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When they pulled back from each other a while later, cheeks flushed and breathing heavily, Alec whispered.

"Magnus… Aren't you forgetting something?"

"Forgetting what?" Magnus asked staring at him dazed, his cat-eyes slightly unfocused.

"You still haven't told me what the price is."

"Oh…" The Warlock's face dropped as he returned to reality. "Alexander…"

"Just tell me… Let me decide what is too much for me…"

He sighed. "You're right… I'm sorry." He bit his lip as Alec looked at him with anticipation. "The spell will bind us by giving you half my magic and immortality and also a demon mark. But there's more. The 'catch' is this. We will be bound to each other, not just by the magic. It's similar to your parabatai bond but much, much stronger. And that means…" He trailed off.

"It means?" Alec asked squeezing his hand to urge him on.

"Our lives, our souls themselves will be linked. Tied to one another. If one of us dies, the other does too."

Magnus braced himself for Alec's impending denial, preparing for the worst. Waiting for the Nephilim to tell him it was too much, too risky, that he couldn't do it.

Alec only laughed, leaving the Warlock stare at him dumbfounded. "Something… funny?" He muttered, too surprised to react properly.

"Is that all?" The Shadowhunter asked.

"Yes?"

"Magnus…" Alec smiled adoringly at him. "This is no catch for me at all. I would be dead anyway if it wasn't for you, or I would die soon. But what about you?" He looked a little worried now as he touched his face. "You are immortal. You are never going to die, and you would have never been in danger either if it wasn't for us… Are you sure you want to put yourself through that? Bind yourself to someone who risks his life for a living?"

"Alexander. There is no me if there's no you. If you die, I want to die too."

Alec looked at him in anguish the mere thought of Magnus dying, unbearable. "Don't say that! I don't want you to die… You can't…"

The Warlock smiled and said softly. "I won't if you don't. All you have to do is keep yourself safe. A feat that will not be so hard after we do this. Remember, you will be half Warlock too." He paused and reached out to cup Alec's face in his hands. "This is a blessing for me. I won't have to see you die. I was terrified of that…" He added in a pained whisper.

"You won't… I promise it's going to be okay." Alec hugged and reassured him and then asked, wishing to distract him. "Do you know what it's going to feel like?"

Magnus pulled back and smiled. "Do you remember the battle we fought, bound together after you kissed me in the accords hall?"

Alec smiled at him with adoration. "How could I forget?"

Magnus softly caressed his face. "I think it's going to be like that…"

"Like parabatai but stronger…" Alec muttered, repeating Magnus' previous words.

"And with less restrictions." Magnus added wiggling his eyebrows at him and Alec managed to choke on air, blush and laugh at the same time.

"Yeah…" He agreed smirking, regaining his composure, and leaned to kiss him again once.

The kiss got heated quickly once more and Alec fought to regain control over his rapidly beating heart and gently push Magnus away.

"Whyyy?" The Warlock whined trying to get closer to him again.

Alec held his shoulders steadily not allowing it and spoke, trying not to look at his lips that were practically begging him to kiss them. "Magnus… We can't do that now! We were talking, remember? There will be time later!"

"But I want you noooow!" The older man complained.

"If you are a little patient, you can have me whenever you want, forever. What do you say?"

Magnus grinned slowly, his cat eyes gleaming with happiness and nodded. "There is nothing I would want more…"

"Me too…" The Nephilim smiled, giving him a quick peck on the lips to keep things from getting out of hand. "Now…" He started, intertwining their hands. "Tell me more… What do we need to do? When can we do it?"

"Well…"

Next chapter snippet:

"Alec… Alexander, wake up!" Magnus shook him lightly.

Alec groaned clutching his head. "Ma-gnus?"

For those of you who have read more of my stories, you may notice some repetitive themes and I apologise for that. However, I felt I shouldn't just leave it at the transfer of Magic; it's immortality after all, shouldn't the price be more than that? I think that binding yourself to another like that is a major thing to do, so it seemed fitting. Also, I adored the idea of showing that they love each other so much that they wouldn't even consider it a serious "price".

Sorry for the long "rant"!