Clary pushed open the library door with ease. In the past few days she had discovered new found strength, she found now that she had the ability to do so much more than everyone previously thought she had been capable of. It felt as though a missing piece of her had been restored. It felt right.

Magnus was impressed by the sheer size of the library, it was truly incredible. It was like something out of a book. There were huge scaling ladders along some of the walls that allowed you to reach the books on the shelves that went nearly all the way to the ceiling which was made of glass. Through it Magnus could see the night sky full of stars. Beautiful. In the centre of the room was a large ebony table. At it sat the beautiful girl from the other night and the blondie one whom Magnus had thoroughly pissed off. He smirked at the memory. They both looked up when they entered the room.

"Well well Clary, it looks like you are useful for something.", the girl said. From the previous conversation Magnus had overheard between Clary and Simon, Magnus was pretty sure that her name was Isabelle. There was a snarky tone to her voice and Magnus could sense Clary stiffen slightly beside him.

"Give her a break Iz. She did what we needed her to do, now we're one step closer. Nice work Clary", the blonde one said. It had only been a few seconds but already Magnus saw the connection between Clary and this boy. His words lit her face up, something that few people were able to do.

"Look, I don't have a lot of time so just show me the stuff and let me get to work. Oh and this is gonna cost you. Just in case you thought I was just here to 'help'. I don't do charity, I'm a busy person. You can't just call on me whenever you need something. Do I make myself clear?"

Clary was the only one who nodded. The girl folded her arms and pursed her lips and looked to the boy. He looked at her before shrugging his shoulders.

"Fine. Whatever it takes to get Clary's memories back."

Satisfied Magnus walked over to the table. There was a wide variety of things lain across it ranging from pieces of jewellery to old pictures. As if on que his eyes glowed. There was magic in a lot of these objects, and a great deal of it. Feeling the need to make themselves scarce Jace signalled to the rest of them to leave the room. Magnus, focused on the objects in front of him barely even noticed them leaving. Until the room was completely silent. It stayed like that for a few minutes giving him time to think. His concentration was broken by a distinct thud. The room was so large that the sound echoed out around the walls, giving away the person who had been watching. Magnus found himself feeling more impressed than shocked. How did he not notice that there was someone there? Magic really did have a downside. It took up all your attention.

"You can come out now. Your stealth skills need improving", Magnus called out.

A shuffling noise came from above him before the figure dropped down landing on their feet beside him. 'They must have been on one of the bookshelves' Magnus thought quickly to himself before turning to see who the spy had been. He looked the same as he had the first night Magnus had seen him. His black hair fell over his face, pushing it back with his hand he revealed the ocean blue eyes that had been hiding underneath. He looked embarrassed. Magnus's heart beat for the first time that month.

"Sorry… I wasn't spying or anything. I was up in the greenhouse. I didn't think that Clary was actually going to convince you to come here.. you know… after last time."

His words came out in nervous rush and Magnus could see the heat rising in his pale cheeks. He looked beautiful.

"I'm Alec, by the way. In case you were wondering." He said shyly which just encouraged Magnus with his response.

"Alec? Mmm. That must be short for something?"

"Oh! Well, um its really Alexander but no one calls me that, just Alec"

"They should. Alexander rolls of the tongue so much easier", Magnus purred.

"Alec's fine", he said quickly. He was clearly mortified.

"Well Alexander, I'm Magnus. Magnus Bane. Would you be so kind to tell me your second name?"

"Oh um, I'm a Lightwood. I don't look it though."

"Lightwood. As in Maryse and Robert Lightwood?"

"Yeah, they're my parents. If you could call them that", he muttered under his breath. His nerves had eased a little.

"You have blue eyes. It's strange. I've known the Lightwood family for years and nearly everyone I have known has had grey or green eyes. You don't come across as a Lightwood at all."

Alec's eyes lit up from this comment. He was clearly pleased. This was the first time he had ever talked to another man besides Jace or some envoy from the Clave. This felt different. Fun. He thought Magnus looked hot. Well… that was one way to put it anyway. He was tall. Even taller than Alec. His black hair was tipped with wild rainbow colours at the tips and his eyes were surrounded by glittery black eyeshadow. Alec wasn't sure but he thought that this must be what made him come across as so seductive looking. Surely that was why girls put it on when they were going out? His skin was a caramel tone which suggested that he was from a foreign country. Asia? Out of all Magnus's eccentric features, the one thing that really stood out to Alec was his eyes. They were gold and green merged together and his pupils were slitted. They looked as though they would glow in the dark if someone was to turn off all the lights. All in all Alec thought he was one of the most attractive men he had ever seen.

Magnus could see Alec's eyes wondering over his body. He wasn't being very discreet on the fact that he was checking him out.

"Like what you see?". Magnus's words slapped Alec back into focus.

"Huh!...what..oh um.. I.."

"We should probably be getting back to the others", Magnus said putting him out of his misery.

"Yeah!... right umm..."

"You don't talk to people much, do you?"

Alec took his time answering. "What do you mean?"

"Well your either totally tongue tied or you get really nervous when talking to guys. I'm going to go with the latter seeing as your heart is beating about two hundred times a minute right now... Am I right?"

Alec's cheeks flushed even redder than they had already been. He clearly was racking his brain for a response but right now his mind was blank. Luckily it was just at this time that Clary came back into the room.

"Hey Magnus are you- Oh! We were wondering where you were Alec." For the first time since they had met Alec was glad that Clary was here.

"Oh yeah, i'm supposed to be at weapons practise with Jace." He said turning back to look at Magnus. There was a sly grin painted across his face which was basically like he was saying "I know you like me. Theres no denying it now."

"It was nice meeting you Alexander, I look foward to the next time i'm here."

Instead of replying Alec gave a quick nod of his head and turned and walked towards the door, giving Magnus a chance to check out his ass. Once outside the door Clary turned and spoke to him.

"Wow! That's the first time i've seen him be civil to anyone! Since we've met him anyway."

"Well he probably just doesn't like you. After all you are really annoying", Alec said frankly. Clary stared at him grimly.

"Right. Thanks for that Alec."

"No problem", he said, turning and walking away. He didn't let on to Clary but right now his heart was racing faster than it had in any battle. Alec loved the feeling. It gave him the advantage over the demon, the adrenaline rush. If he felt like this just talking to him then how would feel if he really got to know Magnus. The thought scared him a little. He took a deep breath before pushing the door to the weapons room open.

"About fucking time! Where the hell have you been", Jace demanded.

Alec just smiled. "Oh. Nowhere"