"I don't think that the gate would harm anything like her." Alec continued gently petting the caterpillar, unable to hide his awe that Adam had given him something special. "Technically it wouldn't harm an intruder either or I wouldn't be needed." Glancing up at Adam, tried not to think about the way Adam was blushing. He was fixated on it because Adam was the first person he'd seen in years, not any of the reasons he'd looked at boys in the past. It couldn't be that. He was Adam's... Alec wasn't sure what he role he held now but he was sure that pining over attractive guys wasn't part of that set of duties.

"You have to be the reason she can be here. Nothing alive else except the cats has ever crossed the gates." Alec wasn't sure if the cats counted. They could be magical not mundane. "Anything from the mortal would be special."