Hey guys! Sorry for the long wait. I was supposed to upload this on Sunday but things happened and I wasn't able to. I've been working on this chapter for a while, not sure if it's my best but I hope you guys enjoy and please let me know what you think. If there's anything that I can fix, I would love to know and I'll definitely work on it. Well here's chapter 12!

The next day, as planned Alec woke up early to take Magnus to the airport. The entire car ride was silent, which worried Alec. Magnus has been acting weird ever since he woke up. Alec hopes it doesn't have to deal with last night. Alec is not sure if he's able to deflect it if it is. Alec glances at Magnus and sees him staring out the window with a thoughtful face.

Shit.

Alec tightens his hands around the steering wheel and keeps on driving. When they arrived at the airport, Alec double parks and looks at Magnus. He still hasn't realized that they have arrived.

"Everything okay?" Alec asks.

"Hmm?" Magnus says, distracted.

"We're here," Alec says with a small smile.

Magnus eyes widen. "Oh. I didn't notice," Magnus says with a sheepish smile.

"Yeah, I know. You seem distracted. Is everything okay?"

Magnus looks at Alec for a while, as if he was searching for something in his eyes..

"Mags?" Alec says as he reaches out to touch Magnus' cheek. Magnus blinks and leans into the touch.

"Everything is alright, darling. I guess I'm still tired," Magnus says.

"Okay," Alec says, not believing him.

"Alright. I guess I should start heading in. Help me with my bags?"

"Of course," Alec says softly as they stepped out of the car to get the bags out of the trunk.

"Well, I'll see you in two weeks," Magnus says after Alec got the last bag out of the trunk.

"Okay, text me when you land," Alec says.

"Will do," Magnus says and reaches up to kiss Alec.

"Bye," Magnus says softly when he pulls away and turns around to go inside.

"Bye," Alec whispers, staring after him and sighs.

It's going to be the longest two weeks.

A few days passed since Magnus left and it has been absolute torture. They of course kept in contact, but it was different. At least it felt different. Magnus has been acting weird. It worried Alec because he knows exactly what's going on and it has to deal with three little words. Words that he wants to say but can't.

Not only that, Magnus has been pretty busy and so has he, especially dealing with Asmodeus. Speaking of Asmodeus, he's in his office at the moment. Looks like he's about to get his first assignment.

Alec knocks on Asmodeus door.

"Come in," Asmodeus says and Alec walks in

"You need me for something?" Alec asks.

"How's my son?" Asmodeus asks with a smirk on his face. Alec clenches his hands into fists.

"I told you not to mention him," Alecs says in a hard tone.

Asmodeus snorts, "Alright, Alright."

"If that's why you called for me then I'm just going to leave," Alec says, annoyed and turns around to leave.

"Not so fast," Asmodeus says, and Alec turns back around to face Asmodeus with one eyebrow raised. "I have a job for you," Asmodeus continues.

"What is it?" Alec asks.

"You're going to be delivering your first set of drugs today," Asmodeus says and passes down a piece of paper to Alec. "That's the address of the place you have to go. There will be a few of my men there waiting with a truck. Your job is to deliver the drugs to them. I of course will need confirmation that you are there and did the job right".

Alec stares at him, "That's it?"

Asmodeus looks at him with a smirk, "Is there a problem?"

I hate this man, Alec thinks.

"No. Understood," Alec says.

"Good."

"Will that be all?" Alec asks.

"For now. You'll have to wait for your next orders," Asmodeus says, tauntingly.

Alec clenches his jaw, nods and leaves the office.

It's part of the mission. It's part of the mission, Alec. You got this.

Alec needs to report this to Robert, but how? Alec looks around the place to see if there was any place secluded where he can text Robert. Alec walks further down a hallway and sees that not many people are walking by.

This place is good as any, Alec thinks, looks around again and takes out his phone. Alec starts typing a message to Robert but then stops.

Hold on, Alec thinks.

Asmodeus is not the type of guy to do things out of nowhere. Everything is calculated and planned. This might be a test. Alec glances at his phone again and debates on whether to send the message or not. Alec sighs and deletes the message. He's going to go with his gut. Let's get this over with.

Alec heads over to the factory to pick up the drugs. Once he made sure he had all the drugs that he needs to deliver, he left to the destination. Once he got there he saw two big men beside the truck. So those are Asmodeus men. Alec made sure to look at their faces clearly. It's important to remember each and everyone faces for later. Once he gets Asmodeus trust, he'll be able to know everyone's names and that would make his job easier.

Alec got out of the vehicle that Asmodeus provided for him. The four men headed towards him and one of them takes out his phone to video call Asmodeus.

"The new guy just arrived," He says.

"Good. Let me see him," Asmodeus says as the guy turns the phone to face Alec. Asmodeus smirks and says, "Yup. That's him. You may proceed,"

Alec rolls his eyes.

"Where's the merchandise?" One of them asks.

"In the trunk," Alec says and opens the trunk for them to see.

Three guys step forward to check if anything was missing, while the other guy is still on the phone with Asmodeus. Once the guys made sure everything was good, they nod at the other guy.

"Everything is good sir," the guy says.

"Excellent!" Asmodeus says, still smirking.

Alec narrows his eyes.

"Congratulations Alexander. You just passed the test," Asmodeus says, while the other guys are trying to not laugh.

"Excuse me?" Alec says, feeling relieved that he was right about this whole thing but playing along so that Asmodeus doesn't notice.

"The drugs were fake. I just needed to see how fast you got there and if everything went according to plan."

"You fucker," Alec says out of anger and one of the guys was ready to put Alec down but Asmodeus stops him.

"There's no need for that. His attitude is the reason why I hired him," Asmodeus says. "I'm sure you have a lot to say to me, Alexander. So why don't you come back here so that we can talk." Asmodeus hangs up.

Alec shuts the trunk and leaves the place to and face Asmodeus.

"You think this is some sort of game?" Alec says the moment he barges into Asmodeus office.

"That was fast," Asmodeus says. "I need to learn how to trust you somehow."

"You're sick, you know that," Alec says.

"Oh you don't know the half of it," Asmodeus says, gleaming. Alec stares at him and in that moment he is reminded again how dangerous Asmodeus really is.

"So I passed your little test. What now?" Alec asks after a moment of silence.

"Always straight to the point aren't you?" Asmodeus says. "Well now that I know that you can do the job well done, I actually have another job for you."

"Is this one of your silly games or an actual job?" Alec asks, annoyed.

Asmodeus laughs, "Don't fret. It's an actual job. But not for today. Meet me here tomorrow and we can start working on your schedule. It's going to be fun working with you Alexander." Asmodeus says and dismisses him.

Alec leaves to go home, annoyed. Now that he went through the ropes of what he's going to be doing, he made sure to tell Robert the details of today. Now all he needs to do is report to him about the schedule he's getting tomorrow and then they can finally get a step closer to bring Asmodeus down.

The next few days passed by quickly. One week turned into two and things were processing fast. Alec was doing his job for Asmodeus and little by little he can see that Asmodeus was starting to trust him. But that's not what Alec is thinking about at the moment.

Since two weeks passed, it means that Magnus arrives today and Alec is panicking. Alec has been taking steps closer into putting Asmodeus behind bars. Which is a good thing, a great thing actually but where does that leave Magnus and him? It means he has to break it off soon and Alec does not want that. What's worse is that Alec knows Magnus is going to bring up the conversation he's been avoiding for two weeks.

Alec breathes in and out, trying to relax and leaves his apartment to pick up Magnus at the airport. Alec parks his car in the parking lot and goes inside to wait for Magnus. Alec looks around to see if Magnus has come out yet but doesn't see him. Alec starts to worry if he got the time wrong. What if he already arrived or his plane still hasn't landed. Alec is broken out of his thoughts when he sees a familiar face. There he is. Looking beautiful as always.

"Magnus," Alec calls out raising his hand to catch Magnus' attention.

Magnus gives Alec a small smile once he sees him and walks towards him. Alec pulls him into a hug and gives him a small kiss.

"I missed you. How was your flight?" Alec says as he pulls away from the kiss.

"I missed you too and the flight was good," Magnus says.

Alec looks into Magnus' eyes searching for something or anything. Usually Magnus is cheery and talking about his trip but that wasn't the case at the moment.

Alec sighs and says, "Alright, let's get you home." Alec helps Magnus with his bags and they walk towards the parking lot. Alec thought that maybe Magnus would open up more in the car ride but no. The entire car ride was spent in entire silence, which was driving Alec crazy.

They arrive at Magnus loft but Magnus still hasn't said a word. Alec has had enough, "Magnus what's going on?

"I'm just tired Alexander. It's been a long two weeks." Magnus says as he puts his bags in his room.

"Bullshit."

"Excuse me?!" Magnus says, turning around to face Alec.

"You been acting weird ever since you left. Did I do something?" Alec asks.

Magnus snorts, "Like you don't know."

"What?"

"Oh don't pretend like you don't know what I'm talking about," Magnus says.

Shit. Here we go. The moment Alec has been dreading.

Alec stays staring at Magnus and Magnus gets aggravated.

"Oh for goodness sake, I told you I love you," Magnus yells. "But you never said it back," Magnus says in a small voice.

"Magnus…" Alec says.

"I know you were awake. I know you heard me. Do you even love me, Alexander?"

So sorry, you're going to kill me for that cliffhanger. Thank you so much for reading! I'm working on speeding things up a bit with Magnus finding out about Alec. I already know how the chapter is going to go, I'm just working my way to get there. It's getting there guys. It's getting there :). Next chapter is going to be deep.

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