Alec did turn a little red at that. "The drugging is ... part of what you learn to avoid as best you can. Unless you don't want to. Sometimes if you realize going in it's not ... bad." That red was getting a little deeper and Alec cleared his throat. "Magnus is good for me, and for Ragnor and Izzy. There's three of us in the house, Jace, you're not going to get in the way of anything. Just ... you don't have to stay if you don't want to either." There was company pretty often.

Alec shook his head. "It doesn't work like that," he promised quietly. "It's random. There's people who are submissives who aren't ... prone to it, and people who are Dominants who would rather never have to be. The city just picks."

"We can either put the plastic back on you and just run for the train, it's not far and my jacket's spelled so it'll hold up a while. Or I can call Magnus and ask for a portal."