I looked at Isabelle with a look of pure terror. Now my heart was really beating and I could feel my throat closing up, I knew it had to be done; but I didn't think I would ever be ready for the conversation.
"Isabelle I-"

"Stella go, you need to talk to him. It has to happen some time, get it over with."

Isabelle cut me off before I could speak my fear. I took a deep breath and nodded.
"I'll be brave."

"Good luck."

"Thank you." I got up off the bed and went to the door. I stood before it and held the door handle, I took another deep breath before I opened the door and slipped into the hallway.

I was met with Magnus standing close to me, his arms were crossed.
"Hi." My voice came out as a lame whisper.
"Hello darling, do you have somewhere we can go to talk in private?"

"Of course, follow me."

I took his hand that he put out towards me. We walked down the hall in silence until we reached my room, I opened the door and lead him in. He shut the door behind him and I let go of his hand. He walked to my bed and looked at it for a moment before he sat down on the edge of it. He patted the bed next to him, after a moment of hesitating I walked over and sat beside him.
"I'm sure you know what we need to talk about," He reached his hand up and wiped an old tear from my face, "I can tell you have been crying."

I simply nodded. Magnus took my hand in his own two hands and held it.
"Stella, do you realize how serious the situation is?"

"I never said it wasn't."

"I know, I just want to make sure you understood. Do you know anything about warlock traditions?"

"Somewhat. . . Isabelle told me a few things earlier."

I still couldn't manage more than a whisper. He leaned in and laid a light kiss on my lips, he kissed his way to my neck.
"Do you understand what we have to do then?" his voice being whispered into my ear sent shivers down my spine, I couldn't stop the sigh that escaped my lips.

"Yeah."

I whispered. He brought his lips to mine again with full force. He pressed me into the bed and climbed over me. As we kissed he took my left hand in his right hand and laced our fingers together.

My left hand began tingling madly with Magnus's touch. I gasped and broke the kiss to look down at my hand, the tingling immediately stopped.
"What ha- You broke the spell, I must marry us now before a higher force gets involved."

"Is this how warlocks marry?"

"Of course we use our magic Stella, why wouldn't we?"

"I-I don't know."

"It's okay. Now, shall we do this?"

My heart was racing again. I slowly nodded, he kissed me again and the tingling began. We kissed until the tingling began to dull. Magnus slowly pulled away and took our hands forward so I could see what had just happened. An intricate tattoo like marking that looked like lace had covered our middle fingers. They matched perfectly, and on the bottom Bane was inscribed into the pattern. It was slightly raised from the skin, not like a normal tattoo. And it seemed to have a property about it that glowed.
"Stella Bane, my beautiful wife."

He murmured into my ear. My cheeks turned a bright red. I soon grew really tired, Magnus must have been wiped out from the magic as he fell asleep quickly. I nestled down next to him, my head resting on his chest and I let myself drift into a sound sleep. My first night spent with my new husband, I don t think I would ever get used to the thought of it. What would my family think?