" No one expects you to care about Nic and Hayley as much as we do,” Daniel said. “But I am glad to see you’re okay.”
“For Maya’s sake. I know.” He waved off Daniel’s denials. “I don’t expect more. And, chances are, I’ll turn out to be an ass after all.”
He said it jokingly, but he broke eye contact, and didn’t look my way either, just nudged me toward the house. I wondered if it did kind of hurt him, getting a cool reception from the guys.
That reception didn’t improve once we got in the house. Rafe was happy to see Sam was okay. Whether you like a person or not, you don’t wish them a horrible death. "

― Kelley Armstrong , The Calling (Darkness Rising, #2)