“You what?” Gage shook his head. “You’re kidding. You know I can take care of myself, just like the two of you can.”
Kegan bit back a smile. Gage had walked right into that without knowing it. “You’re right, we can. But we sure as hell wouldn’t have known you thought we could while we were dealing with that punk.”
“Sure I did.” Gage frowned. “What makes you think otherwise?”
“You spent half your time arguing with us, or yelling. Well, not yelling, but…” Kegan took Gage’s hands. “You didn’t know it, I don’t think, but you were afraid for us. That something might happen to us, even though it was a simple job.”
“Of course I was. I always worry, just like you and Ash do. It’s part of working with someone.”
“What you were doing wasn’t worrying,” Ash replied. “It was fear for our safety and
