Chapter 20

“Be that as it may, you cannotkeep doing this to yourself. Burnout is a very real thing, Sam. I will not allow you to make yourself sick over the job.”

Sam blinked, but that was all the reaction Michael got. “As I said, I’m fine. Good, even.”

He wasn’t, and Michael didn’t need his abilities to know it. Everything about Sam right then screamed this was most definitely not okay. And whatever Sam thought he was doing, Michael couldn’t allow it to continue. His operatives were under his care, and it was up to him to make sure they stayed healthy, sane, and whole.

“From now on, you’ll only take cases that I preapprove.”

“What?”

Finally, a reaction.

“Furthermore you will take a mandatory day off between cases, big or small, in for an hour or days. After every completed case, you’re home for at least twenty four hours.”

Sam shot up, hands balled into fists at his side. “You can’t do that.”