The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel) (The Hunger Games)

but she had a sweetness, a vulnerability that invited abuse.

“Thank you, Coryo. That means a lot. You may be the only person in the world who I actually trust.”

Maybe it was a mistake to be getting so attached to her.

Sometimes I think I love them because I can’t trust them, and how mixed up is that?

He didn’t like the way her rage against Billy Taupe had faded

Here is the place where I love you.

‘The Ballad of Coriolanus Snow.’”

“Your name sounds Covey.”

“How so?” he said with a laugh.

“Because of the snow part. White as snow. Snow white,”

“That’s right. Gray like a winter day,”

“Some people call them swamp potatoes, but I like katniss better. Has a nice ring to it.”