Smiling at Magnus' teasing about deals and the way his husband leaned into his touch, he shook off some of the memories even as Magnus couldn't quite believe his words. "I don't know. I can't remember everything. I don't know why we met, but I know it was him. He looked like you... if you stripped away all your humanity." The thought of it, of him, caused Alec to pull his husband closer so he could feel him, warm and safe and...

Something terrible had happened even if Alec couldn't remember what. But it had to have been bad if they had been forced to speak to a Prince of Hell. "I don't know how we survived. I know it hurts to think about. Horrible, suffocating grief, but whatever was happening, I remember I was willing to die for you." With you. "I know I met him. I know his name. You said I was one of the few people who would ever know. You never wanted me to know because you thought I wouldn't want to be with someone who had someone that powerful for a father."