"Then I won't feel guilty for trying." Now that he knew it wasn't something being forced on Adam, he could think of it without doubting the reasons that the priestess said yes. Being able to work together didn't mean that Adam had to be interested in him in that way.

As more magic moved through his hand, Alec stopped trying to stop the odd nervous twitches that it sometimes caused. Adam was doing something different but it must be something he felt was needed to fix the damage. "Then I'm not going to waste it on weird looking fruit or those sweets I saw." They both would probably make him sick since he wasn't used to those things. "I was engaged before I came here. I was supposed to carry on the family line, but it wouldn't have been a true marriage."