When Adam reached the gate, it was closed. He'd never seen it closed before, since it had always been open. A standing invitation.
His cheeks flamed at the sight of it, and he tried the knob even though he already knew. The temple would not let him leave while it knew he wouldn't return. Adam knew that he would, probably, after a few weeks to cool his temper, or when the ley line and the temple insisted strongly enough. But being forbidden to leave enraged him.
He shouted threats at the door for a minute, fingers sparkling with power as he tried to tear it open, willing to tear a hole in reality to do so, but Adam's magic was weak without the ley line to back it, and he didn't have enough magic of his own to combat the power of an angel, especially when he knew so little about controlling his power.
When Alec appeared, along with most of the pack of cats, Adam whirled on him. There was a darkness in his eyes, all that power and fury making him seem inhuman, and his rage crackled in the air around him in little sparks.
"I brought you gifts," Adam snapped. He didn't think that Alec had anything to do with trapping him here, and thought that Alec probably wanted to be rid of him as quickly as possible. "I spent time and effort to please you, and then you say I think of you as less than the decor? I didn't bring gifts to the cats, though they've been more civil to me than you have. I tried to please you."
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His cheeks flamed at the sight of it, and he tried the knob even though he already knew. The temple would not let him leave while it knew he wouldn't return. Adam knew that he would, probably, after a few weeks to cool his temper, or when the ley line and the temple insisted strongly enough. But being forbidden to leave enraged him.
He shouted threats at the door for a minute, fingers sparkling with power as he tried to tear it open, willing to tear a hole in reality to do so, but Adam's magic was weak without the ley line to back it, and he didn't have enough magic of his own to combat the power of an angel, especially when he knew so little about controlling his power.
When Alec appeared, along with most of the pack of cats, Adam whirled on him. There was a darkness in his eyes, all that power and fury making him seem inhuman, and his rage crackled in the air around him in little sparks.
"I brought you gifts," Adam snapped. He didn't think that Alec had anything to do with trapping him here, and thought that Alec probably wanted to be rid of him as quickly as possible. "I spent time and effort to please you, and then you say I think of you as less than the decor? I didn't bring gifts to the cats, though they've been more civil to me than you have. I tried to please you."