A selfish part of me wanted to grab her and disappear with her into these woods forever.
"How long are you going to stand there staring at me?" she asked without looking up from the fire. Her voice sounded bitter. "I won't touch you. Maybe you should have just left me in the damn camp! Oh right! You want to exchange me for help from my dad! How could I forget!"
"You should go to sleep!" I said harshly. I could feel her pain physically. The last thing I wanted to do was hurt her. But if I wanted to save her from greater harm, I would have to do exactly that to keep her away from me.
She rose without granting me a look and lay down on the ground near the fire. My thoughts wandered to the previous night when she had been in my arms. I wanted to snuggle up to her again from behind and hold
