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It's been days with no sign from Simon. I've looked all over for where he could possibly be locked away. I've tried finding spells and even asking random strangers if they've seen someone fitting his description. I've heard stories, now, about others going missing, and all of them seem to have one thing in common; they all have some form of magic. I've never met anyone more powerful than Simon, and the idea that someone could have taken him, could have locked him up, without any sign of him going off is honestly scary. Not for me, but for him.

Magnus, Kavinsky, Luke, Derek's boyfriend. Others whose names I don't recognize.

I feel like I'm going mad, and every minute spent idle in our apartment only makes it worse. I can't sleep, I've been living off blood alone because it's the only thing I've had an appetite for. I realize I don't want to be alone, so I text Alec, asking if he's at Magnus'. He says yes, so I pack up Puff and what blood I have left from Kavinsky, and go over to High Gate Terrace.

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Alec nodded.

"It seems like a long time ago now all things considered," Alec remarked, rubbing his hand over his tired, burning eyes.

"We were trying to retrieve a Shadowhunter artifact, something very important, and Abbadon wanted the artifact for his own machinations, I guess. He nearly killed me. He would have killed me if Magnus hadn't shown up and healed me."

For a second, he was silent before he laughed humorlessly. "Our tutor betrayed us that day but he did have the presence of mind to call Magnus before turning his back. How nice of him, right?"

The ghost of a smile crosses my face, picturing Magnus and Alec back home, probably circling each other. But I find that, in the midst of all this, I don't want to even imagine Alec so far gone that only Magnus could bring him back.

"What was it like with Magnus, back home? Did you like him right away?" I ask, trying to steer the conversation away from peril. I know Alec was closeted, but he hasn't told me much about how he and Magnus met.

Alec shook his head. Letting those memories out right now were sure to cause an ache later but they were a comfort now. Alec wouldn't have described that time in his life as simple, only different.

He'd been different. Scared. Angry. Uncertain.

"I was...attracted but I thought I was in love with someone else," he said, lips pursing. He hadn't really thought about his crush on Jace in awhile too. The feelings had dissipated with distance and with his feelings for Magnus being as they were. "He flirted with me and I didn't really know how to deal with it so I didn't."

He'd glared and stuttered and tried to sneak subtle looks when he thought Magnus wasn't looking. "I didn't really believe he liked me. Not like that, at least."