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Magnus had never thought he would need protecting. He thought it would make him weak. He had been wrong

“… His Clary, the first and last child Magnus had ever watched grow up, and the warrior woman he knew she would become.”

… Magnus saw all his dearest friends. All his lost mortals, and all those who would live on. His mother, who he could never make laugh; Etta of the beautiful voice that had kept him dancing; his first Shadowhunter friend, Will. Ragnor, always the teacher, who had gone on before. Catarina, her healing hands and endless grace. Tessa of the steadfast heart and great courage. Raphael, who would sneer at this sentiment.

“If he did die, he did not want to regret the last thing he felt.
So he thought about Alec
Alex, with his heart breaking contractions, shy and brave, relentless and tender. Alec’s midnight blue eyes, and the look on his face when they had their first kiss. And their last. Magnus has not thought today’s kiss would be their last. But nobody ever did know, when the last kiss came.”