I couldn’t stop myself from getting lost in the moment of passion. I had no choice, no matter how wrong it felt since the revelations of the day. The impending doom surrounding the situation did nothing to detract from its dramatics. It just added even more steam to the embrace. My brain was trying to fight it all, to think straight, but it was failing miserably. “Brodie, we can’t!”
“I know. We need to get back.” He stood and held his hand out to me to help me up from the floor. As soon as I was standing, he turned and headed off in the direction of the camp. I grabbed at his arm.
“That isn’t what I meant.”
“I know what you meant. Do you not think that I am conflicted, too?” I was back against the tree and it felt ridiculous that we had almost gone backwards, or was it in circles? Th
