Clove, fifteen years old and pride of the district, is going to volunteer, and she's going to win. That's the plan. That's what she lives for, what she was born for. She's been prepared her whole life for this, but if she doesn't survive, well, even when she was little she knew there'd be no choir or glistening halo waiting for her. She's had to deal with this. After all, Careers aren't born to live. They're born to play.
Cato volunteering, the boy she grew up with and hopelessly pined after, changes everything. And for the first time, she can accept what's down there waiting for her. She won't be alone.
I will follow you into the dark.
Not that he ever cared for her more than a partner.
But everyone knows that star-crossed lovers don't exist.
