"No. It was my fault." Swiping at the blood, he knew he should heal the scratches but it seemed right to have the sting of the wound to remind him of his mistakes. "They're making their annoyance with me known the only way they can." They didn't normally react that way, but there had been times when Alec had been foolish and reckless and they'd had made their opinions of his actions clear.

"Persephone is the most outspoken of them. She'll forgive me in a couple of hours." The rest of the pride wouldn't come near him until she did, but Alec probably needed that solitude. "She's done it before when I did things she didn't approve of so it's not something you should worry about."