Just Bite Me Already

Chapter 19

Magnus stumbled out of his portal, collapsing on the ground with Alec and Cain's wrists still held firmly in his grip. He had aimed the portal for the infirmary at the New York Institute, bypassing his wards in an instant.

"Help!" Magnus yelled as loudly as he could, dragging Alec's body to him, scanning his husband's still body with his magic for any spark. "Stay with me, Alexander. You promised me forever," he muttered, pounding on Alec's chest out of desperation.

The squeak of rubber on floortiles had Magnus looking up, seeing Izzy gaping down at him, through the blur of his tears.

"He can't leave me," Magnus cried desperately, pounding on Alec's chest once more. "Stupid, stubborn Vampire! Come back to me," he yelled in Alec's ear.

"Magnus... what happened?" Izzy breathed, throwing herself down on the floor where Magnus, Alec, and Cain lay in a heap between two beds. Pushing aside her shock and the wild happiness that had filled her at the sight of them.

"He and Cain... they... they attacked each other. They killed Lilith but... but..." Magnus choked out, shaking Alec's body. "Why isn't he waking?" he asked. He didn't know how to help. There was a spark in Alec's brain but his husband was out cold.

"Magnus... he has the mark of Cain," Izzy whispered, staring at Magnus. The mark wasn't decimating him, even though he had pounded on Alec's chest. She sifted through the information Magnus had given her. Alec and Cain had attacked each other. Reaching out, she slapped Alec's face, shaking Magnus off when he made to grab her wrist, horror stamped all over Magnus' face.

Nothing happened when Izzy made contact with Alec's deathly pale face. No blast. "Magnus, the mark is gone. He needs blood."

Pulling a dagger out of her thigh holster, Izzy made to drag it over her wrist before Magnus snatched it out of her hand.

"I'll do it," Magnus said, slicing a cut into his arm, ignoring the line of fire when blood started flowing from the wound. He didn't need to remind Izzy that she had been addicted to vampire venom. And besides, Alec was his husband. Pressing his bleeding wrist to Alec's slightly parted lips, he willed his husband to drink as his blood started to trickle into Alec's mouth.

Izzy looked up when she heard the door open, seeing Clary return from the kitchens with two cups of coffee in hand. "Help me," she called to her parabatai, gesturing to Cain's still form.

"Is that Cain? What are you doing?" Clary yelled, watching Izzy slap an unconscious looking Cain around the face, her stomach plummeting. Until she realized that his mark hadn't pulverized her parabatai.

"He needs blood," Izzy said, her eyes flicking back to her brother once more. Alec still wasn't moving.

"Magnus? Alec?" Clary asked, seeing them huddled on the floor next to Izzy. When she saw what Magnus was doing, she put the coffees down and snatched the dagger. Cutting into her own arm, she pushed the bleeding cut against Cain's lips. "What are you...? The rift?" she asked, setting Cain's head in her lap as Magnus had done with Alec.

"Edom is destroyed," Magnus said, pushing his arm harder against Alec's lips. Complete and utter relief filled him when he felt Alec's lips move against his skin. He didn't even complain when Alec's hand clamped onto his wrist and Alec's fangs sank into his skin, too busy thanking the angel for Alec's life.

Izzy crossed the infirmary and used her stele to gain access to the medic's supply closet. If she received a reprimand for filching a few baggies of blood from the fridge, she wouldn't care less. It would be worth a thousand reprimands. Her brother was home!