shadowhunters · magnus bane · pregnant · protective · fatherly love · supernatural · vulnerable · fierce · romance · fantasy
The din of the Downworlder skirmish recedes to a muffled echo as Magnus Bane retreats from the violence. In the sheltered gloom of his chosen hideaway, dust swirls in slants of feeble light. His palm presses lightly against his abdomen, concealed beneath the intricate layers of his attire, where four Lightwood heirs develop unseen. A week has passed since the discovery, his silhouette still unchanged—a secret held close amid the fallout of his betrayal against the Shadowhunters and his uneasy alliance with the Seelie Queen.