I don't own anything to The Mortal Instruments which is the property of Cassandra Clare. I own the female /oc and some others featured in the story.

Before.

"Leave me alone!"

Aethelfled rushed into the bedroom closing the door behind her when it suddenly slams open.

She gasps out and backs up against the wall staring at the man she loved for centuries walking towards her.

"I want a reason to why you are leaving!"

He towers over her, and stares down with his stare piercing into her eyes.

"I don't have to answer to you about anything I do Magnus!"

She goes to leave the room when he grabs her and places her back against the wall with each hand on either side of her head as he leans in a close to her.

She stares at him and becomes nervous she had never seen him be like this before.

"I do have a right to ask you since we've been together for centuries you are my lover and my best friend." He says calmly to her.

She felt chills running down her spine as his yellow/green cat eyes burned into her.

"I owe you nothing Magnus."

She goes to move away from his confinement when he suddenly presses his body close to hers pinning her against the wall once again.

He leans in a close whispering against her ear, feeling his breath against her skin made her shiver.

"Can you honestly say that feeling me this close to you and feeling my heart pounding against my chest you that you feel nothing?"

Aethelfled closes her eyes feeling her emotions and body betray her each minute he was this close to her. She licks her lips as her voice trembles slightly.

"No."

Magnus lift up her chin so she was now looking him straight up into his eyes and face.

"So if I kiss you, you will not respond?"

"I don't want you to kiss me and stop trying to seduce me!"

He smirks slightly.

"I never had to seduce you my love."

With that he bent his head down to capture her lips with his own, kissing her passionately and intensely.

Aethelfled could feel everything failing her as they kiss feeling a moan deep in her throat as he pulled her body closer to his pressing her against him.

Magnus easily picks her up in his arms and lays her upon the bed.

He stops kissing her for a moment whispering softly against her lips.

"Stop trying to fight me."

He looks down at her as he breaths heavy. Both stare at each saying nothing, only their breathing could be heard within the room.

"Magnus please just let me go and leave. You need to let me do this, I have to do this."

He leans over her and stares down at her.

"Why? What ever it is I can help you."

She shakes her head.

"You can't. I must do this alone and there is nothing you can do."

He cocks an eyebrow at her.

"I will not move to the side and let you leave to walk out on me without a word after being together for centuries Aethelfled." He says in a serious tone.

"I don't want to be with you anymore haven't you figured that out!"

She screams at him seeing him not even flinch or react to what she had just said.

"Somehow I don't believe that, because I've been with you far too long to know when you are lying to cover for something."

She manages to push him to the side and get up to leave the room when he pulls her close with his arms wrapped tightly around her holding her close to him

whispering against her hair.

"I will always find you. No matter where you go, I will find you."

Tears fall down her cheeks as he lets her go watching her rushing out of the room hearing the front door to their apartment open and close. He closes his eyes

and puts a hand on his hip.

Four years go by and with no avail it was like she just disappeared from the face of the earth. Every person he knew, every contact and informant knew

nothing of her whereabouts, or just weren't saying.

Magnus was sitting in the chair by the window with his feet up on the table in a daze. He had moved on slightly, been with many men, women, warlocks,

Vampires anything to take that ache and pain of missing Aethelfled. But nothing seemed to take it away.

His doorbell rings and he gets up to answer it a man stood there.

"Here." He hands him a letter and then leaves.

Magnus closes the door and puts down his drink leaning against the table as he opens the envelope to read the letter, when Jeffery arrives home.

"What do you have there?"

Magnus looks up and by the look upon the Jeffery's face he already knew that answer.

"It's about her isn't it?"

Jeffery becomes annoyed placing his hands on his hips staring angrily at Magnus.

He and Magnus had numerous arguments about him holding onto the past.

"She's been part of my life for centuries Jeffery, you cannot expect me to forget that and just pretend it was never there!"

Magnus grabs his glass and goes over to fix himself another drink.

"You are making excuses for a woman who left you Magnus! She ran off and disappeared with no explanation! It's clear she never loved you or gave a damn

about you all these years and suddenly now you get a letter about that bitch and you drop everything! You have things here in the present like me for

instance!"

Magnus suddenly breaks the glass he was holding into little shards of pieces glaring at Jefferey.

Magnus then walks over grabbing his jacket from the couch when Jeffery stands in his way.

"Don't go chasing after her! I am your future not that pathetic witch! I'm the one who loved you for the last four year not her!"

Magnus stops at the door and turns looking at Jeffery for a moment about to say something but then changes his mind and leaves.