Peeta X Katniss Novels & Stories

“Pleased to make your fine acquaintance Miss Katniss.” Ludale said with his hand still extended for a handshake. Katniss stared him down from head to toe with disgust vividly expressed on her face. She fixed her gaze firmly on that extended hand of his for a few seconds before looking up at his face again.

James’s voice cracked with urgency and desperation. It felt like the world was crashing down around me. James’s voice, pleading and angry, was the only thing keeping me tethered to reality. But my legs felt like they would give way. The tension was unbearable. I was paralyzed, unable to speak, unable to move. “Do you see? Katniss doesn’t care about what you say, James,” Renata sneered, her voice dripping with superiority. “She only listens to me.” “I hold all the cards,” she continued. “You… you can’t win.”