This was supposed to be the final chapter but I decided that since it was getting so long and taking me so long to update that I would split it into two chapters. So the final chapter will be chapter eleven.

Blue Eyed Prince Chapter Ten: Execution or Revolution.

Magnus Pov- Jace and I walked into town in silence. Whenever I did try to speak, he would snap at me to shut up. "Don't you think we should talk about what we should say to the villagers?" I asked looking over at him. He sighed, obviously annoyed that I wouldn't listen and keep my mouth shut.

"Why am I the one coming up with all the plans? I came up with the idea to find Raphael. Why can't you think of what to say to him?" I rolled my eyes at this "you know Alec better than I do. You know how to talk him up to a crowd."

"You know these people better than I do. I have been working for the lightwoods for years. I was a kid the last time I was here. Besides, you're the rightful king so they might listen to you."

I shrugged frowning. "Who knows, maybe they wanted Jonathan to take over all along. Raphael and he were best friends. I wouldn't be surprised if he was involved with his take-over."

Jace looked at me before we both stopped in front of Raphael's meat stall. "Do you think he will be here or at home?" "I think he's right here" An irritated Mexican accent came from behind us. We both turned around seeing Raphael standing behind us with his arms crossed.

"Raphael, we need to talk to you about what happened at the wedding today," I said turning to face him. "I already know what happened, Magnus. It doesn't take long for news to spread in this small town. Jonathan killed king Robert and Queen Maryse, took over Idris, and has sent Alexander Lightwood to be beheaded tomorrow at noon."

"Jonathan also renamed himself, Sebastian," I said shrugging. Jace rolled his eyes before looking at Raphael again. "Did you know what Jonathan was up to?" He shook his head no, "not at all. I was told that the idea was for Magnus to sleep with the prince and have it be shown to the town so everyone would rise in revolution."

"Does Alec being with a man really upset you people that much?" Jace asked looking between us. I sighed running my hand through my hair. "The point was to show that the guy who was supposed to be our next king, didn't respect his own fathers' rules. If he didn't respect them, then why would any of us?"

"Sebastian said that you all saw the footage of Alec and Magnus together. Why wasn't there a revolution" Jace asked looking back at Raphael? "Jonathan told us to wait. He said he wanted to make sure Magnus was out of the danger zone."

He turned toward me glaring daggers. "Is it true that you tried to get rid of the footage? Were you going to turn your back on us and be with 'Alec'? You're our king Magnus, how could you do that to us?"

I frowned, "I never wanted to turn my back on any of you. Falling in love with Alec wasn't part of the plan but it happened. I learned so many things about him and he's not a bad as his parents were."

"We shouldn't have this conversation here. Can you gather everyone in town who was involved in the revolution plan and meet up at Magnus's house?" Jace asked; looking at Raphael. He glanced over at Jace scowling before sighing. "Sure, why not?"

He walked away, heading further into town and I watched him before looking at Jace. "Now what do we do? Alec is going to be killed in ten hours." It was two in the morning and Alec was scheduled to be executed at noon.

"We're going to head to the house where you grew up. Once Raphael brings everyone, you will give them a speech and convince them to help us save Alec." I frowned at that, "why do I have to give the speech? Why can't you do it?"

"Oh I'm sorry, I assumed the man who claimed to love Alec would be the best choice to convince everyone to save him. Not to mention you were supposed to be the one to take over the throne when the Lightwoods were defeated. They will listen to you more than they will me."

He had a point there. These people were expecting me to lead them out of the darkness of the Lightwoods rule. I assumed that I was ready to take on that responsibility but I was very wrong. Alec was the true king of Idris and no one else can take that spot.

"You're right. I'll talk to everyone and try to convince them to help us with Alec. What's plan B if they don't want to help us?" Jace frowned thinking for a moment before looking at me seriously. "Then we will use anyone we can get to help. If it's just you and me, then we will fight like hell to get to Alec and save him."

"Alec didn't want us to save him. He wanted us to get out of Idris and live new lives. What if he refuses our help" I asked; frowning. "Then we grab him and run anyway. I'm not going to let Alec die. Are you?"

"of course not. I love Alec so I won't stop until he's back in my arms." Jace rolled his eyes starting to walk toward my house. "I already told you before; if Alec forgives you then it's all great. However, if he rejects you and still wants you out of his life, then you need to respect that and leave him alone."

"If that's what Alexander wants then I will comply," I said, following him.

"So… this is awkward," I said watching as Jace and Clary stood miles away from each other in silence. "Yeah… does the air feel stiff to you" Luke asked pulling on the collar of his shirt. Joycelyn smacked us both on the back of the head. "Oh hush, it's been a long time since they've seen each other."

Jace frowned at her before glancing over at Clary. "Are you really not going to talk to me?" She glanced back at him. "Why should I? You told me you liked me and then you disappeared the very next day to join the royal guard" she said crossing her arms.

This just caused Jace to frown more. "That's not what happened. My parents couldn't pay the taxes and my father gave me to the Lightwoods. Robert thought I would make a good guard so he trained me for the position."

Clary turned around quick as a whip, glaring daggers at Jace. "That doesn't change how you treated me while on the job. You were just as cruel as all those other guards. When people couldn't pay their taxes, you didn't even think twice about arresting them. What would you have done if I couldn't pay my taxes huh?"

Jace frowned "I… you're different from those other people." She rolled her eyes at this. "All 'those other people' were once your friends. Some of them helped raise you when your parents didn't even want to bother."

She turned her back to Jace again, staring intensely at the wall. "I was close to not having the money to pay my taxes. Someone went into my painters' stall overnight and stole the money I had saved up. If Magnus didn't give me his money and go to the palace in my place, then I would have been in prison or made to be a maid. If that were to happen, would you have dragged me by my hair to a prison cell?"

"Of course not" Jace sighed. "I would never do anything to hurt you, Clary. I love you." She quickly turned around and slapped Jace hard across the face, causing his head to snap to the other side. I hissed rubbing my face, thinking that had to hurt.

"Don't you dare throw the word 'love' around like that! You don't deserve to say that to me!" Jace rubbed his cheek in silence and I looked between them before looking at Jace. "I know you have some unresolved feelings but we are kind of on a tight schedule."

Jace glanced at me before walking away and sitting on the floor. Luke watched him before looking at me again. "Words got around about what Jonathan did. None of us were aware of his true motives I promise."

"I didn't think you were involved. You all were hoping that I would take the throne. I learned so much about myself and the kind of king I would have ended up becoming. I realize now that I can't lead this kingdom out of darkness. Not without Alexander Lightwoods help."

Joycelyn frowned at this. "Alexander Lightwood was going to run Idris just like his parents. Correction, he was going to be worse by joining together with Lynn. What makes you think he could make you a better king?"

"Alec is nothing like every one of Idris thinks he is," Jace said leaning on the wall. "He wanted to save our kingdom but he also felt like he couldn't go against what his parents wanted." Luke shook his head "What would stop him from killing Magnus and continuing his parents rule?"

"Alec wouldn't do something like that. He would never carelessly take a life like that" Jace said shrugging. "Besides, before he could kill Magnus, he would have to get rid of Sebastian." Joycelyn frowned at that. "Is that what he's calling himself now?"

I nodded "New name to go with his new title. He has completely lost it. I watched him with my own eyes shoot both Robert and Maryse point blank in the head without a smidge of remorse. He's not the brother I grew up with."

I looked over at Joycelyn frowning "he said that his father Valentine was planning on overthrowing my parents before the Lightwoods killed him. Did you know anything about that?" Luke and Joycelyn looked at each other again before frowning at me. "We thought that was what he was planning but we were never quite sure."

"Speaking of Sebastian, shouldn't getting our kingdom back from him be our priority" Raphael's irritable voice came from the front door. He walked in with Catarina loss, Ragnor Fell, Will Herondale, Jem Carstairs, and Tessa gray standing behind him. There were also some people I barely knew like Raphael's friends Lilly and Eliot, and Luke's friends my age, Maia Roberts, and Jordan Kyle.

"Nine people? That's all you could get," I asked; crossing my arms. Raphael rolled his eyes "this was pretty much the only people who were involved in the revolution plan, to begin with. Besides, if you count you, Jace, and Clary, Luke, Joycelyn, and myself; then you have Fifteen people."

"There are going to be guards everywhere. How can we possibly save Alexander with such a small group?" I asked; frowning. Raphael glared, "I thought I made it clear that saving Alec Lightwood was not going to be our goal. Taking down Sebastian and having you lead us is the plan and the only plan."

"Raphael, I cannot stress how important it is that we save Alexander. Without his help, Idris will have no hope of healing. He is the only one who knows the steps to take to make this kingdom great again." Raphael rolled his eyes at this. "You just want to save him because you so foolishly fell in love with him."

Everyone mumbled amongst each other, seeming to agree with him. I looked at them all before facing Raphael again. "You're right about me falling in love with Alec but it was far from foolish and it's not the reason we need to save him. He is the only person who knows what to do to save this kingdom."

"He was about to run Idris even more into the ground" Will Herondale pointed out. It took me a moment to realize the Jace and William were avoiding each other. They were both standing on separate sides of the room. They were from the same family but I don't think I've ever heard Will talk about Jace.

"I'm starting to feel like a broken record" Jace sighed, rubbing his temples. "For the hundredth time, Alec wanted to make Idris like Magnus's parents once had it. Hell, he wanted to make it even better than how the Banes had it. Do you truly think Magnus is competent enough to lead this kingdom out of darkness? Do you think he will know how to school you, help you, lead you in the way that you need to be led?"

"Are you calling me stupid?" I asked glaring at him. He completely ignored me, going back to talking. "Magnus had the same amount of schooling that the rest of you do. He may know a little bit more but he stopped learning at five years old. Do any of you know how to do any of the things you want Magnus to do for you?"

Everyone frowned looking around at each other and Jace nodded crossing his arms. "That's what I thought. We need to have someone who has been schooled all their life into running a kingdom to lead us. If you want Magnus to be your king that's all fine and good, but you will need Alec there to teach him what to do."

The room was silent before Clary broke it saying, "I think Jace is right." Jace looked at her surprised, "you do?" She ignored him, looking at everyone else. "Like it or not Alexander Lightwood is our only chance of making Idris the kingdom it was meant to be. Without him, we have no chance of being great."

"Say we do save Alexander," Maia said, speaking up for the first time since she arrived. "What guarantee do we have that we can stop Sebastian? He has the whole royal guard behind him, not to mention he has the kingdom of Lynn behind him. No matter how you look at it, we are outnumbered."

"Sebastian has just as much teaching as all of you got. Alec will know how to outsmart him and get the kingdom back. Once Magnus kills Sebastian, he will be king again and the guards will have no choice but to listen to him" Luke said, leaning on the wall.

I frowned at him. "Wait, kill him? You want me to kill my own brother?" Clary looked at me, "He's not really your brother Magnus, he was mine. I know it will be hard but we don't have a choice. Jonathan chose to stab us all in the back and take Idris into his own hands. We need to make hard choices."

I watched her a moment before looking over at Joycelyn. "He's your son. What do you think I should do?"

She frowned "I was aware of Valentine's plan to take the crown from your parents. That's the reason I took you in when your parents were killed. Even though it was the Lightwoods who did it, I still felt responsible because I didn't warn them about it. I didn't know that Valentine told Jonathan of his plans, though, or that Jonathan wanted to finish what he started. I should have been paying closer attention."

"Are you saying that we should do what we must?" Raphael asked. She nodded "I don't want my son to die but if it's the only way to stop him then that's what has to be done. Jonathan is just like his father. He won't stop until he gets what he wants."

I nodded before looking at everyone else. "We all know how smart Sebastian is. We will need Alec in able to stop him. So, what do you say? Will you help Jace and I save Alec from execution?"

Everyone looked around at one another, in silence and I wondered what I would do if they voted against me. Jace said that if no one else helped us then we will fight for Alec ourselves, but I'm not stupid enough to think that we could win against the royal guard on our own. We will need a distraction.

Once everyone was done looking at each other, they all looked at me and nodded. I let out a relieved sigh before smiling at them all. "Thank you so much, you all don't know how much this means to me." "We aren't doing this for you," Raphael snared, "we are doing this for our home."

I nodded "nevertheless I am grateful for your help. I'll never forget about this." "Pay us back when you're the rightful king of Idris" Will Herondale said, putting his arm around Tessa's shoulders. I nodded "I swear to you all that I will get the crown back and make life better for all of my people."

"I guess we have to advise some kind of plan to save the Lightwood" Raphael sighed, sitting on the floor. The others nodded sitting with him and starting to brainstorm. I watched them before looking at Jace smiling. "We're going to save Alec and then Idris."

Jace nodded looking at everyone else. "Let's hope."

Alec Pov- One thousand six hundred and fifty-eight. That's how many tiles make up the ceiling of my prison cell. When you're going to die the next day, going to sleep just feels like a waste of the time you have left. Counting ceiling tiles feels like a waste too but when you're trapped in a cell, there's only so many things you can do.

The dungeon door opened with a creak and I let out a sigh of annoyance. Sebastian has been coming in and out of this place every hour or so to taunt me about how he killed my parents and stole my crown. I can't tell what time it is but from how dark it is outside you would think he would go to sleep at some point.

"Haven't you bragged enough?" I asked turning my back toward the bars so I wouldn't have to face him. Hesitant footsteps got closer and closer before a soft voice said: "Alexander, it's me." I frowned hearing my little brothers voice and I turned around, looking at him. Sure, enough, Max was standing there staring down at me frowning.

"Max, what are you doing here? If Sebastian or anyone catches you here, then you'll get in a lot of trouble." He grabbed the bars of my cell, "I couldn't just sleep when I know that my big brother is down here locked away. You have a plan on stopping the execution, tomorrow right?" I frowned at that, "I'm not stopping it, Max."

"Why not? Are you just going to let Sebastian kill you and take over our kingdom? You're the rightful king of Idris Alexander." I shook my head "but I'm not, Max. Magnus is the true prince. Our father killed his parents and took the position from them."

Max bit his lip glancing away from me before looking back at me. "I… I owe you an apology brother." This confused me. "What could you possibly have to apologize for? You didn't do anything wrong."

"I… I knew all along that Magnus was the true prince on Idris." I was beyond shocked now. "You what?! How could you have possibly knowing something like that?"

"I found a family album that had some pictures of the prince. Right after I saw Magnus and immediately knew it was him." "Why didn't you tell me about this?" He frowned glancing away, "Magnus said that he loved you and he was going to help you with Amelia."

"And you were okay with a guy loving your brother," I asked softly. He nodded "I was when I thought he was going to make you happy. I know you like guys Alec, and I know you want to marry a prince instead of a princess." I frowned "not just any prince, I wanted to marry the true prince of Idris. I wanted to marry Magnus."

"You loved him even when you thought he was a servant. I think you loving Magnus had nothing to do with him being a prince. You just loved Magnus in general." I nodded sitting up and leaning against the cell bars. "I did love Magnus… or at least I thought I did."

"I think you still do. I can see it in your eyes. Would you still be with Magnus if given the chance?" I frowned thinking that over. "He betrayed me, Max. He didn't really love me; he was just using me."

"I don't think that's true Alexander. I think he truly does love you. You love him too, right? Even though he hurt you, you still would forgive him and choose to be with him if given the chance."

"Even if that's true there's no point in thinking about it. I'm going to be executed tomorrow at noon. I'm sure Magnus is already halfway to the next kingdom by now. I told him and Jace to leave Idris and start new somewhere else."

"Do you really think Jace would leave you behind that easily?" he asked, crossing his arms. "No he's beyond stubborn but it was my last dying wish so I hope he respected it and did what I asked." Max shook his head "we both know that he didn't." I sighed rubbing my temples. "Yeah I know, but I at least hope he isn't stupid enough to try to save me tomorrow."

Max shrugged thinking "don't you want to be saved?" "I don't want to die but I also don't want Jace or anyone else to put their lives in danger just to save me. It's not worth it. Besides, all of Idris want to see me dead anyway so I'm sure there will be outrage if I'm saved."

Max reached his hand through the bars and placed it on top of mine frowning. "I don't care what the people of Idris want. I want my big brother to stay alive and be happy with the one he loves." I looked at his hand before looking up at him, smiling sadly. "I can't be with Magnus, Max. He doesn't really love me."

I say that yet Magnus kept telling me repeatedly that he wasn't faking his feelings. He said that he loved me and was going to give up his crown just to be with me. How can I trust anything he says though after he has lied so much? He could just be trying to trick me again.

"You should leave before one of the guards shows up. I don't want you to get in any trouble because you're down here and not doing what you were told." Max frowned "I don't like being a servant Alexander. Sebastian makes Isabelle wear strange revealing clothes and he pushes me around like I'm a brat." I frowned not liking hearing that. "It will all be alright I promise. For now, just do what you're told and stay out of trouble."

He nodded before pressing his forehead against the bars. "I love you, big brother. Thank you for taking care of Izzy and me all these years." I pressed my forehead against his the best I could, closing my eyes. "I love you too little brother. Stay safe and grow up into a strong kind man alright?"

He nodded and hesitantly stood up, walking to the dungeon door. He looked back at me once more before opening the door and going through it. I watched the door close before laying back on the cold ground and closing my eyes. I tried not to, but I couldn't stop myself from drifting off to sleep.

I was awoken by bone-chilling ice water being thrown on top of me. When I looked up to see who tossed it, a guard was standing over me holding a now empty bucket. "It's time to go," he said, smirking. Shaking off the cold, I stood up and stretched my aching muscles before my arms were grabbed and forced behind my back. He tied them together with rope before pushing me out of my cell and toward the dungeon door.

Sebastian was waiting outside the door with his arms crossed and his permanent smirk on his face. "Ready to enjoy the last moments of your life?" I glared at him, not giving him the satisfaction of a response. I may only have a few moments longer to live, but I will live those moments kicking and screaming. I am not broken and I will not let the people of this kingdom think I am. I will hold my head high until it's no longer on my shoulders.

"Oh, we're trying to be the tough guy now? You sounded pretty ready to die yesterday." I shrugged "I am ready to die, but I'm not going to let you make my last moments unbearable." Sebastian glared but kept quiet as he turned and walked away. The guard pushed me forward, wanting me to follow him. I rolled my eyes at this before starting to walk again.

We walked up a long spiral staircase that seemed to go on forever until finally, we got to a big wooden door. Sebastian used a key to unlock the door before shoving it open and going through it. The light from outside was blinding as it hit my eyes. They were sore from crying and from seeing nothing but darkness for the past few hours.

Once again, I was shoved through the door and into a new hallway where princess Amelia was standing, smiling smugly at me. She was wearing a pitch-black gown and her hair was curled, falling down her shoulder in waves. "I see you're finally showing your true colors," I said, looking over her outfit. She shrugged smirking, "the light blue dresses weren't really my style."

"My parents thought you were such a sweet girl. I knew all along that it was all a façade. Your country is suffering and it's because you don't care about them. Only someone heartless could stand by and watch their people suffer."

"Funny you say that Alexander. Weren't you so willing to marry me and allow your kingdom to suffer just to please your parents? At least I run my kingdom the way I please. You never had the guts to ever break the rules or do what you want… that is until you decided to fuck a guy."

Amelia grabbed a chunk of my hair, twisting it in her hand and clenching it tight forcing me to hiss and drop down on one knee. "You thought you could cheat on me with a guy and get away with it? I have never been so humiliated in all my life. I can't believe I almost married a faggot."

I glared up at her, clenching my teeth. "I am not a faggot" I hissed. Sebastian rolled his eyes before smirking "we all saw the video. What's even more pathetic is that our 'future king' was the girl in that relationship. It made me sick someone that weak could have been our king."

"My sexual life doesn't reflect my ability to rule my kingdom. If I ignored my parents wants and just led this kingdom the way I wanted, then everyone would have come to respect me and maybe even enjoy having me as their king."

Sebastian rolled his eyes before pulling me back to my feet. "That's the problem with you Lightwood. You're too submissive. You submitted to your parents' rules, to Magnus, and now you're submitting to death. No one as weak as you could have made it as a king."

I frowned, keeping my mouth shut and choosing to be quiet. I told myself I wouldn't give into taunting and now here I was arguing with them both. I don't have to prove myself to them or anyone else.

Once again, I held my head high, looking ahead and not at either of them. Amelia and Sebastian looked at each other before Amelia let go of my hair, rolling her eyes. "I'm getting tired of seeing his face. Let's just execute him already."

Sebastian nodded before looking at the guards. "You all take him to the town square. My queen and I will be watching the show from the balcony. The executioner will be waiting on the platform and the villagers should be gathering around it any moment now."

The guard who led me up the stairs bowed to Sebastian before grabbing my tied-up arms and shoving me forward. I stumbled, almost losing my balance but I managed to catch myself and start walking forward. The guards all chuckled before following me out of the palace.

As the guards led me down the streets of Idris, I couldn't help but think about the rare times I was able to sneak out of the palace and see my people. I remember passing stalls for meat or art and I would plan for ways to make them better. Maybe build them buildings to sell things in instead of small stalls. We could also invent boxes full of ice to keep meat and food better longer.

As for the artists, we could build a building just for them so they can display all their art and even sell it for a much higher price. Homeless shelters, lower taxes, being able to love and marry whoever they want. I had so many ideas on how to make Idris great and now it's never going to happen all because I couldn't go against my parents' wishes.

"Move faster Lightwood" one of the guards yelled, shoving me forward again. I stumbled forward and this time I fell on some wooden stairs leading up to the platform my execution would be taking place. A crowd of laughter filled my ears and when I looked up I saw the whole kingdom gathered around the platform. Half of them were laughing while the other half were screaming and throwing things at me.

A rock smashed against my temple causing blood to come trickling down my face. I wanted to wipe it away but my hands were tied behind my back. My bleeding seemed to please the people around me because the laughing got louder.

"Get up the stairs Lightwood," The guard said, pulling me back to my feet and leading me up the stairs. Once I was on the platform I could see the ocean of villagers looking up at me with hatred in their eyes. These people did want to see me dead. I shouldn't be so surprised; I deserve to have their hate.

Besides all the guards, the only other person on the platform was a guy with a black executioner mask to hide his face. His body was surprisingly slim for an executioner and I could tell he was young even with the mask on.

"Attention my subjects" Sebastian's voice rang through the crowd. I looked up at the palace and sure enough, Sebastian was standing on the balcony with Amelia. He was holding a megaphone so the villagers will be able to hear his annoying speech.

"You have waited many years for the ruin of the Lightwood family to end. Our rightful prince Magnus Bane was supposed to have brought us justice but he failed. I put it upon myself to save Idris and that's what I intend to do. With the death of Alexander Lightwood, the rebirth of Idris will begin."

I frowned up at him before looking out at the villagers. They were cheering, believing his lie about making this country better. "He won't make Idris better you know. He's going to join with Lynn and make Idris ten times worse than me or my parents ever could have. He doesn't care about your rights."

"Did you even care" one of the villagers asked. It was a boy maybe fifteen years old with light tan skin. If I remember correctly, his name was Raphael Santiago and owned one of the meat stalls in the market place.

He crossed his arms glaring at me. From the accent of his voice, I could tell he was Spanish. "You say that Sebastian will make the kingdom worse than your parents did but what about you? What would you have done if you became king?"

I closed my eyes bracing myself to tell them all the truth. I was about to die after all. There was nothing else for me to lose.

"I was willing to marry a princess of Lynn which would have resulted in a horrible outcome. I knew this wouldn't have benefited my people but I chose to listen to my parents instead of listening to my heart. If I chose to do what I wanted, then Idris would be a lot more like when the Bane family ruled. Maybe even better. I had so many plans and ideas to make your businesses better but I pushed it all aside for my parents' approval. It was wrong of me and I'm sorry."

The crowd was silent for a moment before loudly booing me and starting to throw things at me again. Everyone, but Raphael Santiago. He was just looking up at me seeming to be lost in thought. I watched him wondering if what I said got through to him. I don't know why it matters but I want at least one of my villagers to know how much they mean to me.

"Enough of this" Sebastian yelled. "Let the execution begin!"

A couple soldiers pushed me down on my knees, untied my arms, and chained them to the platform. One gestured for the executioner to come forward and the man walked up to us, holding a big ax in his hand that he was going to use to chop off my head. I closed my eyes tight, preparing for it. The sound of a loud whistle made me open my eyes and look up at the crowd once again.

Standing there on top of a big barrel was Jace blowing a whistle and waving his hand toward the platform. One after another people sprang from the crowd pushing passed the villagers and running onto the platform holding weapons made from anything they could find lying around. I recognized Clary Morgenstern along with her parents Jocelyn and Luke but I didn't know any of the other people personally.

Jace jumped on to the platform, pulling a sword out of his belt and pointing it at one of the guards. "Step down or prepare to fight me." The guard who pushed me onto my knees laughed, "you're seriously challenging us with villagers that have no fighting experience?" Jace smirked at him "are you scared?"

The guard glared at him before looking at the executioner. "Don't just stand there; kill Alexander" he yelled before pulling out his sword and starting to fight Jace. I looked at him before looking up at my executioner frowning. He looked down at me for a moment before lifting his ax over his head and bringing it down.

I closed my eyes bracing myself for the end but after a second I realized nothing happened. Hesitantly, I opened my eyes, looking over at the Ax now stuck on the platform. Instead of killing me, the man chopped the chains that were holding me to the platform. I looked up at the executioner surprised.

"Why… why didn't you kill me?"

He didn't answer me. Instead, he got low and put an arm under my legs and the other behind my back before standing up, holding me like a princess. I felt my face get hot with embarrassment before glaring at the stranger. "Put me down. Who are you?"

He didn't respond. Instead, he jumped off the platform and carried me through the crowd of villagers. Shocked faces of the villagers blurred passed as the guy ran and when he turned the corner into an alleyway, the faces were gone.

I glared at my 'savior' yelling "who the hell are you? Let me go now." He came to a slow stop and looked around us before putting me down on my feet. I stumbled a little before straightening myself out and punching the guy in the face.

The force of the punch made him put his masked face in his hand as he screamed: "is that any way to thank me for saving your life?" I frowned, thinking the voice behind the mask was familiar. "Wait… Magnus?"

The guy pulled his mask off and sure enough, I was met with Magnus's stunning golden-green eyes. I could feel my cheeks flush from looking at him but I forced myself to ignore it. Magnus betrayed me. I can't just forgive him just because he saved my life.

"Was that foolish rescue your idea or Jace's?" I asked glaring, crossing my arms. Magnus bit his lip slightly, "well… it was kind of a joint effort. The villagers just wanted to defeat Sebastian but I wasn't going to let him kill you. I would have died first before letting you be killed."

I felt the blush return full force but chose to ignore it once again. "I didn't ask you to save me, Magnus. I was prepared to die if it was what my people wanted." Magnus shook his head, grabbing one of my hands. "The people of Idris need you, Alec, whether they know it or not. You are the only one who can lead them out of this darkness."

"I'm the one who got them into this darkness, Magnus. None of this would have happened if I just listened to my heart and not my parents. It's too late to fix everything, Magnus. The villagers will never accept me as their king and there's no way I can save this kingdom. That's your job. You are the rightful king of Idris after all."

"I'm not good enough to be king, Alexander. I'm not smart enough and I have no right to lead any of these people. It's you who has to lead them and it's you who has to stop Valentine." I frowned glancing away from him. "So you're going to use me again, this time for the good of the kingdom?"

Magnus frowned at this and touched my cheek with the palm of his hand. "If you think I'm still pretending my feelings for you then you better think again. I told you over and over that I love you and I meant it. What will it take for you to believe me?"

I frowned glancing away from him. "I… I don't know. How am I supposed to trust you again after everything you've done? You used me to steal my crown; or should I say get back your own."

Magnus closed his eyes, seemed to be thinking about what to say. When he opened his eyes, he looked straight into mine. There wasn't an ounce of hesitation in them when he said: "I fell in love with you the moment I met you."

I frowned at that. "You mean when I was in the marketplace and you didn't know I was the prince?" He shook his head no "I'm talking about when I was five years old and I met one of my dad's partners' sons. He was this shy awkward kid with black hair and amazing blue eyes. The only time he would talk is when he would gush about a fairytale book."

I swallowed, thinking back on that day. "The prince asked him why he would read fairy tales when he's a prince." Magnus nodded "and do you know what that boy said back to him?" I shook my head no making Magnus smile slightly. "We both know that's not true. Tell me what the boy said, Alexander."

I kept quiet for a moment before saying softly, "'It beats school'. Not the most romantic thing in the world to say." Magnus shook his head "no but it was real. I lived in a world where servants and my parents always told me the things I wanted to hear and made me feel smart. You were the first person to show me what being smart looked like. Even before you became the prince, you were smarter than I could ever wish to be and I liked that. I love fairytales because of you."

I turned my back to Magnus in silence, hugging myself frowning. Magnus stayed silent for a little bit until finally, he spoke again. "I know the reason why you love those stories so much, Alexander." "I wanted to be like the princes in the books," I said softly, out of habit.

"That's not true Alec. Your little brother told me that you were in love with the princes in those stories. You hated the life you used to live and the way your parents treated you and you wanted a prince to save you from all that. Were you hoping I would be that prince?"

I frowned keeping my back to him. "When my dad told me I was going with him and mom to meet the king and queen I was so happy. I would be able to meet a real-life prince. When I met you, you were even more charming than I imagined. I felt like every word coming out of my mouth was stupid."

"I loved everything you said to me. I could have listened to you for hours" he said softly. I turned around looking at him. "That doesn't matter, though. My parents killed yours and you hated me enough to trick me and embarrass me."

"tricking you was nothing personal Alexander. I was trying to find a way to get my kingdom back and you so happen to be my solution. I should have never used you like that and if you give me the chance, I'll make it up to you for the rest of my life."

"How do I know I can trust you," I asked, looking in his eyes. Magnus searched my eyes before walking up to me so we were only inches apart. I could feel his breath against my face as he stared deep into my eyes. "You just have to Alexander."

I opened my mouth to object but was silenced by Magnus pressing his lips against mine. My eyes widened and my head screamed at me to shove him away but I couldn't. Instead, my arms moved around Magnus's neck and pulled him closer to me. Our lips moved desperately together as if it was the last kiss we would ever share.

Magnus tore his lips away, laying his forehead against mine and closing his eyes. "Please, Alexander. I can't live without you. I know I did wrong by you and I don't deserve your forgiveness but I love you so much. Please say you love me too."

I closed my eyes tight thinking it over before opening my eyes and looking at him again. There was hope inside Magnus's eyes as he waited for my possible love confession. "I…" I started saying but was cut off by Jace's voice yelling "Magnus, where are you?"

"Over here" Magnus called turning his back to me. Jace turned the corner and smiled seeing me. "Alec, are you okay? I'm sorry it took us so long to save you. Raphael wanted to make sure you were worth saving and I guess your speech won him and the others over."

"What are they doing now," Magnus asked looking around for them. "They're still fighting the guards. Sebastian was stupid enough to have all the guards be at the execution so now he is defenseless up in the palace. He and Amelia ran into the palace once Alec was freed so I take it they're going to hide."

"Jonathan Morgenstern doesn't hide," Magnus said shaking his head. "He most likely is falling back to think of a new plan. He knows the first thing we will do is come after him." "Are you saying that we shouldn't go to him?" I asked looking at him. He shook his head "this may be our only chance to get him unguarded. If we're going to strike it has to be now."

"You don't know for sure if he really is unguarded. Amelia has guards of her own after all. I'm sure they are around the palace" I said frowning. Jace looked at me "if there are guards around then I will take care of them. Alec, it's your job to go with Magnus and stop Sebastian."

This caused me to frown. "Why? Magnus is the rightful king so he needs to defeat Sebastian." Magnus and Jace looked at each other before looking at me again. "You have to be king, Alec. You're the only one who knows how to help our kingdom" Magnus said frowning.

I frowned at this. "Idris hates me, Magnus. They will never accept having a Lightwood being their king. It's the whole reason they wanted me dead in the first place" I said pointing to my blood covered temple. "You just have to prove yourself to them, Alec," Jace said, putting his hand on my shoulder.

I looked at this hand thinking before looking up at him. "Are you sure?" They both nodded looking very determined. "No one else but you can lead this country."

I looked between then both, thinking about it before nodding. "If you both think it will be for the best then I will do what I can." They both smiled and Jace put his arm around my neck. "Then let's think up a plan."

Sorry, this chapter took so long guys. I had a craft show which resulted in me having to make 180 charms, then I had to make animal ornaments for my family Christmas party that was last weekend. I'm not as busy now so updates should be coming faster.