"Finally" Mags murmured breathlessly, as I pushed him against the closed door of his apartment and placed a trial of kisses down his neck "After so many years of discrimination and injustice, downworlders will have a legal and equal place in the shadowhunters lives".
"One day" I muttered against his skin "One day, we will have the same happiness we helped others to get" I looked at him in the eye and tried to express to him everything I was feeling "Gay marriage is legal, marriage with downworlders is legal. Now there is nothing that would stop us".
"Alec..." he gasped shocked, with wide open eyes and dropped jaw "Are you saying what I think you are saying?".
"Not now, I am still too young for being a husband" I replied and took my family's ring off "But one day..." I handed it to the love of my life "One day, I plan to call you Magnus Lightwood-Bane. Would you like that?".
"I would love that!" he exclaimed and placed the ring on his finger, before jumping on my arms. We kissed passionately for as long as we could, until I broke apart cause my phone started ringing "Leave it".
"I can't Mags" I chuckled at his pout "It might be from the Institute" I told him before answering the call "Hi".
"Xander!" my best friend's cry of help made my blood run cold "Someone is following me and I can assure you he is not human!".
"Where are you?" I demanded to know. I pushed Magnus away from me and rushed out of the apartment.
"I am exiting Macy's right now" she answered me. I could hear her hard breathing from the phone "What should I do?".
"Wait for me at the cafe we always eat whenever you have a lunch break free" I ordered her and ran as fast as I could to her aid. However, when I got there everyone was dead. The walls were painted in blood and heads were rolling on the floor "Kitten!" I screamed for her "Katherine! Where are you?!".
"Help! Xander! Kitchen!" I heard her yelling back.
I began running towards the origin of the voice, but six transformed werewolves blocked my path. Angrily I took my silver dagger out and attacked. I didn't care going head first into such a huge danger, or how reckless it was. The only think I was thinking about was reaping them into pieces and saving my best friend.
I didn't know how much time it passed, but at the end I killed all six of them and marched towards the kitchen. But I was late, the Alpha of their pack had already bitten Katherine. She was laying on the floor convulsing, her body changing at the infection of demoniac magic.
"Kitten!" I shouted in anguish as I watched her suffer. I ran to her side, fell on my knees and took her in my arms "What is the meaning of this?!" I demanded to know at the Alpha of the pack.
"It's the bitch's fault. She could have stayed human and be my wife, but she refused. Now she will be tied to me for all eternity, cause I am her maker and her Alpha" the bastard laughed maniacally.
"You son of a bitch! I'll kill you!" I swore but the werewolf only laughed.
"What will you do little Nephilim?" he mocked me.
"I don't know about him..." a low growl erupted into the room "... but I. I will kill you!" before I could even blink Katherine left my arms and the Alpha's head was rolling on the ground.
"Kitten?" I called out for her softly, not wanting to upset a just made werewolf. She turned around rapidly at hearing my voice and looked at me with wide open eyes "Kitten, calm down".
"You want me to calm down!" she shouted in outrage "I just reaped the head of a man, with my hands! How did I do that?!".
"You are a werewolf now, that's how you did that" I told her bluntly "And now you are an Alpha, for five Betas".
"I thought you killed them" she said after a while of processing what I had just said.
"There are only two packs in New York" I told her "The one of Luke's, which is huge cause it's the convention of two packs. And the one of this bastard" I kicked the head of the dead Alpha "His pack has twelve members, counting him. I finished with six of them and you killed the Alpha, what makes you the new leader of the pack".
"Xander, what's going on here? Pack? Alpha? Werewolves?" she questioned me confused, but more calmed down than she had been before.
"Come one, Kitten. Let's get to Magnus's apartment and I'll explain you everything, ok?" she nodded in agreement, at my idea, and let me drag her through Brookline "I am back!" I announced to my boyfriend, when we reached the apartment.
"You better have a good reason for pushing me away and running away from me, after proposing!" demanded a fuming Magnus as he barged into the living room. Stopping frozen when he saw the bad state we both were "What in Lilith's name happened?!" he rushed to my side and checked for any injury, healing them when he found one.
"Why does he have golden cat eyes? Or why is he releasing blue sparks from his fingertips? And did he say proposing? Are you getting married and you didn't tell me?" Katherine shoot a question after another one, not giving me time to answer any of them "I could have helped with the whole proposal thing!".
"Kitten, calm down" I reminded her. She took a few deep breaths and counted to ten, before being able to relax "Mags this is my best friend since I was five years old, Katherine Rosa Sangrienta. She goes by Kitty or Kate too, but I am the only one allowed to call her Kitten. Kitten, this is my boyfriend/fiancé Magnus Bane" I presented them.
"It is a pleasure to finally meet you Magnus" my friend said with a smile "I had heard a lot about you from Xander".
"Same here, but he never mentioned you name so I thought you were a guy" replied Mags with a relived smile. Wait! Was he jealous? I thought surprised by the revelation "You seem to be keeping it together quite well, for not knowing a thing about this world and being thrown into it just like that. Also, Xander?".
"That is my nickname for big guy over here" Katherine answered "Also, I always knew that something wasn't normal with Xander. And if you'd knew me well, you would know that I might look ok in the exterior but I am freaking out from the inside".
"Let's sit down and let us explain all of it to you" I offered tiredly. We all did what I suggested. That took us a lot of time, cups of coffee and sugar "What are you going to do now?" I asked her, once we've finished explaining everything to her".
"I will keep on living my life" she replied "I will go to college and work, I'll just have to add running a pack into my schedule. But by what you've told me, they are all grownups and have their own lives. They can take care of themselves, and as long as they don't cause trouble I don't see any problem. However, I'll need your help to train and control my new powers" she told me seriously "And if you could contact Luke for me, I'll need advice from another Alpha".
"She is amazing" stated Mags after hearing her answer in silence.
"I know. I will give Luke a call and explain him your situation, he would love to help" I told Katherine "By the way, Kitten. What are you doing with the Morgenstern's family ring?".