Alec woke up, naked, in Magnus' bed. Why didn't Effie come and get me? He thought. The district 12 boy looked at the digital clock on his boyfriend's bedside table. It read 5:26am. He could either go and die today in front of the country that hates him, or go and discover a new future with the man he loves in a place that may or may not accept him.
"Magnus." He gently shook the fashion designer's shoulder to wake him up.
The reply sounded sort of like, "mmmmnumnmnmnuhhhwhat time is it?"
"About half past five." The perfectly awake Alec said, "I wanted to see if you think I should go or not. We could still do what we said we would last night."
"Which one?" Magnus smirked before being gently hit in the shoulder by his boyfriend.
"I'm serious." Alec said, "We'd be breaking the law."
"Better than dying." Magnus said, "Let's do it. I'll start packing."
After filling some backpacks and getting Alec dressed in some clothes that would hide his face, they set off.
It wasn't that hard to get out of the Capitol, so soon enough, they were in the forest.