Clarke looked over at Murphy who stood waiting on her. He could have leave if he chose to - there was nothing keeping him here. He could get away undetected and leave this place. No one would ever know he had even been here. But something in her knew that he wouldn't. He would stay, she knew - if she asked him to.

She walked a few paces closer, standing just in front of him, his blue eyes meeting her own.

"You can leave if you want. Titus told me that if you take that tunnel it will lead you back to Arkadia." Clarke said to him and began to turn away.

But before she could, Murphy grabbed her wrist and pulled her back to face him.

"Does that mean you're not coming?" he asked her, his eyes showing concern.

She looked down and then back up at him.

"They need me here. We need to know where Aidan stands. If he becomes Commander, we need the coalition to stand."

Murphy shook his head at Clarke in exasperation.

"Yeah, I get that but don't we need to take this chance to escape while we can? Surely, Mr. Bald Monk can take care of everything."

"But they still need me here! I can't leave just yet. You go, but I'm staying."

Clarke turned to go again but Murphy caught her wrist once more.

"If you're staying, so am I. You can't just stay here by yourself with only Titus to protect you."

"Are you volunteering to protect me, Murphy?"

By this time, Murphy was only within a few inches of Clarke's face, their noses almost touching. Clarke's breath hitched in her throat at their close proximity.

"If I don't, who will?" he asked her, smirking.

Clarke turned her head away from him then, trying to ignore the butterflies that swarmed in her stomach at the touch of his hand on her skin. Finally, he let go of her wrist and bumped her shoulder slightly as he walked past her, following Titus. Clarke let out a breath she didn't know she had been holding. Why is he making me feel like this? she thought to herself.

Clarke sighed then and followed Murphy.

This was going to be a long night...