Chapter 11
Magnus' POV
Everything was ready, the music was playing, a bartender mixing the first drinks, yes it looked good. The first people were coming into my apartment, but I still missed Alec. I took my first shot for this evening and went over to my guests welcoming them. An hour later Alec still wasn't here, he left nearly 5 hours ago cause the institute called but now I began to worry. I picked my phone out of my trousers, which was a little bit difficult, cause they were like painted to my skin. I looked at the display and saw a missed call and a message from Alec half an hour ago which said they were on their way.
I watched the former living room now packed with people dancing, drinking and chatting. I drank the next shot at the bar and watched the door as if I could get Alec here with just thinking about him. The alcohol made me dizzy, how many shots did I have till now? Hayden saw me and came over to the bar taking a green colored shot and downing it. "Hey Bane..." he already slurred a little and came much to close. "... nice party. Thanks that you texted me after your spell... but it... it didn't really work... did it?" I laid my hands on both his shoulders and pushed him down into the barstool behind him, he was too wavery on his feet for my taste. "No. It didn't work." "But it has been..." He took another shot and although I felt dizzy I did the same, staring to the door again, Haydens voice was hardly audible over the music. "... a very expensive expensive... Ugh... I mean... expensive experiment..." "Yeah... something like that..." I took another shot and stood up from my barstool. I wanted to go into the bedroom and try to call Alec, so I turned to Hayden saying: "Hayden, listen..." I felt his arms around my neck and his lips closing over mine and before I understood what happened his tongue tried to find it's way into my mouth. I pushed him away and he nearly fell over the barstool behind him, but I didn't really care, I looked at him angry, wiping my mouth with the back of my hand. "Hayden!... What the fuck!..." Hayden tried to stand straight again, his hand reached out to my face and I leaned back to avoid his touch. "I'm... I'm sorry Magnus... You just look so... so hot today. I... I want to touch you, feel your skin... against mine... Magnus..." He reached for me again and I went backwards a step. "Hayden! Get yourself together!" I picked the shot glass out of his other hand, spilling the liquid all onto the floor. "You've got enough!"
The door shot open and crashed against the wall with a loud thud. Nearly everyone on the dancefloor turned to the sound that even predominated the music and stopped in their tracks. My eyes also shot to the door, seeing Alec and behind him Jace standing there. Now even the music stopped as both shadowhunters stood there frozen and I could see in Alecs face that he forgot about the party and Jace saying an "Oops... Hello everyone..." They looked horrible and like gods of war at the same time! Their gears were dripping with black demon blood and green yellowish ichor or poison, holes were burned into the material of their jackets and trousers, red human blood stains and runes covered their visible skin. I don't really know what it all was that was hanging in or covering parts of their hair... And on the other side were their weapons, gleaming in the light, a silver glow shining through the blood on the seraph blades, Alec with bow and quiver, Jace had a sword on his back. Their eyes only showed confidence now. After a few seconds my feet did their work again and brought me over to Alexander, my eyes wide as saucers because of the worry. "Alexander..."
I tried to reach for him, but he made a step back, right into Jace. "Don't touch me!" I looked disappointed a second before I understood why he said it. "It's Kuri poison, it will burn right into your skin." Jace looked over Alecs shoulder and said smiling brightly: "Hey man. Sorry we forgot about your party, but we really need a shower right now. This Kuri poison stings a little." My hand sank down to my side and I made the way free for them to pass, like every other one on the dancefloor. It nearly looked like Moses and the Red Sea. As they went trough the next door you could hear the rest of their arguing as Alec said: "Why did it have to be Kuri demons?! I hate these things!" I held up my arms and waved my hands to get some attention. "Okay, okay! Now let the party start again, there's nothing more to see! Have fun!"
The music started to play again even louder than before and I made my way over to the bedroom and the master bathroom I knew Alexander would use. I heard the water running, saw Alecs shadow behind the milked glass and his destroyed gear laying on the floor. "Are you okay, darling? Should I heal you?" He opened the door enough to look out for me, the water running down his beautiful face. I let my finger run over his nose softly. "No, you don't have to. The Iratzes did their work well. I'm just looking and smelling very bad right now." He smiled at me and it just melted my heart. I kissed him softly, feeling the water drops from the shower running down my skin after they made their way over from his lips to mine, but it didn't bother me. "Go to your guests. I will follow when I finished my shower and got dressed." I nodded and pecked his lips again. He closed the door and I asked him: "Where are Izzy, Simon and Clary by the way?" "They went back to the institute. Jace wanted to text Izzy to remember them of your party before he showered. I'm really sorry we forgot your party." "No matter. The main thing is that you're okay. See you in a few minutes." "Okay. Reserve a dance for me!" "Will do, baby."
I went back to the party and to the bar drinking another shot. Hayden wasn't here anymore, I searched the people for him and saw him kissing a faerie knight with dark blue hair. Better him than me... I took another yellow shot and went over to the dancefloor, dancing alone to the hammering music and moving my hips to the beat. After a few minutes I felt some hands gliding onto my waist and looked back over my shoulder to be sure that it's Alec who's touching me like that. His hair was still wet and hanging into his face, building this stark contrast to his eyes that I loved so much. I leaned back into his body, feeling the warmth creep through my violett tank top and down to my skin making me shiver. His hands found their way under the fabric and I felt his fingers tracing my stomach.
We danced to the beat like one person, our hips moving together in a sensual way. I felt his lips on my neck, licking and sucking on my sensitive skin. I moaned loudly but didn't think anyone heard it, if they did, they wouldn't care. My head sank to the right side, giving Alexander more space. I lifted my right arm and slung it back around, gripping his hair tightly and pressing his lips harder to my skin. Alec slowly got a little problem in his jeans, I felt it pressing into the underside of my ass. My left hand reached back, grabbing his ass I pressed him more firmly into my back grinding into him to hear him. And I got a moan, his lips left my neck and the soft sound went directly into my cat ears. It wasn't only his arousal pressed to my ass that made me so damn hot, also my tail pressed to my back, his chest grinding over it with every move. The tip of my tail got a hold on Alexanders neck, twitching slightly on his soft skin there. I didn't even get how long we danced like that, how many songs already played. Alexanders hands traveled over my chest, stomach and even deeper. I moaned again and turned around in his arms kissing him roughly. His hands now on the back of my head pressing me into him deeper as our tongues battled for dominance. The other hand squeezed my ass pushing me into his tigh he had slipped in between my legs as we did something between dancing and dryhumping on the dancefloor.
Then something changed. I felt someone in my back grinding against me although I was still kissing Alec. Only seconds later hands followed on my shoulders, bare arms. I broke my kiss with Alec looking around and recognizing that there wasn't any space anymore, all around us the people were trying to get even closer to me, it seemed, trying to touch me. "Alexander... Somethings wrong..." Alec too came down from his dazed high and grabbed my wrists trying to push his way trough the crowd. "Jace!... Jace! Get us out of here!" I didn't know if his parabatai really heard him over the music or if he felt that something was wrong. One or two minutes later a big, strong hand pushed in my back and helped Alec and me out if my apartment. I'm fleedind out of my own home. What the hell is going on?!
We ran down to the street and around a few corners until we felt save enough to stop running away. I tried to catch my breath, the both shadowhunters didn't even breath heavier. "Okay... what the hell... happened in there?" I looked from Jace to Alec waiting for an answer they hopefully could give. Jace shook his head no and pulled out his phone. "Izzy? Yeah, listen, don't go to Magnus' apartment... We will come over to the institute... Okay, when you're so close, go in there and end the party, get the people out of there... It doesn't matter how just do it and call me when the apartment is clear... Bye." Jace ended the call and after he looked at me, made two steps back away from me and Alec. "Is everything okay?" Alec asked him. "Your glamour doesn't work anymore. I can see your tail and ears. And I don't know what you did but even I need all my willpower to not touch you again. You smell like a fucking aphrodisiac!"
Alec pulled me back and into his arms another step away from Jace. "I just want to know what the fuck is going on. They completely got crazy, no matter if male, female, werewolf, faerie, vampire or mundane. We just danced and got a little ... carried away ... maybe?" Alec watched Jace who ran the street up and down like a tiger in a cage always looking down at his phone. The air was cold and I cuddled closer into Alecs embrace, taking his warmth. Jace stopped pacing and watched us. "No making out in front of anyone for the both of you anymore. When you get turned on..." He pointed in my direction with his phone still in his hand. "... it radiates from you to everyone else. That's what I think happened in there. I also think that the protection runes are working, otherwise we couldn't hold back like we do. And you..." He pointed to Alec now "... you're just trained in letting your fingers off of him!" If the situation wouldn't have been so confusing I would've laughed.
Alec watched his parabatai closely. "No, I'm allowed to touch him whenever I want, that's why I could resist, I think. And..." Alexanders arms tightened around my waist. "... for the rest... We're turning on each other... I don't know if he influenced me since his spell." I didn't have to look at Alec, I knew his face was as red as a tomato now. "I need to work on the spell soon. This is getting out of control way to fast for my liking." Jace came over to us and I jerked my head back to Alecs shoulder as he touched my cheek softly. "It's not your fault." His thump caressed my cheekbone but I smacked his hand away, still looking like a deer caught in the headlights. "Don't touch me, dumbass! Wake up, God dammit!" He looked at me confused, then stared at his hand that had caressed my cheek. Alec turned me around in his arms, tried to hide me with his body, shield me from his parabatai. That was just bad shit crazy.
Jace's phone rang, he turned around walked a few steps away and took the call. "Yes?... Okay, we will be there in a few minutes. Thank you Izzy." In our direction he said: "The apartment is clear. We can go back." He didn't move, ha waited for me and Alec to go before him and then followed a few steps behind us.