Malec Tales Series 1- The Nephilim and the Warlock- Beauty and the Beast AU

Chapter Eight: Kill the Beasts

Malec Tales Series 1: The Nephilim and the Warlock- Chapter Eight- Kill The Beasts!

Tessa Pov- “Magnus, what's wrong… tell me what happened.”

I didn’t understand. Alec and Magnus looked so happy when I left them dancing in the ballroom. Now Magnus was sitting on the balcony floor, hugging his knees and hiding his face in them.

He was crying. I could tell by the way his shoulders were shaking. Magnus never let’s anyone see him cry. Not even me.

Magnus looked up, trying to sniff away his tears but it didn’t help. His eyes were bloodshot, his lip quivering. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him like this before.

Sitting in front of him, I reached out and started rubbing his back. “Calm down and tell me what happened.”

“Asmodious showed up today and decided to change the rules of the curse. He cursed Alec as well and said that if he rejected my confession or was still here when the witchlight goes out, then his soul will be taken too. I didn’t want to risk it so I set Alec free. I know I’m trading your lives for his but I just couldn’t let Alec die if there was still a chance to save him.”

“So Alec is leaving? You didn’t confess your feelings for him?”

He shook his head no, once again hiding his face in his knees. “If he rejected my confession he would be trapped here. I couldn’t risk that possibility.”

I nodded in understanding. “Maybe Alec will realize he wants to be with you and he will come back. He has a week to change his mind.”

Magnus shook his head no. “Asmodious gave me twenty-four hours to make Alec fall in love with me. There are only twenty hours left. It's over now Tessa. We are all going to die and it's going to be my fault. I’m so sorry.”

The shock of the time cut subsided as I watched Magnus put his face in his hands and wail loudly. He was eating himself up inside because he couldn’t save us. It doesn’t help that he’s heartbroken over Alec leaving.

Shushing him softly I pulled him close and wrapped my arms tightly around him.

“It will be okay Magnus. Everything… everything will be alright.”

He cried harder, now hiding his face in the crook of my neck. It wasn’t going to be alright. We were all going to die and there was nothing any of us could do about it.

Still, I held Magnus tight and supported him while he cried. Just like he has done for me so many times.

Alec Pov- I sat on my bed looking over the room that was supposed to be my prison, one more time.

Magnus set me free. He told me I could go home to my family. What spired his change of heart all of a sudden?

We were having so much fun dancing and joking together. It was the most fun I have ever had in my life and it made me forget everything about the outside world.

The thought of that scared me a bit. How could I so easily forget about Isabelle and Jace? How could I even think for a moment that being here was better than being home?

It was a shocking thought that crossed my mind as Magnus and I danced together. While looking in his eyes I thought how wonderful it would be to stay like this forever.