After the events of the tenth Hunger Games, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow and the winning tribute, Lucy Gray Baird escape into the forest as fugitives. As the lover's fates begin to align, Snow is confronted with a choice. An opportunity for him to leave his position as a peacekeeper arises. He is given a promotion to an elite program in a higher district. This would allow him to climb his way back into the Capitol ranks and achieve a place of power. Despite this desire, he had vowed to his beloved that he would be honest to his word, and together they would chase a life of true happiness. On their journey, the couple confesses the hardships of being forced to murder the past summer. Snow slips up and discloses himself to reveal a murder Lucy Gray was not aware of...Will he tell her the truth?