AN: Final chapter! (And there will be an epilogue next week.)

This story was amazingly fun to write and it's probably my favorite story I've ever written.

Also, I've decided to go ahead and write the story based on the Angel Realm since people showed an interest. I will tell you one thing about it, by the end of it, somebody WILL be dead. But not in the way you think. And that's all you get. XD I'll start posting that one in a few weeks once I have a few chapters written.

Hope you enjoy this chapter!


"Good morning, Beautiful."

The breath the words were carried on ghosted across the back of my neck as Magnus nuzzled closer, his arm wrapped securely around my waist. This was exactly how we'd woken up every day for the past two weeks, and I was completely sure that I would never get tired of it.

"Good morning." I smiled and rolled over in his arms so that I was facing him, planting a gentle kiss on his lips. He let out a sleepy but pleased hum as he nuzzled closer,tangling our legs together as well.

"How are you feeling?" He asked, cracking his eyes open enough so that he could watch my face for any signs of lying. He knew how I was when it came to being injured.

"Pretty good." I told him honestly, "My leg's kind of stiff and a little sore, but I'm sure a hot shower will fix it."

"Can you breath okay?" He pressed, one of his hands gently stroking down my spine.

"Yeah." I purposely took a deep breath to show him that I was being honest. When I'd first woken up, apparently two days after I'd made it back, I could still barely catch my breath. It was better than it had been when I'd first gotten back, but I still had to struggle for air and I could hardly talk at all. Magnus had tried to convince me that it would be good to get out of New York, rent a cabin somewhere where the air was cleaner and easier to breath. But I'd refused, scribbling out on scraps of paper that I was not, under any circumstances, going anywhere other than home. Magnus had instantly caved and put spells on the whole apartment that would clean the air, and started me on some kind of medication he said would help. And it had helped. I could breath so much better now, though I could still feel myself struggling a little at times.

"Good." Magnus kissed my forehead and I smiled slightly. "Alec…"

"What?" I nuzzled my way to his collar bone, snuggling my head under his.

He made a small, pleased sound as his hand moved to stroke my hair, "Jace called. The Silent Brothers are getting impatient…"

I sighed at this, the Silent Brothers had been attempting to come and talk to me every day since I'd made it back. It was only Magnus's insistence that I wasn't well enough to handle it and Jace's sheer stubbornness that had kept them at bay.

"I may as well talk to them." I replied after a moment.

"Alec, you don't have to if you don't want to."

"I will eventually, I'd rather just get it over with." I responded.

"Are you sure? We can put it off another day or two…" I could hear the worry in his voice.

"No, I just want to get it over with. Besides, I'll have my fiance with me." I pulled back a little and smiled at him. The same huge grin that always broke out whenever I mentioned our engagement had spread across his face. It was beautiful.

I had asked Magnus almost as soon as I woke up, with a little help from Jace. Well, all Jace had done was dig through the scraps of what was left of my old clothes to find the ring for me. Magnus had cried and held me for nearly an hour, saying "Yes" and "I love you so much" over and over again. It had felt amazing, not that he was crying (even though they were tears of joy), but just that he was there and that he was holding me and that he loved me enough to say yes.

"Alright. If you're okay taking a shower on your own, I'll give Jace a call and tell him to bring them over in a couple hours. That should give enough time for a shower, breakfast and a quick check-up."

"I'll be fine." I kissed his nose, matching the grin that spread on his face at the action. "I would appreciate it if you got me some clothes out of the closet and put them in the bathroom though."

"I can do that." Magnus replied, giving me one last kiss before getting out of bed and going to find me something to wear. I watched him go for a moment before rolling over and up into a sitting position.

I stretched, my hands grasped over my head, and sighed contently when my back popped. Grabbing my crutches I stood on my good leg and walked to the bathroom. Immediately I started the water to give it time to warm up, then grabbed a fresh towel out from under the sink. Setting the crutches against the counter I hopped the few steps to the shower and sat down on the large back lip of the tub that had been designed to function as a seat. I'd always told Magnus the thing was weird, what was the point of it if you could just stand and take a shower? But I was grateful for it now.

Leaning my head back I let the warm water run over me. I was so lost in how good it felt that I didn't even notice Magnus step into the shower with me until I suddenly couldn't feel the spray anymore.

"I take it from the content and slightly dazed look on your face that the hot water is helping?" He smiled.

"Yes, now stop blocking it." I grinned, pulling him down to sit next to me.

"And you said this chair was silly."

"Hush." I kissed him to shut him up, leaning forward to make this one a little deeper than the previous one's of the morning. He responded in turn, wrapping his arms around me.

After a few minutes we pulled apart and I rested my head on his chest. We stayed like that for awhile, in a comfortable silence until we felt the hot water beginning to wane. Magnus leaned forward and shut it off, jumping out of the tub and grabbing my towel before I could even swing my legs over the edge.

"You're spoiling me." I said playfully.

"You deserve to be spoiled." He responded, wrapping the towel around my shoulders. "And more."

An hour later and we were sitting in Magnus's den, Magnus was on my left, both his hands wrapped around one of mine and Jace was on my right, arms crossed and a menacing stare on his face directed at the two hooded figures across from us. The Silent Brothers had tried to insist that they talk to me alone, I'd felt almost sorry for them at the reaction it had provoked from Jace and Magnus. Needless to say, Jace and Magnus had won that argument. So now we were sitting and waiting because I didn't have the faintest idea how to start.

"From the beginning." Brother Donovan provided in response to my thought. "What exactly happened that night?"

I glanced sideways at Magnus, wondering if they'd let him hear the question as well. He gave a small nod and gently squeezed my hand. Smiling at him just a little I took a deep breath and started,

"I don't remember to many specific details of what exactly happened the night I disappeared. I remember the demons coming up out of the ground, and blurry snapshots of the fight. When I realized the demon had impaled me I remember thinking I should pull away, but not having time to do it. The next thing I remember is the sensation of going through a portal, but it was more intense than that. It felt like I was being crushed, I couldn't breath at all, and it felt like it lasted a long time though I don't know how long. After that I remember, I guess waking up is the best way to put it, on cracked dirt. The demon was gone, or at least I didn't see it anywhere that I can remember. After a minute I realized that I couldn't breath, and it wasn't just because of going through the portal or whatever it was. There was something in the air."

"Magnus," The other Silent Brother cut in, "You told us that Alec's lungs were severely damaged when you found him?"

"Yes." Magnus replied, pausing a moment before he continued. "It was similar to damage I've seen in people who live in or near demon dens. The demon poison evaporates and leaves a toxic gas in the air that doesn't disperse for a long time. The gas gets into people's lungs and causes damage to the lungs ability to transfer oxygen into the blood. Eventually the person will…die because there isn't enough oxygen getting to their organs. The damage to Alec's lungs was similar to that, but much worse. Honestly, I have no idea how he survived."

I gently squeezed Magnus's hand, we'd be talking about this more later. This was the first time I'd see how much this had bothered him.

He smiled at me and squeezed back before continuing, "I was able to repair most of the damage, and I'm still working on it, but it will take time."

"Continue, Alexander."

"When I realized I couldn't breath I looked around, I guess I was looking for some place to hide. I saw this pile of boulders off in the distance and I just moved towards them." I continued with the rest of my story, the parts I remembered anyhow. I never mentioned David's journal though. I didn't want the Silent Brother's to take it. It wasn't their's to have.

Everyone was silent after I had finished, taking in everything I'd said. Jace and Magnus had heard pieces, but not the whole thing until now.

"So…the demon realm, it wasn't really that different from here, was it? I mean, it sounds like you were in the equivalent of a desert or something. I wonder if the humanoid demons have cities like ours…" Jace mused.

"Yeah, I've wondered the same thing, actually." I answered, "Honestly, in any other context, I would be extremely fascinated by all of this. I would love to know more about it. But right now I'd just prefer to let it go."

Jace grinned, "You'll let it go for now. But a hundred bucks says that a year from now, you'll be writing a book about it."

"Who says I'd write a book?" I quirked an eyebrow.

"Because you're you." Magnus and Jace answered at the same time, both grinning at each other.

"You read everything you can get your hands on, it's about time you gave everyone else something to read." Jace finished.

I just shook my head and smiled. Who knows, maybe I would write about it someday.


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