A Malec Story

Chapter 86: Navy Blue

Magnus

Magnus had thought Shadowhunter Academy was going to be a snap with Alec there. What he hadn't anticipated though, was Simon Lewis walking in on them having sex. That was, admittedly, not the best scenario he could picture.

However, the news Simon carried was much more pressing than people walking in on him having sex. It was just Simon after all. Magnus had had worse in the past. He remembered the time the Duke of Windsor walked in on him having sex with his daughter. That was one of the times Magnus had actually come close to death. His magic rescued him out of that one, although he never got to see the girl again.

So Simon Lewis was not half as bad as that. Magnus closed the door behind Alec and regarded the boy, who was still blushing from shame and nerves and anxiety.

"Really sorry again," he said to Magnus.

Magnus waved the apology away. "Seeing your face was not the best moment of my day, Simon, but these things happen. Admittedly, they have never happened to Alec before, and he needs a few more minutes. Show me where the child is."

"Follow me," said Simon.

Simon started dashing down the stairs. Luckily Magnus had long legs and no trouble keeping up with him, but wow, the kid was in a hurry.

At the threshold of the Academy Magnus found Julie, the blonde girl who had flirted with him earlier that morning, another girl, this one with dark hair, and a very handsome looking guy with a bundle wrapped in his arms.

"What took you so long?" said the dark haired girl to Simon.

Julie looked from the bundle in the boy's arms to Magnus. "Hello, Magnus."

"Hello again, Julie," Magnus replied. He looked at the boy now and noticed he was having trouble with the bundle. From it came noise and movement and Magnus realized that he was actually holding a baby in his arms. Simon was not bullshitting him then. It looked pretty dangerous to Magnus, the boy didn't seem to be an expert in baby holding.

"Let me hold the baby," he suggested to the boy.

"Oh, thank you," he replied. "Not that I don't like the baby. But I have no idea what to do with it."

Magnus took a step forward and held out his arms. The boy reached forward, fumbled and almost dropped the baby. Magnus hurried forward and caught the child.

"By the Angel!" he heard Julie exclaim behind him.

Magnus held the baby close to his chest and stared down at the child. Simon had been right. The baby was navy blue. He drew back the blanket to look at the child and noticed it was a boy. He seemed completely healthy and clean, about eight months old, and definitely a warlock. The little boy was whimpering softly. The sound made Magnus extremely anxious although he was sure not to let that show to the teenagers, who obviously thought of him as some sort of expert.

"He's a boy," he said to the group, they all looked up to him expectantly. Trusting him to know what to do. But Magnus had no idea.

"Aw, a boy," said the boy.

"He's about eight months old, I would say," Magnus continued talking, not really sure what else to do. "Someone raised him until they could not bear it anymore, and I suppose through the recruitment of mundanes to the Academy, someone thought they knew the place to bring a child they did not want."

"But someone wouldn't leave their child . . . ," the boy said. Magnus looked straight into his eyes, which made him stop talking mid sentence.

"People would. People do. And the choices people make are different, with warlock children," Magnus said quietly.