Geo stopped when he was far from camp.
He punched a tree so hard his knuckles split.
"She loves him… not me."
He sank to his knees.
Eko — infected, reckless, unpredictable.
And yet… Lolly cared for him more.
Geo felt something dark coil inside him.
"You're changing," Oran's voice echoed in his memory.
"You're protecting a monster."
He clenched his fists.
"No… Eko is my brother."
But jealousy was poison — and it was burning through him.
And in the shadows…
Someone watched him.
A zombie — but its eyes held intelligence.
A hint of awareness.
It tilted its head curiously at Geo.
Then vanished into the mist.