Chapter 16

Magnus is frozen. The words on a loop in his head. Raphael is missing! Raphael is missing! He just can't wrap his head around it. Raphael was turned when he was only a teenager and turned to Magnus for help when adjusting to his new life (Raphael has never trusted Camille).

"Magnus," he feels Alexander squeeze his hand. "It'll be all right, we will find him."

"Alec's right. Lily already as the other clan members looking and Luke has his pack searching too. Hell, Mom and Dad have Shadowhunters looking for him. He'll be found and we'll bring him home."

There's something in Izzy's voice that Magnus cannot tell what it is. Sadness? Desperation? Whatever it is Magnus can only hope that it comes from actual feelings she may have towards Raphael and not because she's allowing her addiction to Yin Fin cloud her mind and feelings.

"I have to go, Mom and Dad have me out looking for Raphael tonight." Izzy gets up and leaves the room, leaving the entire space of the apartment. Alexander wraps his arms around Magnus, pulling him against his chest and telling him that everything is going to be all right, Raphael will be found and brought back, and that Raphael will be fine.

Alexander pulls him into the bed, leaving him as Magnus' pillow, pulling the sheets and blankets around them. For the first in centuries Magnus doesn't feel as if he's the Warlock or safe anymore.

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It's been months since Raphael has gone missing. Lily has taken over as Head of the Vampires until Raphael can be found and resume his duties. Magnus is currently eight months along and all he can do as he curls into the blankets Magnus can only think of the previous night.

Magnus is lying in bed while Alexander is in the shower. Since Magnus has been five and a half months along Alexander has been able to resume his job as Head of the Institute, doing paper work and dealing with the Clave, however he has yet to be cleared to go back out in the field.

Magnus is reading a book about the History of Shadowhunters and Downworlders, he and Alexander have agreed to make their child only a warlock or Shadowhunter; the issue is that Alexander wants their son to be a Warlock so if he dies Magnus won't entirely  be alone and will have someone he'll love unconditionally and won't die because of old age or because he's out on a hunt. Magnus, on the other hand, disagrees. He wants their son to be a Shadowhunter so Alec and his family can have someone to succeed the Lightwood lineage. (There's a chance Jace will end up using Herondale for a last name and not Lightwood, plus Izzy will most likely end up changing her last name when she gets married.)

They want to give their son a choice, but they also don't want to run the risk of another Valentine or Sebastian rising to power and threatening the existence of all of the Downworlders and Shadowhunters.

Magnus places the book on the nightstand, lacing his hands together over his stomach as he lays down, closing his eyes and letting out a content sigh. "What are you thinking?" Alexander asks as he comes and sits next to Magnus.

"Nothing important." Rubbing his belly Magnus looks at his fiancé, "Alexander, do you really think we'll find Raphael? It's been three months since he's gone missing."

Alexander places a hand over Magnus' before replying. "Of course we will. And when we do we can kill whoever took him."

Magnus smiles and leans up to kiss the man he's going to marry. It starts off soft and gentle before catching fire. Alexander brings his tongue out to play and Magnus, in a playful mood, doesn't let Alexander in, wanting to just feel his tongue against his lips.

The young hunter doesn't appear to be in a teasing mood as the hand he has on Magnus' stomach moves to his side. Magnus loves it when Alexander gets like this. Needy, wanting. "Alexander," Magnus pants when they pull apart.

"Do you want to make love?"

"Of course I do! I just don't think it's plausible that you can top nor can I ride you."

"I can always love you from the side."

"What----" Alexander moves them both to their side, the younger man starts kissing from Magnus' neck to his back, stopping at his hole. Alexander moves his cheeks and starts kissing and licking and nipping at his rim; causing Magnus' blood to heat up even more and send some to his already very hard dick. "Alexander!" He shouts when his lover sticks his wonderfully velvet tongue inside him, making the Warlock wither in pleasure over and over again.

"Do you like that?" Alexander breathes in his ear when the raven-hair man comes up for a break from his hole.

"Yes. . . . " Magnus sobs, wanting more. He hears Alexander snicker before feeling something circling his rim then something long and calloused enter him. Alexander starts moving his finger in and out before adding another.

Alexander must enjoy teasing him as he purposefully feels around inside Magnus but never hitting where Magnus needs him most. Magnus can't tell if Alexander is helping or making it worse when he starts kissing and sucking on his neck and back, leaving multiple hickeys.

Magnus chooses on Alexander making it worse when he shoves back on Alexander's fingers and still doesn't get where he wants him.

"Alexander, please!" Magnus begs.

Alexander lets out a small laugh before removing his fingers, making Magnus whimper at the loss, his hole clenching and unclenching around pure air as he needs something to fill him. Feeling Alexander lift his leg and throwing it over the taller man's side as he feels the briefest feel of Alexander's tip at his entrance. He sucks in a breath when Alexander starts pushing inside of him.

Alexander waits when he is bottomed out before he starts thrusting in and out at a remarkably slow pace. Magnus takes one of his hands and places it on the back of Alexander's head, which is on his shoulder, and starts tugging at the dark strands wanting Alexander to go deeper and harder. His lover seems to get the message as his  grip around Magnus' waist tightens and his pace increases.

"YES! THERE!" Magnus shouts out as Alexander hits his prostate. This appears to encourage his mate as the taller man starts hitting his sweet spot repeatedly, abusing Magnus' slick hole. Before he knows it he is cumming with a shout of Alexander's name on his lips as his vision goes white. Alexander cums a moment later shouting his name and his large load emptying inside of Magnus.

Half an hour later Magnus and Alexander are still trying to catch their breathes, they're waiting for Alexander's knot to fully go down before he removes himself from the older man.

"I still can't believe I'm eight months along and I've gotten so big," Magnus states.

"That just means there is more of you to love."  Alexander tells him. They both chuckle before Alexander twists and kisses him on the lips, removing himself from Magnus. The sting of Alexander removing himself hurts but not like when Alexander's knot is still half full. While Alexander is out of him Magnus groans at the loss, if only he could find a way to keep his fiancé in him all the time even when they have to be apart to do their respective jobs.

"Always the sweet talker."

"It's not much of sweet talk when it's the truth."

The two men laugh before settling into bed and drifting off to sleep.

Groaning Magnus reaches out to try to find Alexander on the other side of the bed, only to find a cold empty space. Turning over Magnus opens his eyes to see that Alexander isn't in the room, nor is he in the adjoining bathroom as the door is open.

Getting up Magnus summons a cobalt blue silk robe heading for the kitchen. Out of the bedroom he doesn't smell food or the sound of it being made, he goes to the living room which also doesn't appear to have been disturbed. In fact the whole loft seems to be undisturbed; the only indication that Alexander has even been in the apartment is the fact that all of his clothes and belongings are now mixed in with Magnus' and the other side of the bed has been slept in.

So where the hell is Alexander?

Closing his eyes and taking a deep breath Magnus goes back to the bedroom and picks up one of Alexander's many black shirts and starts a location spell. He knows that he should call Alexander's family before doing this, but Magnus hasn't even found a note from Alexander telling him he was leaving. Feeling magic course through his veins an image of Alexander appears in his mind.

The room Alexander is in is very large, it has stone walls and flooring, a brick fireplace with a fire going, a large bed with crisp clean sheets with a dark orange-brown colored comforter, and a full circular banquette that's changing color from black to orange and white. He sees Alexander passed out and sitting on it. A white gag around his mouth, hands bound behind his back, his back propped up against the back of the banquette.

Magnus also notices how there are no windows in the room, which he finds odd. Actually the whole feel of the room is odd. It feels very demonic with only the slightest feel of it being home. Reviewing the entire space again Magnus realizes that he knows where Alexander is.

He's in Edom.

In his father's home.

To be continued...