A/N: sorry I didn't upload yesterday I was travelling all evening. But here's the next chapter. Enjoy

"Ugh, we should have guessed," Diantai said with a look off disgust still on her face.

"I think its sweet, he's really missed him."

"Yeah you would,"

"Hey," Nixie smiled at her sister "they love each other surely even you could see that?" Diantai's face turned to stone.

"I saw that boy looked pretty angry, like he could kill, I don't call that love,"

"Well I think they'll be perfect together this time,"

"Always the optimist, I'm sure that's just how the Alliance will see it."

"Screw the Alliance." Magnus had just walked in through his bedroom door, Alec hot on his heels, he shot a cold glare at Diantai, who just smiled back.

"Rather you than me."

"Diantai be nice," Nixie said to her sister before turning to Alec and smiling, "you don't want Alec to think bad of us do you?" Alec smiled slightly but looked quite embarrassed.

"I don't care what he thinks." Said Diantai looking away from him. Alec frowned and slid his hand into Magnus's.

"What have the alliance got to do with this?" he said indicating to their linked hands. He'd learnt about the Alliance in training, it was the warlock's equivalent to the Clave, it as one of their representatives who signed the accords, but it was optional to join not all warlocks did but you were still punished if you broke the accords. Alec had only ever killed Warlocks not in the Alliance.

"You know of the Alliance?" Diantai said looking back now impressed.

"I'm a shadow hunter, not a mundane." Alec snapped back

"They don't know about us," Magnus aid moving on, he sat down on one of the sofas, Alec next to him and the girls opposite on the other sofa, which had swung round to face them at a snap of Nixie's fingers.

"For how long?" Diantai's voice was more serious but softer with a hint of concern.

"Depends, are you gonna tell them?" his at eyes cold and wide.

"Mags, I love you like a brother, I could never do that to you,"

"Good," Magnus's voice was still in the same monotone.

"Wait, I don't get it I thought you were open about your sexuality?" Alec said looking to Magnus who dropped his head avoiding his gaze.

"That's not the problem." He mumbled his head now in his hands. Alec put his head against the warlock's shoulder a whispered,

"What is it then?"

Magnus stayed still and, to all their surprise it was Nixie who responded.

"Your mortality. They don't like us to have relationships with mortals, they think it affects our judgement," her face looked sad as if remembering a bad memory but only for a moment, then she smiled slightly, "but if your work is not affected then they won't have a problem." Magnus sat up now his face full of relief until he turned to Diantai and scowled,

"Why did you go and get us worried like that? My relationship with Alec doesn't affect my job."

"I was only looking out for you." She looked up at him sorrow in her eyes.

"Well don't," Magnus's voice was cold again and Diantai sighed and stood up and walked away down the hall and entered one of the spare bedrooms. Nixie glared at him now.

"She's only looking out for you, you know how she is, and she probably didn't know about the loophole in fact I don't think you did either." Magnus looked at her before standing up, he was still only wearing boxers, and walked over to her, bent down and kissed her on the cheek before turning back around and extending a hand out to Alec,

"Let's go to bed it's late." Alec took his hand and waved goodnight to Nixie, who smiled as they left her alone on the sofa.

Entering the room Alec turned to Magnus who was climbing in to bed.

"Well tails seemed nice but Diantai is umm…"

"It's Nixie, and yeah Diantai's got good reason to hate shadow hunters," Magnus pulled back the covers as Alec climbed in,

"Why?" he replied snuggling into him.

"I'll tell you another time, it's late and I'm tired."

"Magnus?" Alec said in a questioning tone,

"Yeah," he replied lazily

"I want you to have this," Alec slipped the Lightwood ring off his finger and placed it in Magnus's palm.

"Alexander, I can't take this," he said examining it and trying to pass it back.

"You can, look it's a mundane thing, they exchange rings when they get married, but the clave would never allow us to and I don't trust this Alliance. So I want you to have this to show that we're forever." He slid the ring on his left ring finger.

"I love you." Magnus's voice was thick with tear as he kissed Alec's head.

"Where the hell is he?" Jace said to Izzy as they entered the institute. The others had gone home after the party, Alec had never returned so Izzy had insisted he would have come back here if the conversation had gone badly.

"Jace, he'll be fine, he can look after himself," Izzy said as they walked to the elevator.

"I know, I just… worry I guess."

"Jace I know you spoke with Clary but do you want to talk about what happened in Idris?"

"My condition is not a priority, they said they would look into curing it if I told them where Sebastian is, they still think I'm with him, in fact had there been a different Consul I think they might have even stripped me of my marks, however luckily he sided in my favour but said that once they'd found Sebastian they would look into finding a cure." Izzy turned to face him in the small elevator,

"I'm sorry," she said nothing more but her tone said it all, not pity or anger just understanding as she placed a hand on his sleeve.

"And your dad, he stood there and acted like he didn't even know me," they were out of the elevator now and standing outside Jace's room.

"We will sort this Jace I promise it'll work out fine, as for dad, we'll be having words." Her voice turned menacing and Jace smiled and walked into his room.

"Night Iz." He walked up to his window that overlooked the street there was no sign of Alec. He sat down on the edge of his bed and thought through his parabatai rune.

He's safe, he's happy.

Jace smiled and got ready for bed.