She smirked to think how Lady Axson would have proclaimed that display as yet another example of Marta’s bad temperament, “brought on by overly permissive parenting, no doubt.” Well, if having parents who loved you to distraction was a sin, let the Mockingjay judge her for it, but she would not apologize for her spirit. Marta Anne Becker was meant for far, far more than flicking her pinkie at tea or dancing a quadrille.
A story of the generation before Katniss Axson Everdeen and Peeta Mellark were born: how the young, ambitious Marta Anne Becker became the formidable Madame Mellark.
Hi all! While @captainseaweedbrains works away on the second installment of The Flock, I am delighted to begin bringing you a short, self indulgent prequel about Peeta’s mother, the most completely overhauled character from canon, and now a woman I simply cannot live without. To understand this story at all, I recommend reading The Flock: The Pairing. Hope you enjoy!
Read the first chapter of Marta Anne here!