"Magnus." Clary says, walking toward him as he closes the institutes door. "What are you doing here?"
"I just had a feeling that I needed to be here tonight. Do you care if I sit here with you til they all get back from patrolling?"
"Of course I don't care. Let's put max and magdaline in alecs old room."
"Ok." Magnus says as they walk down the hallway.
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"Clary!" Jace yells when they all burst through the door. "Call magnus now." He says as she runs to the front door.
"He's here already."
"What happened?" Magnus asks, running up behind clary.
"Magnus." Alec says, walking forward, carrying Rafeal. "It's all my fault."
"Alec, it was not." Jace says.
"Alexander, give me Rafeal. Jace, you take alec upstairs, max and magdaline are in his room." Magnus says, taking Rafeal as jace takes alec upstairs.
After jace and alec walk into his bedroom and close the door, alec turns to the wall and places his forehead on it.
"You ok?" Jace asks.
Alec takes a deep breath then punches the wall.
"I guess not."
"Would you be?" Alec asks, turning around. "I was supposed to protect him but I didnt."
"Alec, you were fighting off demons yourself."
"I still should have been protecting him. I shouldn't have taken him."
Jace takes a deep breath and says, "we thought it was only going to be bodoh demons which are easy to defeat, the cerdas demons ambushed us. There was no way you could've known what was going to happen."
"But, jace, if I was protecting him like I should've been."
"Then I would've had to heal my son and my husband tonight or worse." Magnus says from the door.
"How is he?"
"He's fine. It wasn't that bad. He's awake, he's blaming himself just like you are. You should go talk to him." Magnus says as alec leaves the room.
"Rafeal." Alec says, walking into the infirmary. "How you doing?"
"Papa said I'm going to be ok."
"Your papa has gotten good at healing."
"I'm sorry." Rapfeal says as alec sits down on the bed.
"What for?"
"Getting hurt."
"Hey, we've all gotten hurt while out on patrol, it comes with the job."
"You're not mad at me."
"No. I'm mad at myself, I was supposed to protect you but you still got hurt."
"It wasn't your fault. Besides, like you said, it comes with the job." Rafeal says, hugging alec.
