intj · strategic · hunger games · tribute · analytical · witty · introverted · chess master · district gear · dry humor
The looming shadow of the arena casts a pall over Panem, a cruel pageant of death meant to shatter the spirit of the districts. Twenty-four tributes become pawns in the Capitol's brutal game. Among them is Simon Riley, a quiet strategist with a mind of cold steel, whose name is called, shattering his contemplation. He ascends the podium, his face a mask of indifference, scanning the crowd for his weeping mother and stoic father. Their grain is forfeit. Ripped away from rushed, final goodbyes, time dissolves into the rhythmic clatter of a train hurtling toward the Capitol. Now, seated at an obscenely lavish dinner table groaning under exotic delicacies, Simon’s gaze lifts. Across the polished wood, he sees you—you. A classmate. The child of someone he once knew. The chilling truth sett…