"All you told me is that you go to school. I learned more about you the day we were in the library and when we were in the garden." He'd thought he'd learned something about Adam. He'd given him a caterpillar and worried about something most people would see as a nuisance would survive going through the gate. Alec had thought that Adam was someone who would be kind, but that thoughtfulness didn't seem to extend to him once he had the temple had shown that it welcomed the priestess.

Alec knew that it was his duty to apologize and beg Adam to stay but he couldn't get the words past the lump in his throat. It hurt too much to keep trying and having the distance between them become more obvious. The temple wanted Adam here, not Alec. The cats preferred Adam. He wasn't sure what the Angel would do when Adam didn't return, but he doubted that he'd be punished too harshly. If he was, then someone else would have to replace him.

Slowly he stood, walking out the door and watching Adam as he stormed away. The cats hissed at Alec again and he shook his head. Even Emily was leaving with Adam. Heading back toward the gardens, he frowned when the door refused to open. All the doors refused to open except the ones that would lead to the gate.