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Chapter 8

Alec glanced at Jace, who looked distraught. He couldn't blame him. His soulmate had just been taken and Jace loved her more than anything. Unfortunately, Alec couldn't relate to that.

"Who did this?" Robert said. Honestly, Alec was a little disappointed that his father hadn't figured that out yet. Jace looked at his parabatai at his. They knew. Izzy and Simon stared at him to, all four were having a silent conversation and one word kept being repeated. Valantine.

There was uproar. Shadowhunters were shouting and crying over their children. No one noticed Alec, Jace, Izzy and Simon walk out. At least, that's what Alec thought.

Mag pov

Magnus watched the four sneak out of the room with curiosity. What were they doing? Without realising it, he silently followed them. Skipping through the tiny gap between the doors before they closed.

The warlock made sure that he was far away from the shadowhunters but not so much that he lost sight of them. They ran up the stairs, lead by Alec. Magnus found it extremely hard to catch up with them and was out of breath very quickly. But he wasn't so slow that he didn't see them hide in a room.

The black door was slightly ajar and Magnus walked up to it. He could see them and let's just say they didn't look very composed. They were in a bedroom. It was plain and tidy. There was a picture of Izzy and Jace on the bedside table so Magnus made a guess that it was Alec's.

"It's him. Isn't it?" The boy with glasses gasped, breathlessly. "He took her."

There was a silence and Magnus stopped breathing. He. They knew who it was.

"I think so." Said Alec.

"Well, then what do we do?" Isabelle snapped, her hand on the gangly boy's back.

"I...I don't know." Alec whispered. He sounded broken. Of Course. Thought Magnus. He's just lost his partner. Magnus knew they weren't married, Alec wasn't wearing a wedding bracelet. But they could be engaged. It hurt Magnus to think about it. Just stop. He urged himself.

"Well, we need to think of something!" Screamed James. No. John? Jack? Eh, let's go with Jack. Magnus didn't really care any way.

"I know!" Alec yelled back. There was a pause. "Alright, look. We need to calm down and think rationally. We won't get anything done this way."

"We need to save her." The mundane stated. Alec looked at him like he had three heads.

"Yes, obviously! But we need a plan." He said slowly. "Now, Simon, do you have any idea where he may be?"

'Simon' groaned and put his head in his hands. "I don't know, uh, if he's still in the same place he was before, I might be able to find it."

"But what if he's not?" 'Jack' snapped.

"Better not to think about that." Izzy muttered, looking at her feet.

"It's the best chance we've got." Alec said. "Even if he's not there, there may be something that will help us track..." He paused midsentence, one hand in the air. "Track." He repeated to himself before striding over to his cupboards. He rumaged through one and revealed a small painting.

"Clary did that." Izzy whispered.

"Yeah." Alec breathed. "Remember when she painted one for each of us. As a thank you?"

Izzy and Jace nodded, smiling sadly. Alec sighed and held it tightly, and orange ora formed around it. He was tracking her. After a few seconds, Alec exhaled angrily. "Someone's blocking her. Let's do this, Jace."

Oh, right. That was his name. Oh, well, he was close enough with Jack. Apparently Jace came up to Alec and held the painting along with him. Parabatai tracking. It was strangely intimate and Magnus felt the need to strangle that stupid blonde. Alexander wasn't his but he was still his soulmate.

The orange glow faded and the boys smiled. "We've got her." 'Jace' grinned. "Simon, you were right. They're at his mansion."

"Let's go then. What are we waiting for?" Simon yelled, walking towards the door. Alec stepped in front of him and put a hand out.

"Slow down. We can't just go by ourselves, it's a suicide mission. We need help." He said softly.

"From who?" Simon snapped. "The Clave? They don't know where Clary and I came from. They think she came from the LA institute and I'm a mundane with the sight who's too nosy for his own good. That they had no choice to accept me. How would we explain why Valantine took Clary?"

Valantine? What the hell? Magnus thought. Four heads snapped up and stared at him. Oh, crap. Maybe he hadn't just thought that after all.

"What are you doing here?" Alec hissed, yanking the door open.

Magnus put on a fake smile. "Well, hello to you to." He stepped inside the room, looking around. "Hmm. It's a bit drab, isn't it?"

Alec glared at him. "You didn't answer my question."

"I thought it was obvious. I'm here to help." Magnus stretched his arms out, grinning.

"No. You're not." Alec said slowly. Magnus' arms and smile dropped.

"You just said yourself, you need help. And here I am." He stepped towards Alec.

"We don't need your help."

"Darling, I'm a warlock." Alec flinched at the pet name. "I'm going to be more help to you than an army of Shadowhunters."

Alec said nothing, just narrowed his eyes. He hadn't taken his eyes of Magnus this entire time. "Come on, hermano." Izzy said. "He's right, we need him."

"No." Alec said, not tearing his eyes away.

"Come on, man. Why are you so against him anyway?" Simon asked.

"Because he's Magnus Bane." Alec stated. Yeah, so?

Simon's eyes widened. "No way." He gapsed. "You're his..." Izzy elbowed him in the ribs and he doubled over. It was 'Jace's' turn to speak.

"Alec, mate. I know this is hard but think of Clary. What if something happened to her? You wouldn't be able to live with yourself."

Magnus scoffed in envy. No one seemed to notice. "Put your own problems aside and let him help. He could portal us there, this would be over so much quicker."

"Not if Valantine had a warlock put up wards over his area. A portal wouldn't work."

"But what if it does?"

Alec said nothing, just stared at Magnus. Yet, strangely, it wasn't uncomfortable.

"Alec." 'Jace" almost whined.

"Please, Alexander." Magnus whispered. Alec's eyes widened slightly before he closed them. He inhaled deeply before saying.

"Fine."

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