"I don't know anything about you and this place but what you've told me or shown me," Adam pointed out, watching Alec steadily as they talked. He liked Alec calling himself the guard cat. It was applicable. And cute. "I don't know if you chose to be here. If I don't know something you think I should, tell me."

Part angel, which explained the alliance with the angel. Adam couldn't help but wonder how many generations that was removed, and what the circumstances had been. My kind implied there were others like Alec, which meant more than one angel mating with more than one human, or that the one angel's descendants had been fruitful.

"Angel blood," he said, thoughtful. "Explains why you look like you belong in a Renaissance painting."