Heading for the door, Adam looked over at the hiss and the yelp. His eyes narrowed, bothered by it and concerned that it had happened. Alec's cats had seemed tame and affectionate, and Alec had been gentle with them.

He couldn't rule out that it hadn't been his own temper that had caused it. Alec insisted that Adam had power in this place, that the cats and the temple both wanted to please him. In that moment, he had felt angry and hurt, and now Alec was bleeding.

"Did I do that?" he asked, voice very quiet and eyes dark and defensive. Didn't it just figure that as soon as he had power, someone would be hurt from it, and then they'd have all the more reason to hate Adam.