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

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

It was just another reason to hate Billy Taupe

And here was naked humanity again, and here again he was a part of it.

It’s him, Coriolanus thought with dead certainty, his stomach twisting unpleasantly. It’s the lover from the song.

But no. She was his girl, wasn’t she?

The last time Sejanus had lost his appetite, he’d lost his sanity as well.

It frightened Coriolanus, this level of want. He’d been broke most of his life, but the Snows had always worked hard to maintain decency.

but he found having his own weapon made him feel safer. More powerful.

His girl. His love. His Lucy Gray

After all the weeks of fear and yearning and uncertainty, he would wrap her in his arms and never let her go.