Chapter One: The Ghosts That We Knew Made Us Black and Blue

Book Two in the Timber Series. Hazel Marlowe thought surviving the Hunger Games would bring an end to her nightmares, but the Victory Tour looms, bringing new dangers and deadlier games. With each day, her grip on reality begins to splinter as the pressure mounts. Haunted by the ghosts of the arena, all she wants is to move forward and leave the bloodshed behind. But as Panem's most talked-about Victor, Hazel must step back into the spotlight-where survival now means navigating twisted Capitol politics, evading the unsettling attention of Senator Snow, and facing a whole new arena.