Hello. Sorry for the length between the chapters. My job is time consuming. I'll try harder to produce more chapters faster. I hope everyone likes this story so far. It is awesome to get feedback in any way available. That includes favorites, reviews, and follows. Even personal messaging has helped out. Now that the games are over I will be going back to one POV per chapter. It will go back in the next games… Surprise. There is a sexy scene in this chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own the Hunger Games or any of its characters.

Chapter 10:

Peeta POV:

"Ladies and gentleman, the victors of the 74th Annual Hunger Games; Katniss Everdeen, and Peeta Mellark. The capital would like to congratulate Mr. Mellark, and the Future Mrs. Mellark!"

I look back at Katniss with relief on both of our faces. She pulls me in for a heated kiss. We pull back and embrace each other. I think; I am the luckiest man in the world. I got out of the games with the love of my life. And now I am engaged to her.

The noise of a hovercraft appears above us. We look up as it descends toward us. It lands not too far away. The hatch opens, and we head towards it.

The whole walk towards it, I have my arms around Katniss in a protective embrace. I look around one last time as we near the craft. I look down at Katniss and she gives me a smile. We step into the hatch.

I look around at a small room full of Peace Keepers. They step toward us.

"Hey, hey, hey. What's going on?" I say.

One of the Peace Keepers says, "Peeta Mellark needs to come with us."

Katniss holds onto me harder and says, "I'm going wherever he goes."

Two Peace Keepers grab me by my arms and start to lead me away, as one tells Katniss, "No, you will stay here for the ride back to the Capital."

She starts to struggle trying to get to me. A few guards grab her to contain her. She is too strong for them. But before I can tell Katniss to stop, a guard walks up behind her and jabs her with a needle. She slows down and falls over. I start to struggle to get back to her. More grab a hold of me to take me away.

I yell at them, "WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER?"

They take me into another room, and the door slams behind us. The last thing I see as I struggle is the butt of a gun being slammed into my face.

I wake up on a hard surface. I open my eyes, trying to adjust to the light. When they do I look around. I become aware of another presence near me. I look to find Haymitch sleeping on a chair. I groan as I try to sit up. Haymitch wakes up to my struggling. He gets up and rushes to my side.

I say, "Where is Katniss? Is she alright?"

"Yeah she is fine. They just tried to subdue her in the craft to make your extraction easier."

"Why me?"

"Because Peeta. You are the one who had the idea to defy the Capital. It was your proposal that caused a riot in the capital to let you both out alive. You tied their hands together. They don't take that kindly. So they decided to punish you both. But they can't physically hurt you guys or your families due to how people would react. So they did something else."

"What?"

"Well technically, it was something physical. Peeta? How does your leg feel?"

I move my hand to the leg that was cut in the games. Instead of flesh my hand comes in contact with metal. They cut off my leg! My breath quickens as I try to come to terms about my missing leg.

He puts his hands on my shoulders and says, "Calm down."

"Why my leg?" I struggle to get out of his grasp.

"Because your leg had a small infection from that cut. They cut it off saying the infection was worse than it was. It was their small way of punishing you. Katniss doesn't know yet, but when she does figure it out, it will hurt her just as much, if not more. They thought this though very well. I'm sorry."

I move to dangle my legs off of the hard observation table. I look down at my leg. It seems that they cut it off just above where my cut was. I move to stand and feel pain. The end of my leg burns. Haymitch grabs me before I fall.

"Take it easy Peeta. They will be having an interview with both you and Katniss. They want to show her reaction to your leg on live TV."

I sit back down and nod. Tears start welling up in my eyes as I think about the hurt that this will cause her. Haymitch soon leaves and I am left alone for a few hours. My stylist team arrives to help get me ready for the interviews.

Now I stand on my leg that was numbed to help with my journey onto the stage.

Caesar Flickerman calls us up and I ascend the stairs. The crowd burst in cheers for us. Instead of looking at the crowd, I look to the other side of the stage and to my fiancée. She breaks out into a run towards me and nearly tackles me. I hiss because the numbing agent is starting to wear off and I feel a little bit of pain. I know that she heard me. She leads to the chair and asks over the crowd if I'm all right.

Before I can respond, Caesar says, "Everyone, the victors of the 74th Annual Hunger Games, and might I add the best games yet." Which gets another cheer from the crowd.

"I think we all want to know. What was going through your minds as you pulled out the berries?" He asks.

Katniss replies, "I was thinking that if I couldn't live with him not being there, then I wasn't going to live without him. I love him too much to be apart from him." The crowd awes in reaction.

I smile and say, "The same thought were going through my mind. I need her to survive."

Caesar laughs and says, "Well aren't you two just the cutest couple ever. And I want to personally congratulate you both on your engagement." The crowd cheers again.

I say, "Hopefully we don't have to wait too long for the wedding."

Caesar agrees then asks, "Peeta, how is the leg?"

I sigh heavily, and look at Katniss, who has a confused look on her face, "Not too good."

He then asks, "Do you mind showing us?"

I bend down and grab the bottom of my pant leg and pull it up. Knowing that if I don't play along, they might do something bad. The crowd gasps as they look at the metal of my fake leg. I look back at Katniss, who is stunned. Her emotion turns to sadness as she looks back to me. She bursts out crying as she pulls me in for a hug.

She whispers while crying, "I'm sorry, this is my fault."

I whisper back, "This is not your fault. Don't you dare feel like that. This was my fault."

She cries harder and I look up at the Presidential balcony. President Snow has a smile on his face, and I know that this was the reaction that he wanted.

For the rest of the interview the questions are directed at me. Katniss is still crying as the interview concludes. The whole time she never lets me go.

Once the interview is done, President Snow makes his way down to the stage to give us our crowns.

He puts my crown on and says, "I hope that you understand how we work in the capital. And also understand the consequences of your actions."

Anger burns in me as I nod back to him.

"I'm sure you do. And I hope that you know that your punishment could have been a lot worse. Who knows, it still might be."

He then moves to Katniss. He puts her crown on and says something to her. Katniss has a look of horror as Snow leaves.

As I head towards her, I ask her what he said.

She says, "President Snow knows about my secret."

I try to comfort her as we leave the stage and head back to the train.

We converse with Effie and Haymitch for the rest of the night. He tells us that due to our fame, Snow can't touch us. It gives us some relief and we talk about why my leg is now gone. That seems to impact Katniss more than Snow knowing about her being a werewolf.

We arrive back to a room on the train that we shared on the way to the Capital. I collapse on the bed. After a minute, I look at Katniss who is still near the door. She is staring at me.

"Hey Katniss, is everything alright?"

Instead of answering, she walks towards me. I lay on my back as she moves to take my pants off. I sit up and look at Katniss. She has a blank look on her face as she looks down at my leg.

"Does it hurt?" she asks.

"It hurt a lot at first. But with the medication they gave me, it helps."

She moves to take the leg off. I let her. She looks down at the inflamed skin on the end of my leg. She slowly puts her had down on it. I lay back and put my arm over my eyes.

She asks worriedly, "Did I hurt you?"

"No, it's just. I know that this changes things between us. I know that my leg is ugly. I love you, so I'll try my best to not let you see it if you don't want to."

She takes her hand off my leg and moves up towards me.

"Oh, Peeta. This doesn't change anything. You will always be the love of my life. Leg be damned."

I look at her, and see the look in her eyes. I know that she meant the words that she said.

She leans in to kiss me. I return it as best as I can. She moves to take off my shirt. I let her. She runs her hands over my chest, which sends waves of pleasure through me. I stiffen as she runs her hands down to my boxers. She pulls them off and throws them away. She smiles as she leans down and takes me in her mouth. My head falls back as pleasure takes over my mind. I groan as she adds her hand in. As the pressure builds, so does her pace.

Before I can lose myself, I say, "Katniss… Stop. I'll lose it."

She lets me fall from her mouth with a pop. And works her way up my body. She pulls off her clothes as I grab a condom. I slip it on as she finishes. I hurry and pin her to the bed. I kiss down her body. I get to her clit and take it into my mouth. She gasps as I lick her.

After a few minutes, I work her into a frenzy. She says between breaths, "I… need you… inside of me."

I push my fingers into her as I move to kiss her lips. She moans again. I pull my fingers away and push into her, going as far as I can. She yells, "PEETA!"

I slowly pull out and push in harder. I start to quicken my thrusts. My pleasure builds as she struggles to keep up with me. She says, "I'm gonna co…" I cut her off saying, "me too."

She gives off one last shriek of pleasure as she orgasms. Her quivering walls bring forth my orgasm as well. I give one final thrust as I fall to her side exhausted. She pulls off the condom. She puts in the garbage as I pull her back to me.

"I love you, Katniss Everdeen."

"I love you too."

We fall asleep.

The rest of the trip back to District 12 goes by faster than the journey to the Capital. We pull in and get off to the cheers of District 12. She is happy and relieved that her family and friends are safe.

We are brought to our new houses in the Victor's village. Katniss' family is brought to the house that was meant for Katniss. My family decided to stay in the bakery, so that Katniss can move in with me.

We walk into the house and I turn to her and say, "Well come home."

She smiles at me and kisses me. We spend the rest of the day in bed, loving each other.

A few weeks later, Effie and Haymitch show up panicked.

Effie says, "The Capital is planning your wedding. They will be here soon, and they are going to air it for all of Panem. President Snow himself will be in attendance."