"We know you can handle yourself," I say before Callie can get going with her reasons for following Will. I know she wants to, and that it comes from a good place, but it really is safer if I go on my own. "But you should stay here. I"m the only one that can"t be burned by him, and you, especially, are the most important person in this cave." I put as much feeling as I can into the words, hoping she understands how earnest I am.
She held my hand through all of the bad things I told her. She looked at me with love still once I was done. I have to let her know that I want to give that to her as well.
Indignant, she still tries to argue. "I"m not the most important person in this—"
Hank interrupts her before I can. "For the purposes of this lockdown we"re under, you are." He takes Callie"s
