Ares didn’t let it drop when I told him I didn’t have any suggestions, and I knew he expected me to talk to him about this properly, but I really didn’t know what to say. We sat outside beside the small fire he had built for us, and It reminded me of the first night we had spent together. Things had been so different that night, and as I sat beside him now I knew that he accepted our bond and understood how important it was for us to be together. The uncertainty I felt now was completely different, and it was even worse because it seemed like there should be an obvious solution but I couldn’t think of any way for us to be together that wouldn’t end up hurting somebody. I told him I trusted him and that I wanted to hear how he would handle this, but I think that his stupid decision to t