The hand at his neck and the warmth from having her in his arms was making it difficult for Alec to not give in to his exhaustion. His thoughts felt sluggish and he knew that his reflexes were dull. Hopefully Magnus was right about no one searching for them near a mundane village since Alec wasn't sure that he could put up much of a fight if he needed to.

"You did enough. If you hadn't helped me..." He'd be dead now since he would have fought Sebastian until the half demon killed him. He might not have been killed this time, but eventually he would have either escaped or provoked Sebastian until his temper caused him to lash out at Alec and end his life.

"It's still my fault." She'd been hurt saving him from Sebastian and now the monster would come after Magnus to punish her for what she'd done. What might have happened before might not have been because of him, but Sebastian would try to hurt her as much as possible. "I promise I'll protect you. We'll protect each other."