"Of course I'm worried about you," Ben said with a frown creasing his brow.

"I'm worried for you. That doesn't mean I don't trust you. Far from it."

He could see inside her mind, the fear and down so similar to his own. Wielding the kind of power she had required resolve that few could even hope to possess, and while he knew she wouldn't waver the way he had, he worried for her all the same. He didn't want her to have to shoulder that burden.

Because he loved her.