Yours truly [Dark Artifices].

Epilogue.

Silent City:

It took a year, but both Kit and Arthur finally passed Carlos Rosewood's tests. They were now capable of dating or becoming Carmen's parbatai freely.

Many thing happened during that year. First of all, Idris was recuperated and repaired from all the damaged the Cohort caused with the blight and afterwards by secluding the country from the world. Alec returned the houses and shops to all the shadowhunter that had been forced to leave, and invited the werewolves, faeries, vampires, warlocks and witches to return if they wished to. Many did, especially with him in power they knew that they had nothing to fear. The Lightwood-Bane family moved to Alicante for work, but kept a portal always opened in their house connecting them to the New York Institute all the time. Thanks to Alec the Accords were reviewed and this time written so that everyone's rights would be protective. Each race kept their own court and prison for any internal issue, but the Shadowhunters-Downloaders Alliance was reconstructed so that they would have their own court to judge any issue that occurred between different races and a prison for those sentenced in that court. No more Nepheline torturing downloaders prisoners.

Maia revived the Praetor Lupus with her pack and made an open invitation for anyone desiring to join. So, that werewolves would have their own law, court and prison as children of Lilith had with the Spiral Labyrinth and faeries have with the Seelie Court and Unseelie Court. Lily followed her example and created the Praetor Lamia with her coven, with an open invitation. Not only did they put order into their clans but also opened schools for anyone in their races to study, just like Shadowhunters had with their Academy and the Scholomance, or the children of Lilith with the Spiral Academy and the faeries with their various institutions. The Academy that was suppose to open in the outskirts of New York to replace the Shadowhunter Academy in Idris, was given to the Shadowhunters-Downloaders Alliance so that there would be a school for children of all races to attend and mingle.

The Seelie Court began to trust the Nepheline now, that they saw the changes and good will Alec Lightwood brought. It also helped that he promised that no one was permitted to enter their court if not invited, giving them the privacy they so desired. The Unseelie Court was the one that changed the most out of them all. New laws were created, the Hunt and Riders became more civilized and not the beats they once were, an alliance was created between both Courts strengthened by marriage between the Queen and Adaon. The people loved Kieran, singing praises, worshiping and kissing the ground he walked on. They didn't even say anything when he marry and bring Cristina and Mark to the Court with him, to raise their daughter together. Rosalinda Blackthorn, a healthy baby girl, half nepheline-half faerie. Even Diana decided to move to the Unseelie Court to live with her boyfriend.

Rafael was reunited with the Rosewood family, Lucia did not stop crying for a whole day when she found out her twin's son was alive. She was so happy and relieved when she found out that after so much pain he found a safe heaven in the Counsul's family. She knew that they would protect him and love him like he deserves. An strong alliance between the new Cohort and the Rosewood family was formed, Leon even earned himself a place in Alec's cohort.

Ty and Carmen returned to the Scholomance for their second year, while their boyfriends trained and trained to pass test after test. Carlos Rosewood was not going to give his daughter out so easily. Dru decided to go to Idris' Academy to be close to Jamie, her crush turning into her first love. Which after a lot of misunderstandings ended up being returned. They've been dating for a month now. Jamie also barely survived Julian's shovel talk, especially since Mark told him about Jamie staying in Dru's room while she was in London.

All of this brought them to this moment. Carmen and Kit facing each other, surrounded by their family and friends. There to celebrate their union as parbatai. The path to this moment was hard and filled with thorns, but the ending was beautiful just like a rose.