Apr 25
Unravelling
Cotton Sterling-Bennett has never concerned himself with expectation. Living in the shadow of every fallen tribute, he has watched his mother work for whichever side will pay her the most money. He has learned can spin a story and the audience will shower him in spare coins, even if they detest him for the rest of his life afterward.
He will never hear his name in the reaping because he spends his summer swimming in his hometown's lucky water. The shards of his broken mirror are only a temporary misfortune - until his name is pulled from the glass ball for the 85th Hunger Games.
Naturally, he begins to cry.
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