"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars / But in ourselves, that we are underlings." In a world where Magnus and Alec never met, Jace is dead, and Valentine won the Battle of Brocelind Plain, disobedience means death. So what happens when Alec and Magnus meet and Alec fails to carry out his sworn duty: the elimination of all Downworlders? WARNINGS: homophobia & self-harm.