"I'm not having a birthday party again," Alec told him, shaking his head. He wasn't going to bend on this especially not with the general mood he'd been in the past few weeks. Maybe before Max, there'd been the possibility of Magnus being able to persuade him but he wasn't having that right now.

"It's not necessary or needed. I don't want one," he said, staring down at the clear surface the water made in his glass. "There's no difference."