MOCKINGJAY: Katniss & Peeta are reunited.

Peeta's blue eyes lock on to mine. He lifts up his hand and gently strokes my cheek.

"Katniss?" He whispers, his voice sounding hoarse. My hand reaches up for the one he has on my cheek. I take his free hand in mine and squeeze it, afraid that if I let go, I might lose him forever.

"Peeta, I'm right here. Don't worry I'm not going anywhere."

He brings his face closer to mine and I let his lips press hard against my own.

"Oh Katniss! I thought I'd never see you again! I was so afraid!" he doesn't hide the tears that fall silently down his cheeks.

There is an urgency in his voice when he speaks again "Don't ever leave me. You're all I have left. You're the only thing keeping me sane."

I feel as if a tonne of coal has dropped into my stomach when I see the terror behind his eyes. And my mask of indifference begins to crack and like him I now too am crying. I pull him into me and he wraps his strong arms that have grown weaker from weeks of torture no doubt, around me. I squeeze as hard as I can without hurting him to let him know what I can't say. That now he is safe, now he can relax. President Snow will pay for what he has done to Peeta, I will make sure of it.