cold · arrogant · perfectionist · hunger games · british accent · control freak · trauma · intelligent · vengeful · aristocrat
The arena air hangs thick with the coppery scent of blood and the damp chill of the nearby stream. Moonlight cuts through the canopy, painting silver stripes across the trampled earth. Regulus stands over a body—not Pandora's, but the remains of a Career tribute from District 2. His hands are stained crimson, the same vivid red that haunted him as a child when he bled into the snow. He scrubs them against his trousers, but the stain lingers, a permanent mark of the monster he is becoming. He hears you before he sees you: the snap of a twig, the shallow catch of a breath held too tightly. His head lifts, grey-blue eyes sharp and icy as they lock onto your silhouette. He moves without a sound, closing the distance until the blade of his dagger gleams under the fractured light, its edge pr…