"She put him out like the burnin' end of a midnight cigarette
She broke his heart he spent his whole life tryin' to forget
We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time
But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind
Until the night"

Jace opened Alec's bedroom door and gasped...his brother, friend, parabatai, lie there on his bed, a knife in his chest.

Everything seemed to slow down after that. The rest of the family came in and eventually the called the Clave to take his body.

He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger
And finally drank away her memory
Life is short but this time it was bigger
Than the strength he had to get up off his knees
We found him with his face down in the pillow
With a note that said I'll love her till I die
And when we buried him beneath the willow
The angels sang a whiskey lullaby

Jace took at the note he had shoved in his pocket, read it, and shoved it in his pocket. Alec never gave up on Magnus. He loved him until and after death.

The rumors flew but nobody knew how much she blamed herself
For years and years she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath
She finally drank her pain away a little at a time
But she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind
Until the night

Magnus was not seen at the funeral. They did not burn Alec. Instead they buried him under a tree in the backyard of the Institute. The day after, Isabelle finally braved the trip to Magnus' apartment.

She put that bottle to her head and pulled the trigger
And finally drank away his memory
Life is short but this time it was bigger
Than the strength she had to get up off her knees
We found her with her face down in the pillow
Clinging to his picture for dear life
We laid her next to him beneath the willow
While the angels sang a whiskey lullaby

It had been a year since Isabelle had found Magnus. The children had changed, weren't as happy. They were all having dinner when there was a knock on the door. Clary opened it and gasped. There stood Alec and Magnus, smiling, holding hands, and most of all, alive.