Adam stared in awed surprise at the cabinet, then at Alec, then he refocused on what they were doing. Behind the cabinet was an alcove cut into the wall, but it looked empty. Adam climbed back onto the counter to get a better look, but he didn’t see anything that made sense for what he felt.

Closing his eyes for a moment, he focused on it and boosted the power to that spot. When he opened his eyes, something glittered in the alcove. It looked like a three dimensional rune, roughly spherical, and it glowed gold, flickering like a dying lightbulb. Adam reached for it, but his hand hit the back of the cabinet. Annoyed by that, Adam looked to Alec for more information about this. “What is that? How do I get to it?”