Chapter 3

Gage made him want to be something else entirely.

He waited until the bartender was gone before leaning a little closer. “So what do you think of your neighborhood so far?”

“It’s…good. Different, though. Very, very different. Nothing like I’m used to. Not that I really knew what to expect. I mean, I’ve never seen a place like this before in my life. I didn’t even know what to make of it when I came in here the first time.”

“And now that you’re actually in?”

Gage played with the straw in his glass, twirling it around what remained of the ice. “I still don’t really know what to make of it. Like, I don’t really get why everybody’s in leather. Is that just a California thing?”

“No, that’s a Power thing. If leather’s not your scene, there are plenty of other places around the city you can try.”

Gage looked him over. “I guess it’s not your scene?”