"Not worth telling to someone who doesn't like me," Adam amended. The temple and the ley line liked him, and the cats liked him, but Alec very obviously didn't, so Adam threw it at him the way Alec had done earlier. Let Alec answer it this time.

He approached the spread of food tentatively, unable to believe it was really for him. He didn't know where to start. "This is all for me?" he asked, bewildered. He was hungry, though, so he couldn't resist approaching. Emily squirmed, so he set her down carefully on the table, and she went straight over to an enormous platter of chicken and started helping herself. "Won't it all go to waste?"