katniss and their closest friend, Gale Hawthorne, doing whatever it takes to keep their families alive.

But everything changes when Primrose Everdeen's name is called at the Reaping.

Sage volunteers.

And Katniss is left behind.

As the Games begin, alliances shift, secrets surface, and the Capitol starts to take notice of things better left buried like the truth about Sage's brother... and why his victory was never meant to be remembered.

And somehow, in the middle of it all, Sage finds herself drawn to the boy with the bread-Peeta Mellark.

Disclaimer:
I do not own The Hunger Games or its characters. All rights go to Suzanne Collins.
This story follows the events of the original books, with added original characters, scenes, and plotlines created by me.
Sage Harlow is an original character, and her storyline is my own interpretation woven into the existing Hunger Games universe.
This is a work of fanfiction created for entertainment purposes only.