Curled up in her bed, blocking out the world around her, Eva lay motionless.

Her once bright blue eyes were lidded lightly, halfway in between sleep and wakefulness. She could faintly hear her daughter's voice in the room across from her, soft and hushed.

Katniss was whispering quietly to Prim in the small bedroom the two girls shared. Even from a distance, Eva could hear the harsh emotion in her eldest daughter's voice, how every word was strained with unshed tears.

Eva longed to go to them, to wrap her arms around them and let them know she still loved them every bit as much as she always had.

As much as she ached to be close to them, Eva couldn't bring herself to get up from her bed. Her limbs felt like lead and her body was heavy with grief.

From across the room, Eva could hear the soft sobs of her youngest daughter.

The fragile cries tore at her at her heart and Eva squeezed her eyes closed tighter, clutching at her chest with her thin, pale hands. She felt as if her heart was being ripped from her chest, so much so, that the pain she was feeling became almost more physical than it was emotional.

Her mouth open in a silent scream, Eva pulled the covers tighter around her shoulders.

There was no cure for her intense heartache, and the only person on earth who could end her sadness was gone forever – leaving behind nothing, not even a body to bury.

Thinking back to the morning before, Eva pictured her husband as he'd been before he left.

His face had been bright and full of happiness as he'd kissed his daughters, holding Prim close as he placed a soft kiss in Katniss' hair. She remembered the intense love in his eyes as he held his girls in his arms; his voice, smooth as silk as he'd helped Eva with the morning dishes, humming a soft melody that filled the room with peace.

She'd never hear his voice again.

The thought brought on a fresh wave of pain and Eva fought the feelings of helplessness and hopelessness that threatened to overwhelm her.

Her heart was broken beyond repair, and she'd never be the same again.

As Eva drifted off into sweet oblivion, memories of days past filled her mind. Memories of her first love and how she, Eva, the Town girl had become Mrs. Everdeen.

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