Dad and I went to the institute. He put some wards on the training room. Robert made some comments about time. Dad offered to heal Alec's injury. He said that he was fine. I knew that he was lying but that is his defense. Izzy and I were talking when Meliron walked into the institute with some shadowhunters. Izzy was happy to see him. There was something off about this whole thing.

"Lydia why is Meliron here? Are you arresting him?" I asked.

"Juliet this doesn't concern you. We believe he has some information on Valentine." She explained.

"If it concerns the downworld it concerns me. You know that I have friends everywhere and that I will protect them no matter what." I said.

Izzy started to tell Lydia that this was a bad idea. I agreed with her. During all of that Jace then walked up to us and finally meet Lydia. She asked Alec if he told us yet. Izzy and Jace were confused while I was pissed. Lucky for Alec my dad wasn't around at the time. Alec told them that he was engaged to Lydia. I told him that this wasn't something that had to be decided now. Izzy just said that he was suppose to tell their parents no. We both left and we watched Lydia interrogate Meliron. Izzy was saying this was a bad idea. Alec and Jace didn't agree with her until Meliron said that Clary had the cup.

I went to go talk to my dad. He needed to know that Alec was getting married to Lydia. Alec shouldn't be the one to tell him. It has to be me. He trusts me. Just as was walking up to him I saw that Meliron was being taken away by guards. Then I heard Lydia say they were talking him to the silent brothers. This was bad. If they do that it could start a war with the downworld. This wasn't going to be pretty. Jace pulled me and my dad over so we could talk to Izzy about a plan that could save Meliron. I agreed. Jace said that we needed the cup and the only way to get it is if we borrowed Alec's stele. My dad has to get it. We are going to make it look like we are warding some of the other rooms.

"Dad maybe I should send the stele. I mean you seem like you don't want to do this." I suggested.

"Julie I need to do this. Just remember Alec can't know about this." He reminded me.

This was going to be hard for both of us. I went into a trance so I could watch Jace. My dad got Alec's stele. Jace got the cup and what looked to be a portal shard. Interesting. I come out of the trance and my dad put Alec's stele back just in time. Alec walked out and my dad and started having a conversation. At least Alec doesn't know I'm here.

"I thought I'd see how you were doing." Dad told him.

"I meant to thank you for your advice. The whole "follow your heart" thing." Alec said.

"Oh, well, what can I say? I have a deep understanding of the human least, that's what Freud always said."

"I'm getting married."

"Whoa! That's a tad sudden, isn't it? I mean, we should at least go to dinner first."

"No, Magnus, family is everything to have to know that."

"I get 're part of a "Don't ask, don't tell" culture.I'm fine with 're a traditional guy."

"Yeah, I 's why I proposed to Lydia."

"That's interesting."

"It makes 's a solid both of us."

"Solid partnership. That's hot! Well, okay, then. Congratulations. Marriage is a wonderful institution. Not that I would know. Goodbye, Alexander."

My dad left and I came out of the shadows. I was beyond angry and pissed. Alec knows how much I love my dad. And seeing him heartbroken was something that was going to be hard to forgive. When Alec saw me he knew I was there. He knew I heard what he said to my dad. I walked right up to him and slapped him. He was going to regret that.

I went with Jace and Izzy to go get Clary and Simon. We went to the hotel dumort. There we saw Luke. Sweet vampires and werewolves working together to save a Seelie. Luke offered up an alliance with the werewolves. Simon was now a vampire and I think that is awesome. I tried to hide from Raphael. That didn't work very well.

"Hey Raph. Listen I'm asking you to help us. The Clave has no right to do this." I told him.

I knew him well enough to know that he will agree with me. Simon did and he said if Simon agreed to join them he would help. Lucky for us Simon agreed to join. I thanked him. I also welcomed him to this world. He was confused. I told him I'd explain later. We got to the downworlder entrance to the Silent Brothers. Luke and Raphael started to argue in the most funny way possible puns.

" dog." Raph said to Luke.

"Bite me." Luke responded.

"Roll over."

"Play dead."

Me and Simon started laughing. We all got into position. Izzy with some vamps. I was with the wolves and Jace and Clary head of us. Izzy and the vamps took care of the first two guards. The wolves took care of the other ones. I stayed back. I went to where Jace and Clary were when I saw Alec. He and Jace started fighting. I hated to see these two fight. Jace asked Alec to come with us. He declined the offer. I stayed hidden. I portaled back home. But not before I heard Meliron tell Clary that he has a way to find Valentine. I had to let my dad know that Jace and Clary are going to do something stupid again. This was going to be harder than I thought it would be. The truth is getting harder to hide. If Clary sees Valentine she is going to want to kill him before we know why it was now that he decided to come back and what he wants with the mortal cup.