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Magnus nearly jumped at Maryse's loud voice. He saw the two elder Lightwood's were already inside the room. What Maryse did surprised the warlock. Usually when a mother comes to that her son is been put under a spell, she runs to see if her son is alright but Maryse walked straight to him "What did you say? A spell? How bad? When will Alec wake up? He's scheduled for many important meetings and missions"
Magnus was shocked at the mother's attitude. She cared about the meetings and missions more than Alec's life? What kind of mother was she? Magnus gestured towards Alec "When I was healing Alexander, my magic deducted a strong sleeping spell. My guess is..." he turned to face Jace and Izzy who were looked as shocked as their parents "...the witch you fought with yesterday...it's her doing"
Jace nodded "I think you're right. I'm going to kill her!" he said gritting his teeth but Magnus held his hand out "Relax shadowhunter. Before you do that, we need to know the details of the spell"
"Magnus is right" Izzy got up from the bed "We need to find out when and how will Alec wake up" Robert spoke next "Mr Bane will you talk to her"
Magnus was taken aback at the request. This was not job. He did what he could for Alec by healing his wound and he should be leaving to his loft. But then Magnus's eyes fell on the boy who looked so peaceful as he slept. His inner voice screamed at him to help Alec. Maybe his work was not done yet "Show me where she's held"
Robert immediately asked Jace to take Magnus down in the dungeon where they had locked up Marina "What's her name?" asked Magnus
"Marina Keduor"
When they reached Jace was asked to stand outside as Magnus closed the bars "Who are you?" said a voice
Magnus clicked his fingers and the cell lit up enough for him to see Marina's face "I'm the High Warlock of Brooklyn Magnus..."
"Bane" finished Marina "What do you want?" Magnus took a step closer "Yesterday you casted a sleeping spell on.."
"Alec Lightwood" again Marina completed Magnus's sentence and it annoyed him but he choose to ignore "Yes. Why?" Marina eyed Magnus suspiciously "Why are you so interested?"
"Answer me" Magnus raised his hand and showed his blue magic "You don't want to test my patience" Marina glared at the warlock "Fine. I've already done my work so it won't make any difference if you knew"
Magnus waited for the witch to continue "Twenty years ago Robert Lightwood had killed my son when he was a assigned a job to capture me. When Robert took a shot at me ...my son came in between and sacrificed himself so I could run. That man took away my only son!" the witch squeaked out loud in anger "Now the time has come for him to pay. A son for a son"
"Alexander is innocent. How can you punish him for his father's deeds. Remove your spell!" Magnus ordered. Marina laughed out loud "For a warlock who is four hundered years old, you're quite naive"
"What do you mean?"
"My spell cannot be removed or reversed. That's the beauty of it Bane" Marina's eyes darkened with evil pleasure but in next second she felt herself plastered to the wall behind by Magnus "I need the solution to break this spell" he twisted his hand and Marina struggled to breathe "I won't stop until you tell me Marina"
Marina coughed and wheezed out short breaths "Okay! Let me down...I'll tell you" Magnus lifted his hand and Marina slumped down on floor. She coughed some more "True love's kiss...it's the only way"
"If you lie to me then..." Magnus again conjured his magic and saw the witch crawl her way back, hands held in surrender "I'm not lying. If the boy doesn't get kissed by his true love within a month then he'll meet his death"
"Death? What are you saying?"
Marina nodded "A month...that's all the boy has" she saw Magnus slowly drop his hand down. Taking her opportunity to strike the witch raised her hand to wound the man. Magnus was quick to react and blasted his red flame on Marina who bursted into ashes in seconds "Good riddance" mumbled Magnus and walked out of the cell
"What did she say?"
Magnus sighed "Let's talk about it infront of your parents"
ALEC'S ROOM
"True love's kiss? What nonsense is this?" Maryse paced in anger "Are you sure?" Magnus had told them about the spell which left all the Lightwood's speechless in the room before Maryse yelled at him. He scowled at the mother "I just vanquished a witch for your son. Are you accusing me of lying?"
"Ofcourse not" said Robert "It's...just hard to believe a spell like this even exists" Magnus played with his necklace "She was seeking for revenge Mr Lightwood. It must've taken years to create this spell. Also there's one more thing"
"What?" asked Robert
"Alexander has only one month. If he doesn't get kissed by his true love...you might loose him forever" Magnus said apologetically
Jace's eyes widened while Izzy gasped "No!" she bend down and squeezed Alec's arm "No..Alec" The tension was thick and it hung for few minutes until Magnus asked hesitantly "So who is the lucky girl?" he was a little dissapointed on the fact that Alec already had someone in his life but he couldn't be selfish. The boy's life was on line.
Izzy felt her heart thump wildly at the question. How will she ever say to her parents that Alec was gay. She shared a look with Jace who had a similar shock on his face. Only the siblings knew Alec liked boys. Now who was going to tell their parents.
"I think I know who Alec might like" Robert broke the silence. Maryse walked towards her husband "Who?"
"Lydia Branwell. You remember last week when we met her and her parents in clave meeting. The way Alec was looking at her...I'm sure he likes her. Maybe she could be the one" Maryse thought for a second "You're right. If we could..."
"Mom! You just can't ask a stranger to kiss Alec. They haven't even met before. How can they love each other" Izzy tried to make an excuse so Alec wouldn't get kissed by a girl. She knew the spell would never be broken by a 'girl'
"I agree with Izzy. Plus I don't think Alec liked her" Jace was actually telling the truth because Alec did tell him that he thought Lydia had a dominating nature. Magnus was a little amused at the discussion. He could clearly see what the elder Lightwoods couldn't. Jace and Izzy were hiding something
"Do you know anyone who Alec likes or is in love with?" Maryse frowned at her daughter. Izzy's eyes flickered towards Jace. What if Alec was still in love with Jace. Could he be his true love? Or was there someone else in his life unknown to them "No..I don't know anybody" lied Izzy. She didn't feel brave enough to break the news. By the Angel...even Jace didn't know Alec had feelings for him. Things were too complicated right now.
"Jace? Do you know anyone?"
Jace shook his head. Like Izzy he too couldn't tell his parents about Alec's sexuality. He felt like a coward but still kept his mouth shut.
"Then it's final. Call the Branwells. I'll talk to them and request for their daughter. If this works then we've a wedding to plan" Maryse made the decision and walked out of the room followed by Robert. Magnus whistled "I'll stay here until Alexander wakes up...incase you need me" he said but noticed the haunted look on the two young shadowhunters
"Is there something you both want to share with me?"
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