Ben stared silently ahead, pondering what to say. He wanted to say something to make her feel better, to get rid of some of her worries. He wanted to say We’ll be fine or We will make it out ok, but he wasn’t sure he could believe that. He hated that he couldn’t solve this problem, hated that he had no clue what to do.
“It’s not your fault. I don’t think any of us, even Doc, could stand against that thing alone.”
He wrapped a slightly shaking arm around Shana.
”I don’t want to lose you either. You are the best thing that has ever happened to me, and I will fight as hard as I can to keep us from being separated.”
He just had to figure out exactly how to do that.