There's a reason why victors rarely have children. When Haymitch's only son is marked for punishment, what can he do for the boy? Prepare him for certain death, or give him the tools to fight back? This is the story of Helmand Abernathy and his journey towards discovering who he really is, as well as what he is capable of.

This story contains the missing pieces of Malec's love story. There are spoilers for all TMI and TID books. *Note: At the time of publishing for this story, I had read the six TMI books and the three TID books. The story follows the main plot of those books, but not any other CC publications, because they did not exist yet.

My version of the story.