Valentine has kidnapped Alec and is using him as a hostage to force Magnus to do an Inception job for him. Valentine wants Magnus to plant the idea in Simon's mind to change his mind about divorcing Jonathan. But when Magnus discovers that Jonathan had been abusing Simon he is torn about what to do. Magnus won't rest until he saves Alec but he can't allow Simon to return to his abusive husband. Alec tries to escape from Valentine, but he has become obsessed with Alec so he is desperate to keep Alec from escaping. What Valentine doesn't know is that Alec has the power of being able to communicate with people through dreams, he uses this power to talk to Magnus but he has to be careful so that Valentine doesn't find out about his power.