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Taking place 2 years before the first book/movie, Katniss finds herself without hope. Her Mother and Sister have been taken ill, her food rations have run out, and she was powerless to help them. Reluctantly, she's breaks a promise she had made to herself and sold the only thing she had left. Herself.
Lyra Vale, abandoned as a child and scarred by the foster system, steals food out of desperation. Caught, she's sold into "Bridled Hollow," a brutal program "rehabilitating" girls. Stripped naked and transported, she witnesses girls horrifically transformed into ponies. Lyra undergoes dehumanizing intake: shaved, examined, and forcibly fitted with restrictive leather gear—bit, harness, tail plug, hoof boots—silencing speech. Defiant Lyra is assigned to Madam Sorrell, noted for breaking "spirited
A Story in the United Conservative States of America Universe
Working girls meet for a happy hour on alternate Fridays in their favorite watering hole after work. They chat about their work and about the changing times. This is a stand alone story in the UCSA Universe. Although it refers to facts that happened in the main story, it can be read on its own.
Kim finds herself pulled into a place she never thought she would go. Her friends help her open up a new life. She finds she enjoys the ropes more each time.