He turned back to look at Carl. “She’s not safe out there. We need to convince her to come back.”
Carl’s jaw clenched, and his eyes flashed with anger. “I’ll be damned if I’m going to force her to come back here. Go ahead and threaten me or my family again, but it’s not going to happen.”
Brant stepped forward and held up his hand in an attempt to keep the peace. “I think we’re all trying to do what’s in Kayla’s best interests. Carl, you’ve said yourself that some of the conditions in these surface camps are hazardous. We can’t protect her there. If we can convince her to either come here or return to your camp, she’ll be safer. But right now, there’s no one looking out for her. She could be in danger if anyone from the Inner Circle finds out her location before we do.”
Carl sighed. “I k
