Arching an eyebrow, he tried to ignore how pleased he was over Adam's description. By the Angel, he was acting the way he had when Magnus flirted with him. Was that bad? Izzy said he should enjoy it and maybe she was right. He'd never had a chance to be himself or have an attractive guy flirt with him. "If I use a glamour, you'll ask me how it works. Then you'll be studying the Codex instead of engineering."

Opening his book, he tried not to think of reasons why Adam was blushing or how much he wanted to stare instead of read the words he'd memorized years ago. Trying to pretend that the story held his attention, he glanced over at Adam whenever he turned a page. He knew what Izzy would say he should do, but he didn't want to ruin things by misreading the situation or doing something that might result in Adam throwing him and demanding someone else be his guard.