Chapter 2 is here! I promised that this one would get more exciting and it will.
Alec woke up again to light shining through the window. He looked over to see Magnus sleeping with his head tucked under a pillow. Not wanting to wake Magnus, Alec slipped out of bed and down, into the kitchen to make coffee. Alec sat on the couch looking out the large window and at the city below him. He was so lost in though that he did not notice his two sons enter the room until Max tugged on his sleeve.
"Morning, Daddy!" Max said and crawled up onto the couch next to his father. "Where's Papa?"
Rafael took a seat on the small love seat and awaited Alec's answer.
"He's still sleeping, so we have to be very quite so we don't wake him up. Alright?"
"Si" Rafe said and picked up the book Magnus had been reading last night.
"What do you want for breakfast?"
"Pancakes!" shouted Max.
Alec and Rafe laughed and the two shadowhunter went into the kitchen to prepare pancakes for their family.
They had just piled three pancakes onto each plate when Magnus, in all of his pajama glory, walked out of the bedroom.
"Papa! You're sleepy!" Max exclaimed and ran to hug Magnus.
Magnus laughed and picked Max up off the ground and ruffled his dark blue hair.
"We made pancakes, Papa!" Rafe said as he set four plates on the table.
Magnus yawned but smiled at his eldest son and took a seat next to Alec.
"Why are you up so late?" Rafe asked Magnus as they dug into their stacks of pancakes.
"I had a nightmare last night, but I got more time in bed, so that's good!" Magnus said as he poured syrup onto his plate.
"You're silly, Papa" Max laughed.
"You can bet on that!"
It was then Alec noticed that Magnus had dark circles under his eyes. That made Alec think that Magnus didn't get nearly as much sleep as he said he did.
Then Magnus heard knock on their door.
"I got it." Alec said and walked over the the door, stepping over shoes and toys that littered the hall.
When he opened the door he found empty air. Then he looked at the ground, there sat a pristine white envelope. It read:
The Lightwood-Bane Family
Alec picked it up and sat back down at the table.
"Who was it?" Magnus asked.
Alec put the envelope on the table.
"It was this."
Magnus reached across the table and picked up the envelope. He opened it and pulled out a letter. After he finished reading it he said:
"It's from an old friend of mine named Grace. She's a warlock I knew from Peru." He said. "She wants to meet us at the liabary she owns in Queens."
"All of us?" Alec asked, appaled.
"Yes. I never knew she was this close all this time. And it seems she never knew I was here either.
"When?" Alec asked.
"Today at 2:00"