Magnus sighed as he placed his glass down. He was getting a little tired of Alec's outbursts when he honestly didnt deserve them. "Alec, I'm not sure what you're thinking of me, but I'm not trying to make you a dog or punish you. Parties arent punishments, despite feeling like them sometimes. They're social obligations. I'm not looking to try to punish you... otherwise I'm sure I could've found several stupid reasons since we left the auctions to take a crop to your cute little ass." He teased, hoping that flustering him would be better than his fear and anger. It'd worked so far.