It stings to hear her ask him that. Whether she told him he thought she was a mutt or not, it seemed impossible to him that he would ever try to hurt her. She had always been first for him, first in survival and first in his heart. He'd take an arrow from her before he'd raise a blade to her.

"I won't, Katniss." His tone was insistent, refusing to accept whatever future she knew. "I swear I won't. We're in this together."

They would always be in it together.