Lou: Oh my gosh, I'm so happy you liked the last two chapters. I don't think the exchange of rings is a marriage proposal as such, but it does indicate the relationship is a serious one. I think Ty will do OK in the Scholomance, that's not to say he won't struggle with certain aspects, but he has a supportive family and Kit to get him through. And they have a couple of years before he potentially goes, so they have plenty of time to be together. I have a few ideas on how i'm going to deal with the issue of them being separated by Ty going to the scholomance. I hope you like them when i get round to doing those updates. The date they had on the other hand, is just relationship goals. I'd be so happy if someone had done that for me. They certainly have something special going on between each other!

Too Wicked for this World: :) :) :)

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I had heard a number of stories about Arthur Blackthorn from his nieces and nephews, but had never actually met the guy himself. There had been, of course been a handful of times where I had nearly met him, but for one reason or another we had ended up missing each other. Ty, I knew had a strong dislike for his uncle, and from what I had heard, Arthur wasn't fond of Ty either. Livvy, Dru and Tavvy just seemed indifferent to their Uncle. Apparently there had been a time where he had scared of him, but he had hidden himself away in the attic, and had made no effort to get know them so the fear had changed to indifference. Jules just felt sorry for his Uncle and did what he could to help him. I had a feeling there was more to the matter than Jules was telling us, but I decided not to say anything. If Jules had wanted us to know, he would have said something. Mark seemed to be trying to make his mind up about his Uncle, as though he wanted to like him, but there was something stopping him. It was as though Mark, like Jules, knew more than he was letting on.

Ty had, of course told me about his Uncle, should I ever get round to meeting him. It felt almost like a warning more than a description or explanation. He was, or had been Ty's dad's brother. Both he, and his brother along with some students from the Shadowhunter Academy had gone to the land of the faerie to rescue a Shadowhunter who had been taken (Arthur had gone, because Andrew had gone) and Andrew had fallen in love with a Faerie called Lady Nerissa, who was a lady of the seelie court, and it seemed she returned feelings for him. Arthur had stayed with Andrew and Nerissa's sister made a claim on Arthur, which turned into torture. Andrew had initially been blind to his suffering at first, but had soon come to the realisation of what had happened. Lady Nerissa feared that Andrew would go mad with guilt and grief over what had happened to his brother, and somehow gave them new memories and had set up an "escape" in which Arthur had been released, had rescued Andrew and Lady Nerissa ended up dead…supposedly.

Despite the fact they had left faerie, the effects remained. Andrew had had two small children left on his doorstep, whom he had named Helen and Mark, and had learnt they were Lady Nerissa's children. He raised them with the same love he had for the rest of his children. Arthur had to deal with a mental illness, the result of the torture he had endured whilst in Faerie. All the Blackthorns knew Arthur had gotten bad, only Jules, who saw him on a regular basis knew just how bad he was. I could tell, whenever Ty spoke of his Uncle, and later about Mark that there was some underlying conflict. They were both adults, over the age of 18, so should be looking after the younger Blackthorns, but they hadn't, that responsibility had fallen to Jules, and he had been doing that job since he was 12. Jules was responsible, reliable and understood his siblings. Arthur clearly wasn't right in the head, and wanted to spend his time researching the classics and from the few interactions Ty had had with his uncle, it was obvious that he had no knowledge of how to look after children. Mark on the other hand, had spent 5 years in faerie, and despite being 21, he seemed closer to Jules's age, and needed time to being back with the Shadowhunters (although, Ty did have to admit, he tried, and clearly wanted to make his siblings happy) meaning yet again the responsibility was left to Jules. Ty had once said "I want Jules to be my brother, not my parent, but I also want someone responsible to take that role, and unfortunately the only person who fits the job description is Jules". I didn't know what to say to that so I just held him close to me.

I had been in the training room with Ty when it finally happened. Ty was having one of his closed off moments, meaning that his headphones were on, his music was playing and he wasn't interacting with anyone. I had been with Ty long enough to know that he got like this, and knew it wouldn't last, it was just a part of Ty. I learnt how to deal with it, and knew that he would always come back to me, that I would have him in my arms once more. I had been practicing throwing daggers, and had been progressively getting better, but I still had a lot of work to do. The door had burst opened and there had been a man standing in the doorway, taking us both in. Ty had turned to see who had come in, only to go incredibly pale. Reluctantly he pulled his headphones away from his ears. "Julian isn't here Uncle Arthur, he's in his studio, do you want me to go and get him?" he asked softly, clearly desperate to leave. So this was the man I had heard so much about? In the corner of my eye I could see Ty desperately trying to get away and leave. I could feel just how uncomfortable he was feeling.

Arthur shook his head. "It's not Julian I want. It's you two" I felt sick. He didn't know me, why would he want anything to do with me? Looking at me he asked "you're not one of us, a Blackthorn. Who are you and what are you doing in our home?" then stared at me, waiting for an answer. "My name is Kit Herondale sir. I've been living here at the institute for the last few months, ever since my father died and I had nowhere else to go" I said, hoping that it would be a satisfactory answer for him. I didn't really feel like discussing my father's death with a man I hadn't met. Thankfully he did accept my answer and turned to Ty, and I had a horrible feeling that things weren't going to go well. "Tiberius we've discussed this. You know you can't have mundane technology here in the institute and yet you insist on keeping that computer and your headphones. I've tried to be reasonable about this but you just won't listen. Give me your headphones. I'll dispose of them and then I'll deal with that buzzing computer later" he said. Was he actually being serious? Was he actually trying to deprive his nephew of something that calmed him down and another thing that helped him focus, and helped him bond with his twin whilst aiding investigations?

It wasn't until I saw Ty take a step backwards, his hands clutching his headphones and shaking his head did I decide to do something. Moving to protectively stand in front of Ty, I said as calmly but firmly as possible "I can't let you do that. I may not know you, and you may not know me, but I know enough to say what I have to say. I know Ty needs his music to deal with the world when it gets too much for him. I know he likes working out how that computer works with Livvy and they both use it for investigations. I cannot stand by and have you remove those things and make Ty suffer as the result, make the rest of the Blackthorns suffer as the result." I stopped then, and started to panic that I, the new person had overstepped the line and would subsequently get thrown out to the streets with nowhere to go. Arthur looked as though he was about to retaliate when Jules, thankfully chose that moment to arrive and convinced Arthur to leave. I just stood looking at the door, trying to process what had just happened when I felt a set of arms wrap round my waist and a head rest itself between my shoulder blades. "You ok Ty?" I asked softly, and I felt the head shake, indicating that he wasn't. "He's gone now Ty. I won't let him take any of your stuff away from you ok?" I added, trying to provide some comfort to him. I then moved so he was in front of me, looking into my eyes "Thank you. You didn't have to do that and I'm sorry that was your first interaction with my Uncle. What did I do to deserve you in my life?" He asked. I smiled then. How Ty managed to be so sweet I don't know. I cupped his face then "Ty, I don't have time to tell you of all the things you have done to deserve me. It should be me asking the question not you. Of course I needed to say that, I love you" and with that I closed the small gap and kissed him.