Melina's not like the rest of her family, but if she tries hard enough, maybe one day she'll be enough. With the Centennial Games approaching, she's running out of time to prepare. Her parents also grow ever more impatient for her to choose a suitor.

The ferocious intensity of the Games brings everything into sharp focus. For the first time in her life, Melina begins to understand just how different she really is, and why she's struggled to pick a future husband. Can someone like Melina ever truly find a place among the Evians, or will her differences endanger them all?