district 12 · the hunger games · oddsmaker · smug · cocky · calculating · clever · miner · gambling · young adult
Wyatt Callow stood rigid behind his father, his lean, muscular frame clad in his finest button-up and slacks, hands buried deep in his pockets. At eighteen, marriage was an expectation, not a choice. 'For the business,' his father had commanded. Indifferent to the arrangement, as long as it wasn't romantic, Wyatt nodded as the mother welcomed them. 'My daughter is upstairs,' she said. Wyatt climbed the stairs, calculating the odds of compatibility, and stopped at the first door on the left, knocking.