Is Atala A Tribute In The Hunger Games?

The day Tate was crowned Alpha was the day Nicole's father put a bullet in his father's chest. She had loved him from a distance for years. Quiet, careful, invisible love. Then the moon goddess confirmed what her heart already knew and destroyed everything in the same breath. For three years she cooked his meals, made his bed, swallowed her pain and watched him love someone else. He controlled her body, humiliated her publicly and called it mercy. She stayed because she thought she deserved it. Then she found out she was pregnant. She did not escape for herself. She escaped for them. Four years later Nicole is a different woman. New name, a groundbreaking research career and two children she would burn the world down to protect. Her research can save lives — including the life of the very woman who made hers a living nightmare. Now Tate is back. He does not know she is alive. He does not know about the twins. He does not know that everything he believes about his identity is a lie. Some bonds cannot be severed. Some truths cannot stay buried. But first he is going to have to earn it.

"Althea." I still. I shiver. He says my name like it's sacred, like it's an oath he's swearing. He tilts his head to the side, eyes roaming over my face. "Tell me," he murmurs, "what do you want me to call you?" My eyes slowly meet his, confused by his question. "What do you want to call me?" "I want to call you mine.” *** Althea Gray is a bullied omega who has fought for survival at every turn of her entire life. When she discovers her boyfriend of three years has been cheating on her, heartbreak is the least of her problems. She's been chosen for the deadly Mate Games, a brutal competition where females from all parts of the kingdom, fight for the chance to win the favor and heart of the ruthless Alpha prince. Prince Asher Valebrook is as cold as his ice-blue stare, and he has no interest in love. Althea knows better than to want him, but a reckless one-night stand might seal her fate. Though she and Asher claim to hate each other, the line between love and hate is dangerously thin. With betrayals lurking in every shadow and survival far from guaranteed, Althea must play the game wisely. But in a palace built on blood and lies, winning Asher's heart might be the deadliest challenge of all.

“Tell me you hate me,” Cassian whispered, his mouth close enough to make my body betray every thought in my head. I should have shoved the dagger into his heart. That was what I had been trained for. That was why Aurelia sent me to Alpha Academy. But Kael’s hand was on my waist, cold and possessive, his golden eyes burning into mine like he already knew every lie I carried beneath my skin. “You were sent here for a reason, little human,” Kael said. “The question is… was it to kill us, or belong to us?” ⸻ Lyra was raised in Aurelia, the last human stronghold, where werewolves were enemies and mercy got people killed. Her mission was simple: enter Alpha Academy, get close to the powerful werewolf heirs, and kill them before they inherited the packs threatening her people. Rowan, her best friend and the only person who truly knows her, is the one thing keeping her tied to the life she came from. But the Blood Moon Marking changes everything. Lyra is dragged into the ritual and bound to the very heirs she was sent to destroy. Kael, the cold Snow Pack heir, sees through every lie. Cassian, the dangerous Arrow Pack heir, tempts her toward every wrong choice. And Rowan refuses to let the wolves take the girl who was his before fate sank its claws into her. Now Lyra is trapped between duty, desire, loyalty, and a bond that should never have existed. If she chooses her mission, she may have to destroy the men fate tied her to. If she chooses the bond, she may betray the only home she has ever known. And when her truth comes out, will they protect her… Or turn on the assassin sent to end them?

As a child, Elaina Mason lost her parents to the darkness. Orphaned, the girl was taken in by the brethren, raised to be one of their elite. Now at twenty-two, Elaina is no longer that same, weak child who could only watch as everything she loved went up in flame and ash. She comes forth with the help of her comrades to protect what she now holds dear and wreaks vengeance and havoc against the dark days ahead.

Tala is a young omega who lost both of her parents in a war, from their rival pack met her fated mate on the battlefield. She was taken captive by that rival pack where her life turned around and her journey to become the Luna of True Alpha began.

She was born on a cursed night, abandoned at the gates of a dying citadel with nothing but a broken pendant and a black mark burned into her chest like a brand from heaven itself. For thirteen years, the girl with no name dug spirit stones from the earth while nobles crushed her beneath their boots and called her property. They took everything. Her name. Her freedom. Her right to bleed without permission. They forgot one thing. Even the forsaken have teeth. Beneath a collapsed forbidden cave, Amaya finds something the heavens buried on purpose. An ancient corpse. A forgotten throne. A cultivation scripture so cursed even the gods refused to claim it. The Ashen Heaven Scripture does not reward talent or noble blood. It feeds on suffering. On hatred. On every scar they carved into her body and every scream they forced her to swallow. She was the perfect vessel. Now the slave girl climbs. Not for justice. Not for mercy. Not even for freedom. She climbs because every cultivator who ever looked at her like she was nothing will one day look up at the sky and realize the darkness descending is her. The heavens cast her away. She will return the favor.