Loving you in sin

Tanrak remained silent, the weight of his internal conflict crushing him. He wanted to deny it, to tell Barth that it hadn’t been just a moment of weakness, but the fear of eternal damnation held his tongue captive.“So that’s it then?” Barth said, his voice flat, devoid of the earlier anger, replaced by a quiet resignation that pierced Tanrak more deeply. “You’re just going to pretend it never happened? Pretend that whatever spark we felt was just… evil?”Tanrak finally looked up, his eyes filled with a desperate plea for understanding. “I have to, Barth. I have to choose God.”A sad smile touched Barth’s lips, a smile that didn’t reach his eyes. “And you can’t choose both?”