"They all have a chance, Miss...they are all equals in the eyes of the Arena and the Capitol," Cora spoke then blinked, surprised at the new skewer in his hand. "But it is nice to hope that one's own district pulls through and claims the prize." He tried to figure the woman out but there was nothing he could read about her other than her beauty and this air of humble divinity in her. Wait what?

He'd been poring hours into every move, every decision the D2 Tributes made, took notes and hoped they'd pan out in their favor. To be here and put his reputation, his entire career on the line, it was just as nerve-wracking as facing the Arena itself...But not while he kept close to her. She was different from other dates Leo had in the past, she seemed more at home dancing in a pond or looking out the window in a plane than to be here with all these people.

Was he smitten? Yes.