Adam nodded. He couldn't risk the door closing again, especially not now that blood had been paid to open it for him. Whatever had compelled Alec to pay that price, Adam wouldn't let it go to waste. "Thank you," he murmured, and slipped through the door.
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He stayed well away from the ley line for a few days after that, skittish about being trapped, but he thought about the guardian and the blood on the door. It still bothered him that Alec had been willing to pay that price for him when they had been so angry and harsh to each other. Alec had said he liked Adam, despite all evidence to the contrary.
Persephone came to visit him, though Adam insisted to her that he wasn’t going back and didn’t care. But after a few days, her insistence became more urgent, combined with dramatic collapses and sprawls.
Persuaded that Alec was badly ill, Adam finally softened and went to the ley line, deeply skittish as he crossed the threshold. He didn’t trust any of this, but he couldn’t let Alec die for him.
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He stayed well away from the ley line for a few days after that, skittish about being trapped, but he thought about the guardian and the blood on the door. It still bothered him that Alec had been willing to pay that price for him when they had been so angry and harsh to each other. Alec had said he liked Adam, despite all evidence to the contrary.
Persephone came to visit him, though Adam insisted to her that he wasn’t going back and didn’t care. But after a few days, her insistence became more urgent, combined with dramatic collapses and sprawls.
Persuaded that Alec was badly ill, Adam finally softened and went to the ley line, deeply skittish as he crossed the threshold. He didn’t trust any of this, but he couldn’t let Alec die for him.