A/N: Final chapter finally here. wanted it to be perfect and kept writing it and re-writing it. hope you like it!

Malec Tales Series 2: The Nephilim and the Warlock- Chapter Nine- The One to Break the Spell.

Alec Pov- when I woke up I was laying on the cold ground of the Idris dungeons. It was a place that only the worst criminals go. Did my dad really put me in here?

The thought of my dad made me remember last night. He went sneaking out and I followed him to see what he was up to. It turns out he and the council have been summoning demons behind our backs. That demon put a curse on the rest of the Downworlders so they would die.

"Valentine and my father plan on killing the Downworlders before that even happens" I thought out loud.

Standing up on shaky legs, I took in my surroundings, wondering if there was a way out. The bars were sealed tight with lock runes all over them. There was a window but it was way too high to reach, it was small, and also had the bars with the runes on them.

I didn't grab my stele or any weapons before leaving the house. Not that I would even have those things now if I did. I'm sure someone would have taken them away from me.

Taking a deep breath I started pacing, feeling panic creep it's way into my mind. What will I do if I can't get out of here? That demon said he has been draining the Downworlders of their power. Magnus and Catarina used a lot of magic to save me. They most likely don't have enough power to protect themselves.

"What's the point in killing the Downworlders themselves? No one knows about them. Do they really think Magnus and the others would harm us?"

I stopped pacing, wondering for a moment if Magnus would take the chance for revenge if he could. I wouldn't blame him. He has been screwed over so many times by Nephilim.

A couple days ago I wouldn't have doubted him taking the chance to hurt our kind. Now though… I don't know.

I would like to think that he would never hurt me. Hurting my family hurts me and he would know that.

Sighing, I ran my hand over my face before running it through my hair.

Why would I get any special treatment from Magnus? I'm nothing special to him. Just the other day he tried to kill me with fire.

I'm not special to him at all.

"Alec? Alec are you around here," Jace's voice came from outside. I looked up at the window and a two sets of feet were standing in front of it.

"Jace! Isabelle! I'm down here!"

They both crouched on the ground and Isabelle gasped seeing me. "Alec, why are you in here?"

"It's a long story but I need you to let me out. Wait, how did you know I was here" I asked, confused.

Jace looked over the bars, his brain obviously working to figure out how to break them.

"We couldn't find you this morning. We were afraid you went back to that castle."

"My dad put me in here. I need to get out and go warn Magnus about what's happening. There isn't a lot of time left."

The thought of time made me tense up. "What time is it right now?"

Isabelle looked at her wrist watch frowning. "It's three in the afternoon. Never mind the time, did I hear you right? You want to go back to that castle?"

I ignored her question, only able to focus on the time of day. Asmodeous said there were only ten hours left until the curse killed the Downworlders. That was at six am. If it was three in the afternoon, then that means I only have… one hour left!

I started pacing the room again, feeling the panic eat me up worse than before. There was only one hour left to save Magnus. How could I have been out cold for so long? Did my father and Valentine leave already? Maybe they already killed him.

Maybe it's too late.

"Alec… are you crying" Isabelle asked, snapping me out of my freak out.

I touched my face and like she said, tears were streaming down my cheeks.

"I've never seen you cry before" Jace commented, looking slightly shocked.

I turned to look at them, the panic in me vanishing as I tried to control my emotions. "Isabelle, did dad go anywhere?"

She frowned not seeming to like me suddenly changing the subject.

"He just left the house twenty minutes ago."

Relief hit me like a truck. It took about thirty minutes to find the castle. If anything, they are just getting close to the castle grounds.

"You need to get me out of here. I need to save Magnus before it's too late."

"Alec what is going on? You aren't making any sense" Jace asked looking beyond confused and a little irritated.

"I don't have time for questions right now guys. Jace please, if you respect me as your Parabatai then you will get me out of here and help me. I need you right now. Please."

He watched me for a silent minute before sighing and pulling out his stele. "Stand back."

Smiling at him, I backed up as far as I could until I was against the wall. He wrote some runes on the bars before quickly grabbing Isabelle's arm and running away from the window.

The bars started to sizzle before an explosion caused them to burst out of the window.

I waited for the smoke to clear before running up to the window, looking up at it.

"I need help out. One of you give me your hand."

They both ran back up to the window and each held out a hand for me. I took both of them before they hoisted me up and out the window.

We took a minute to catch our breaths before I looked toward the forest frowning. "There's no way to get to the castle before the hour is up. Either dad will kill Magnus or the curse will. I need a fast way to get there."

Isabelle grabbed my arm turning me around to face her. "You need to tell us what is going on."

I pulled away from her glaring. "There's no time for this! Our father is going to kill the man I love! I need to stop him before it's too late!"

Jace and Isabelle stared at me wide eyed and I blinked confused.

"What?"

"Did you hear what you just said," Jace asked, his face still full of shock.

"No… what did I say?"

"You said your dad was going to kill the man you love. You're telling me that you fell in love with that warlock? How is that even possible?"

Now it was my turn to be shocked. Did I really say that I loved Magnus?

"I don't have time to think about that right now. Maybe I'm in love with Magnus and maybe I'm not. What matters now is getting to him so I can save him from my father and the curse."

I looked at Jace, getting an idea. "Do you still have the map to the waterfall I gave you the other day?"

He nodded "it's still in my bag. Why do you want it?"

"The only way I will get to the castle on time is if I take a portal. The portal in the Accords Hall is broken so the waterfall is our only option."

Jace reached into his bag, digging around before pulling the map out. He unfolded it, looking it over before handing it to me.

The map showed that there was a fifteen minutes hike to the waterfall from Alicante. I glared at Jace.

"How is it you both couldn't follow such a simple map?"

"Hey! It was dark out and the forest caught on fire!"

Isabelle crossed her arms, "also Jace said it would be easier just to find it ourselves."

Jace glared at her, obviously feeling betrayed.

I shook my head at them before looking back at the map and heading into the forest without another word.

They both looked at each other before following me.

"You are crazy if you think we are letting you go back to that castle by yourself," Jace chided making me roll my eyes.

"How many times do I have to tell you that Magnus isn't a bad person. He was just delt a bad hand."

Isabelle frowned looking at our surroundings. "Do you really think you are in love with him? You've only been at the castle for a few days. That's not a very realistic time to fall in love with someone."

"Can we not talk about this right now? I don't know how I feel about Magnus. All I know is that I don't want him to die. Now let's focus on finding this waterfall alright?"

They both nodded but didn't seem happy with my answer. I ignored them, using the silence to focus on the map and where we were going.

Magnus Pov- "Are you going to come down for dinner" Ragnor asked standing in the doorway of my bedroom.

I was sitting in a chair on the balcony, staring blankly at the barely lit witchlight taunting me from behind it's glass case.

"I'm not hungry" I grumbled, folding my arms on the table and laying my chin on them. Ragnor shook his head, walking over to me.

"You should join us. It will be our last meal after all. We should eat it together like a family."

"Since when do you see me as family," I asked slightly surprised.

"You're like the idiot little brother I never got to have. Don't really know if I ever wanted him, but I got stuck with him anyway."

My lip twitched into a slight smile before it fell again and I looked back at the Witchlight.

"We only have an hour left Ragnor."

He nodded "Yes, I know. An hour you are wasting sulking out here over a boy. He left Magnus. Don't give him your final hours. The Nephilim win that way."

I sat up looking out toward the castle gates. "Alec wasn't like the other Nephilim."

"A Nephilim with no blood on their hands is still a Nephilim" he said before grabbing my arm and pulling me out of the chair.

"This is the last meal we will ever have together. I'm not going to let you waste your last hour up here sulking. Either you come down with me or I send Tessa up here to drag you downstairs."

I sighed obnoxiously, leaning my head back before looking at him again. "Fine, you win."

He nodded and led me out of the room and down the hall. I held my breath as we passed Alec's room. Everything around me was reminding me of him, even his bedroom door.

I already missed him so much. It's crazy to think about but it's true. Somehow I had fallen in love with him in the span of a couple days. How could anyone not love Alec?

I'm sure he wasn't missing me. There's no way he would ever have feelings for me let alone be in love with me. It was foolish to think that the curse would ever be broken.

"You look exhausted. Did you manage to get any sleep last night?"

I shrugged frowning. "About an hour or so. I had a weird dream last night."

Ragnor glanced at me frowning. "Usually it's not good when you have 'weird dreams'. If we all listened to your dream about a war coming, maybe it would have saved us so much loss."

"Yes but no one listened so there is no point dwelling on it. I don't know what this dream was trying to tell me. It was about Alec. The two of us were standing on top of the Eiffel Tower together and we were going to kiss. Next thing I know, a man I've never met before who looked a lot like Alec showed up. He threw a dagger in my direction and Alec quickly pushed me out of the way, taking the dagger in the heart for me."

"Well then we both know it was just a weird dream. There is no way a Shadowhunter would throw their life away for a Downworlder."

I shrugged looking down at my hands. "There was so much blood. He died in my arms and I was powerless to save him. My magic wouldn't work."

Alec dying in my arms was maybe the worst thing I have ever seen in any dream. Especially since he died trying to save me.

I asked myself the other day if Alec would ever choose to die for me. If he would choose me over the world he vowed to protect over all else.

Now that I had that dream, I hope Alec never throws his life away for me. I never want to see him bleeding to death in my arms like in that dream.

We walked into the kitchen and everyone turned to look at me, keeping quiet. I nodded my head at them in greeting before glancing at Raphael and Simon.

After Alec left Raphael and I got in a fight over how he treated him. I didn't like his attitude and he said that he can have whatever 'tude' he wants to have. He then stormed off pulling Simon along with him.

"What's for dinner" Raphael asked ignoring me and walking over to the table. I sighed, not liking that we were spending our last hour together fighting. Guess he's going to be stubborn to the very end.

Tessa finished putting chicken and rolls on the table. "I made everything in the kitchen. I'd hate for food to be wasted. Raphael and Simon, there is a raw stake for you as well."

We all sat down and the moment our butts hit he seats, all the lights went out.

"Okay, who forgot to pay the electric bill" Simon joked, making us all groan.

"The lights are usually managed by Magnus's magic" Catarina pointed out, making a small flame in her hand to light up the room. The flame was dim, barely enough to light up everyone's faces.

I frowned making a flame in my hand as well but it was the same as hers.

"It seems Asmodious is sucking the strength out of us. It will only be a matter of time until we stop being able to function."

"Without our magic we can't put the lights on" Ragnor sighed looking around.

Simon shook his head standing up. "We just need to get some matches. I'm sure there are some in the kitchen."

He went to walk away but suddenly swayed and started falling to the floor. Raphael moved as fast as lightning, standing up and grabbing him before he could hit the ground.

They fell to the floor from his weight, Raphael on his knees and Simon in his arms. He was now out cold, dead weight in Raphael's arms.

Slight panic in his eyes, Raphael looked him over, making sure he wasn't dead. That wasn't easy to do since being a vampire, Simon doesn't have a pulse.

"Simon is the youngest here. It makes since that he's the first to feel the effect of the curse."

Raphael's face paled more than usual if that was even possible. He slowly shook his head, pulling Simon against his chest.

"No. I watched my entire clan be killed, I can't have Simon die on me too."

"We are all going to die. It's just likely that Simon will die first" Ragnor sighed, watching him.

I glared at him before frowning at Raphael. "You won't have to watch Simon die. He needs somewhere to rest. Let's take him to his room."

Raphael nodded picking him up. I stood up and went with him to go to Simon's room.

We got into the hall and the sound of slamming stopped us in our tracks. I frowned looking at the front door confused.

"What was that?"

"I think it was the front door" Raphael answered, squinting at the door.

Like he said, the slamming once again came from outside the door.

Hope fluttered in my chest. Could it be Alec? Could he have come back and was slamming on the door to be let in?

I went to walk toward the door but Raphael put his arm in front of me, glaring at the door.

"Don't Magnus. It's not Alec."

He sniffed the air before holding Simon closer to his chest. "It's Nephilim. A group of adult Nephilim. I don't think Alec is with them."

The slamming got louder and I frowned staring at the door. Did Alec send them here? How else would they know about this place? Maybe Alec told them that we held him here against his will and they came to get revenge.

Alec wouldn't do that though… right?

"The wards should keep them out" I said dismissively, trying not to let my brain go into panic mode. What if Alec did send them here to get rid of us?

"Magnus your magic isn't strong enough to keep the lights on. I doubt the wards are very strong. They will get in here sooner or later and none of us are strong enough to fight them."

He was right. The doors were about to burst open from how hard they were slamming on them. It was only a matter of time until they got in.

"Take Simon to his room and lay him down. Stay with him no matter what. I'll gather the others and defend the castle."

He seemed hesitant about leaving us to fight alone but one more look at Simon limp in his arms made up his mind for him. He quickly turned away, going up the stairs to Simon's room.

I watched him before turning to the door again frowning. The slamming got louder and it grabbed the attention of the others. They came out of the dining room with frowns.

"What the heck is that noise" Ragnor asked, looking toward the door.

"We have guests from Alicante. It doesn't seem like a friendly visit."

Before anyone could react the doors flung open, revealing a group of six Nephilim. The fact that there wasn't a whole army proved that the Clave didn't tell a lot of people about our kind.

They all stepped into the castle, soaking wet from the pounding rain outside. When did it start raining?

The sight of them made my mind flash back to the past. Memories of whole brigades of Shadowhunters breaking into our homes and dragging us out of them. Catching every building of Alicente on fire until there was nothing left.

My hands were shaking from the memory but I clenched them to make them stop. I would not show weakness to Nephilim. Never again!

"Gentlemen, you are on private land. The fact that you're here means you know about the treaty. No matter what amount of time has passed, anyone who trespasses here will instantly be killed."

The leader of the group, a man with hair so blonde it was almost white, smirked at my threat.

"You will kill us? We all know you don't have the power required to do that. The curse is taking great effect on you isn't it. Can't even keep the lights on" he bragged, gesturing around him at the darkness.

All the Downworlders in the room stiffened at the mention of the curse. How did they know about it?

Suddenly everything started to make sense. How the Nephilim knew our weaknesses, how they had the power to get rid of warlocks. When Tessa and I snuck inside the Clave Archives we discovered that they may have got the assistance of a demon.

Now there is no doubt about it. They hired Asmodious to help beat Downworlders. They faked some treaty of peace while stabbing us in the back once again and using the same demon to curse us.

I'm sure the length of the curse was Asmodious's doing. The Nephilim wanted us dead right away but the demon couldn't give up the chance to play with his food first.

"How did you do it" I asked glaring. "Summoning Asmodious is close to impossible for anyone who doesn't share his blood. Making a deal with him is even more unlikely. What did you tell him to get him to work with you?"

A man stepped in front of the blonde and I stiffened more, seeing Alec in him. He was an adult man with black hair and blue eyes. He was also the same man from my dream last night.

The memory of Alec bleeding in my arms made me clench my hands even tighter, this time though the shaking wouldn't stop.

"Our ancestors gave the demon something he couldn't refuse. The despair of all Downworlders. He was also promised all the souls of those Downworlders," the black haired man answered.

"Why come here" Ragnor demanded, standing in front of me. My guess is that he was trying to hide the fact that I was shaken.

"If you know of the curse then you also know that we will be dead by the hour. There is no reason for you to come here."

Four out of the six Nephilim snickered at the question and the blonde shook his head. "Why wait for a demon to kill you? You are powerless now without your magic. We need to kill you ourselves like our ancestors should have done a thousand years ago."

Tessa glared at them. "You we're too afraid to face us when we were at our full power. That's cowardice. I thought Nephilim we're supposed to be fearless."

My hands stopped shaking as I mentally screamed at myself to get a grip. I glanced at the blue eyed man frowning.

"I'm going to assume you are Alexander's father."

He stood up straight, his eyes intense on me now. "And I'm to assume you are the filthy warlock that tried to corrupt my son. Asmodious said you thought he could break your curse. How dare you even think my son would fathom the thought of being with you?"

"Alec isn't ignorant like you. If anyone tried to corrupt him it's you. Lying to him about the Downworlders, trying to force him into a job he doesn't want to have. You just wanted him to turn into you."

"Enough talk Robert. It's time for action" the blonde said, pulling out a long sword. Robert nodded before pulling out two serif blades.

"Valentine is right. Wither my son could love you or not doesn't matter. You'll be dead any second."

The blonde, Valentine, ran at me with speed I wasn't expecting. He was using a rune no doubt and I haven't had to deal with those for over a thousand years.

He swung his sword up, going to bring it down on my head but an arrow flew passed me so fast it hit the sword and knocked it out of his hand.

The clanking noise of steel hitting the ground echoed around us as everyone stood around in silent shock.

What the heck just happened?

Robert looked passed me at the stairs and his blue eyes were intense with anger.

"Alexander! What do you think you are doing?"

My heart pounded in my chest at the sound of the Nephilim's name. I quickly turned around and Alec was standing there, his bow in hand. He reached behind his back, pulling another arrow out of it's holder.

"Alexander… you're here."

He smiled slightly at me before the serious expression came back to his face. He looked at his father, glaring.

"I'm not going to let you hurt the Downworlders anymore. They have been through enough. Summon that demon and call off the curse or else."

I don't know what surprised me more; the fact that Alec knew about the curse or that he was threatening his own father to have us released from it. I glanced behind Alec, seeing the two teens who originally broke into the caste. The girl watched her father in confusion and the blonde watched me skeptically.

I'm sure he doesn't trust me after I threw him, locked him up, and then took away his Parabatai.

Oops.

Robert glared daggers at Alexander. "You would choose their kind over us?

"I'm choosing to do what is right! It wasn't right for our ancestors to betray the Downworlders and it's not right for you to try to kill them now. Please stop and have the demon remove the curse."

I smiled at Alec sadly. "It doesn't work that way Alec. Asmodeus can't take the curse away. The curse can only be broken."

He lowered his arrow frowning at me. "Well then, tell me how to break the curse and I'll do it."

I bit my lip staying silent. Telling Alec to tell me he loves me is pretty much admitting that I love him. Asmodeus said that if Alec rejects me, he will die along with the rest of us. I can't risk Alec's life just for the slight chance that it will save us.

"I can't tell you that, Alexander."

He looked at me confused and Tessa glanced at me frowning.

"Magnus…"

"I'm not going to risk it Tessa. I'm sorry. I know it's selfish of me but I think I've earned the right to be selfish. I can't save you all but I can save him."

They all stayed quiet, not arguing about it.

"Enough about this nonsense! It's time to attack," Valentine yelled before running toward us again. The other Nephilim followed his lead, raising their weapons high.

Ragnor got in front of me, swiping his hands and making a large shield wall form in front of us. Sweat dripped down his face from the strain it was putting on his body. He didn't have much magic left. The shield turned translucent but was still strong enough to hold the Nephilim back for now.

"Magnus… there isn't much time. I know you don't want to risk it. I know there is a chance it will end badly. Even so, you need to try to break the curse. If there is a chance to save us and yourself, then you should take it."

I frowned looking around at everyone. They stayed silent but I could see it in their eyes. They wanted me to take this chance. They didn't want to die.

I've fought so hard to protect all these people for so long. Could I really just give up on them just to save one other?

What about Alec? Can I risk Alec's life for the chance to live?

Quickly turning away from everyone I ran to the stairs, going up them and grabbing Alec by the wrist. He looked at me confused as I pulled him with me the rest of the way up. He followed me down the hall and up the war wing steps.

"Magnus, what Ragnor said down there. Do you know how to break your curse? Asmodeous told me that I was the only one who could save you all. If there is a way please tell me. I don't want you guys to die."

I didn't answer him. Instead I pulled him into my room and closed the door, locking it. Alec glanced at the lock before looking at me again.

"That won't work you know. There are unlocking runes."

"I only need a few minutes" I said softly, walking over to the balcony. The witchlight sitting in it's case was so dim. My being alive still was the only proof that it was still glowing at all.

"I only have five minutes left Alec. The curse will take my soul along with the other Downworlders."

"Tell me how to help you and it won't" he begged, his gorgeous blue eyes searching mine. They looked scared and desperate. It's nice to think that that fear is for me. That's wishful thinking on my part though.

"Magnus please… let me save you."

My hands shook as they reached up and grabbed Alec by the arms. He looked down at my hands before looking up at me again, his eyes full of questions.

"Your existence saved me" I whispered softly before leaning down and pressing my lips against his.

His eyes were wide before I closed mine and just enjoyed the feeling of his lips on mine. Slowly, I felt his lips start to move against mine, and I was over the moon.

I pulled my mouth away from his, opening my eyes looking down at him again. He kept his eyes closed for a moment before opening them, looking up at me again.

"I'm in love with you Alexander. I know it's crazy since we barely know each other but it's true. I'm in love with you and the only way to save us is for you to be in love with me."

This was it. Alec knew I was in love with him now. Now his life depended on him loving me too. There's no way I'll tell him that though. He needs to make this choice on his own. I just wish his life wasn't the gambling chip.

Alec kept staring at me wide eyed, not saying a word. He broke eye contact and walked over to the table putting his hands on it and leaning forward.

He looked overwhelmed.

Alec Pov- 'I love you.' His words rung in my ears repeatedly along with the loud thumping of my heart racing.

What was I supposed to say? Yeah, I blurted out that I loved him to Jace and Isabelle but that doesn't mean anything… does it?

I was in a panic when I said that. Saying it confused me and having Magnus say it back was even more confusing.

"Alexander… please say something."

I wanted to speak but every time I opened my mouth, my tongue would run dry. My heart was still pounding in my chest, ringing in my ears.

Magnus loves me. What should I say? Do I really love him? Do I have the right to love him? He has been through so much and lost faith in Nephilim. What if he figures out that he doesn't want me after all?

I don't want to hurt him.

I don't want him to hurt me.

Magnus would never hurt me.

But I could hurt him. God, all the ways I could end up hurting him. Not telling him I love him will kill him. If I say I love you I need to mean it. What if I say it back and it still doesn't save him?

Would I mean it if I said it out loud?

"Alexander…"

I stood up straight turning around to look at him. His face was expressionless but his eyes said it all. They looked desperate, a gloss of tears filling over them but he wouldn't let them fall down his cheeks.

The door slammed open, my father running through it and looking around before looking at us. Everyone else must have still been downstairs fighting. He glanced at me before glaring at Magnus.

"I will not let you corrupt my son!"

He pulled a dagger out of his weapons bag and my heart immediately stopped. My father was amazing when it came to daggers. He never missed his mark. If he threw that at Magnus-

The dagger flew out of my dad's hand at lightning speed. Before I could even think, my legs were already moving. I stepped in front of Magnus may arms spread wide to use my body to shield him.

I didn't realize what exactly I did until the dagger was piercing through my chest, barely missing my heart.

Feeling all the air leave my lungs, I put my hands over my chest and stumbled backwards. Magnus grabbed me, falling to the ground with me as my legs gave out.

His wide panicked eyes looked over my body before meeting with mine.

"Alexander… what did you do? Why would you do that?"

His face was fading in and out but I forced myself to stay awake.

"The dagger… it w-would have killed you" I breathed out before coughing roughly. The feeling of coughing made my lungs burn horribly.

Magnus shook his head cupping my face in his hands. Tears streamed down his cheeks which surprised me.

"I'm going to die any minute Alec. You didn't have to do this."

"Y-yes I did…"

"No you didn't! You were supposed to see the world! You were supposed to live your life in my place!"

The tears were coming down harder now, it was making my eyes start to water too.

"I… I don't want the world. I want you."

It was true. I could see it clear as day now. Magnus was everything I wanted. His smiling face, his gorgeous catlike eyes. He was perfect. The memory of us standing on top of the Effie Tower was everything I could ever want.

Magnus seemed shocked by my words. He smiled sadly at me, cupping my face more in his hands.

"You stupid Nephilim."

I smiled weakly, my vision starting to go dark.

"I love you too."

Magnus Pov- 'I love you too.' Was I hearing that right? Maybe the fear of my worst nightmare coming true was making me hear things.

There's no way Alec just told me he loves me, right? He was panicking when I told him. He looked ready to pass out and I knew there was no chance of him saying it back to me.

Then his father came in and everything happened so fast. Before I knew it, Alexander was in front of me with a dagger in his chest.

Robert Lightwood ran up to us, getting on his knees and reaching out to pull Alec out of my arms. I held him tighter to my chest, growling at the man who stabbed him.

Robert glared at me but the fear of his son bleeding to death was still in his eyes. So he can feel guilt and sorrow after all. Who would have thought.

"That dagger was meant for you, monster. Not my son. I don't know what kind of spell you placed over him, but getting him to shield you with his own body is despicable."

That made me furious. He really thinks I would force Alec to do something like that?

I opened my mouth to scream at him but stopped, seeing that he was now frozen in place in front of me. It wasn't just him. Everything around me felt like a void frozen in time. Even the sound of fighting downstairs had ceased.

"I'm very impressed my son. I would have never thought you would actually manage to break the curse," Asmodeous's voice echoed in the room.

I looked around, trying to locate where the voice was coming from.

"The curse… is broken? How?"

"Isn't it obvious? Your precious Alexander told you he loved you. That was the arrangement you and I made. You had to fall in love with a Shadowhunter and have them love you in return. I never thought you would be able to do it, yet here we are.

"It's a shame however, that he used his dying breath to say it."

I looked down at Alec, tears pooling out of my eyes when I saw that the demon was right. Alec was pale and limp in my arms. He wasn't frozen in time, he was lifeless.

"Please… bring him back."

Asmodeous's interest was quirked by that.

"What good would it do for me to bring him back? Your misery was always my main goal. I couldn't take your life or the life of your friends but at least I took the one thing you hold most dear. Why would I change that?"

"There's one thing you want more than my misery. You want my soul. I'll give it to you. I'll make whatever deal you want to make. Just please bring him back."

My father stroked his chin in thought, looking down at Alec's dead body in my arms.

"I will admit it, I do want your soul. It's the most powerful out of all my children. You're saying you will give it to me willingly?"

I looked down at Alec before looking up at him. "I'm saying I will give you half my soul now. I want to live with Alec. I want to be in love with Alec. There is no way I'm going to die before I can."

Asmodious thought a moment longer before smirking.

"I won't be taking your soul… yet."

This confused me.

"Then what do you want?"

He shrugged "The payment of your soul will be plenty. I just won't take it right now. Love makes a soul extra delicious. I'm giving it a chance to marinate. Instead, I will place a new curse upon you, and Alec both."

I tensed up at the mention of another curse but didn't object. I would do anything to save Alec.

"I will bring your lover back to life and let you live out his days together. I'm generous when I want to be. There will be no second chance after that. The moment Alec dies a second time, you will die with him. The same goes the other way around. You die, Alec dies too. Your souls will be bound for all eternity, and when the time comes, I will have both of your souls as mine."

I didn't like the idea of Alec's soul going to a demon. His was supposed to go to the angel. I'm sure it was there right now.

Even so, for once in my long life, I want to be selfish. I want Alec no matter what it will cost us both. I would hope that Alec would feel the same way.

"I accept your deal."

My father smirked wickedly at me before vanishing into smoke.

The world around me unfroze and Robert Lightwood put his hand on his head, looking like he was in a daze.

I watched him before looking down at Alec, hopefully.

I could see movement behind his eyelids before he slowly opened his eyes and looked around. His gaze stopped on his dad for a moment before he looked up at me and a weak, sweet smile appeared on his face.

I sighed with relief, smiling back at him.

"You're alive."

I slowly helped him sit up and he laid his head on my shoulder, still too weak to stay up on his own. He looked up at me, his eyes blue and bright again.

"You saved my life…" he whispered softly.

I smiled at him, stroking his cheek with my thumb.

"You saved mine first."

He smiled and leaned up, pressing his lips against mine. I held him close softly kissing him back.

As we kissed, I felt a surge of power go through my body. My magic being restored to it's full power. Robert must have felt it too. He quickly backed away from me, knowing I was way too strong to fight now.

Alec broke our kiss before turning to look at his dad frowning.

"Dad please… do the right thing."

Robert frowned down at Alec, seeming to genuinely think about what his son was asking of him. He didn't think too long though, for a scowl returned to his face and he glared at me one more time before walking out of the room.

Alec sighed laying his head back on my shoulder. "I'm sorry, equality might never happen for you guys. It's not fair."

I smiled sweetly at him, tilting his chin up to look at me.

"As long as I have you, I don't care what the world will think about me. I love you Alexander."

Alec smiled, tears in his eyes.

"I love you too, Magnus."

One Year Later

"Are you ready to go sight seeing now" Alec asked me, leaning against the bathroom doorway of our hotel room in Paris.

I've been spending the last hour freaking out over how cool hotels are. They didn't have these a thousand years ago, they were freaking amazing. Our bathroom even has a bathtub with jets in them. Alec called it a Jacuzzi tub.

"You know I am. I can't wait to see how much Pairs has changed."

Alec and I wanted to start traveling the moment the curse was broken. However, we didn't take into a account how overwhelming it would be for us Downworlders to see how much the world changed without us. It was a lot to adjust to. So Alec and I waited a year to travel.

"Great, give me a second to get ready" Alec said before walking back into the bathroom.

I went back to unpacking some of our clothes when I noticed something familiar in Alec's suitcase.

It was a small weathered leather bound book that I thought I would never see again.

Was this my journal? That's impossible. I threw this thing into the river after the war. I never wanted to see this awful thing again. Why did Alec have it?

Frowning, I opened the book and skimmed through some of my early entries. God, I was so full of hope before the war. I second guessed myself and gave he Nephilim the benefit of the doubt.

You could tell that the more I wrote, the more my hope was slowly dying. My old self asked a lot of questions about love and if I would ever achieve it.

It made me smile to know that I have.

My smile fell while reading over my last entry. I had asked if anyone would remember me if I was gone. That question used to haunt me every night during the war. Fighting so hard to just be forgotten in the end.

Sighing, I turned the page and tensed up at what I saw there. In Alec's beautiful neat writing, four little words were written.

I will remember you.

It made tears sting at my eyes. All the weight of that question that's always been holding me down was suddenly lifted.

"Magnus, are you okay" Alec asked rushing over to me. He looked at the journal before glancing up at me, guilty. Guess he was expecting me to yell at him for having it.

Instead, I dropped the book onto the bed and pulled Alec into a tight embrace. He seemed surprised but didn't hesitate to hug me back.

"Thank you" I whispered in his ear.

He pulled away enough to look up at me.

"For what? I didn't do anything."

I smiled at that. "You have done everything."

Alec smiled and gave me a sweet kiss before hugging me again. I hugged him back tightly, enjoying the feeling of love and acceptance that filled me every time I did.

A/N:I hope it didn't feel rushed. i kept making changes and trying to make it longer but finally settled on this ending.

Next is the frozen AU which I want to get the first chapter out by this friday at least. look out for that.

will most likely just be called Malec tales series 2: Frozen Au, because i couldn't think of a title.

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