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Magnus stared at Alec, processing everything Alec told him.
Alec said he didn't know the man And that he wasn't from his kingdom. Magnus knows he was a child but can't help thinking Alec could of done something to help.
Magnus could feel tears start to form in his eyes. All this time he thought Robert killed her and now he knows it was some random man he would probably never see again.
"Why?", Magnus croaked with tears threatening to fall, "Why didn't you say anything before?"
"My dad said not to, that it would complicate things more and just make Asmodeus angrier. He also said that I shouldn't tell you or anyone else, it would just lead to chaos." Alec explained, hoping Magnus wouldn't blame him.
Magnus looked at Alec with a soft expression, "So you kept that all to yourself all these years. You saw he get murdered and you couldn't tell anyone. You knew I hated you and you still just let me hate you and kept it to yourself. That sounds like torture, not being able to talk to anyone about that, about how you felt. Thank you Alexander." Magnus started to cry and hugged Alec.
Alec was shocked to say the least. He had expected Magnus to scream and maybe even hit him but he didn't. Alec held Magnus as he cried. Magnus calmed himself down and pulled back to look at Alec again. "I've been so awful towards you and you've only showed me kindness. I'm so sorry, the anger from my mother's death blinded me from seeing that. I blamed you because it was easier to just think it was you and leave it at that."
"You lost a parent Magnus, is understandable you look for someone to blame. If you didn't blame someone you would he thinking of all the things that could have happened and that would make you go insane. Don't put this on yourself because you have every right to be mad." Alec said with honesty.
"You're to good of a person Alec. I'm just a monster-"
"No you're not!" Alec interrupted.
"You don't know what Asmodeus did to me and the others. He's the reason my eyes are like this. He injected all of us with this liquid. It knocked me out and when I woke up it was like I was on fire. When it finally stopped I went to the bathroom and I saw my eyes. I soon learned the liquid was a potion he created to give him magic and when he saw it worked on him he gave it to us, his kids, to make us stronger. He said with are demonic powers we would be unstoppable and that we could rule forever. I was so scared of him and the magic just made him creepier. Have you ever been afraid of a parent Alec?"
"My dad. I never felt safe in the castle after mom died. She always protected us and when she died he just became a drink mess. He didn't treat her right and neglected her after she had Izzy. He probably paid the serpent to poison her," Alec said pure hatred in his voice, "When I came out to him he was disgusted. He yelled at me and swing his fist but my mom stepped in front and ended up getting hit in the side. I ran out of the castle, that was the same day your mom was killed. I ran back to the castle and that's when he told me not to tell anyone. The day after he treated me like a stranger and wouldn't even spare a glance at me. Then one night he came in my room and tried to "beat me straight". I couldn't get out of my bed the next day. My mom screamed at him and he just hit her in the jaw, told her to shut up and, carried on with his life. Then when mom died he tried to hit Izzy because she looked like mom. I wouldn't let him though, I did what my mom dis for me i let hit me as much as he wanted but he couldn't get to Iz and, that all that mattered. He became weak and saw you as a way to end the war. He came to me and said I was to marry you to bring peace to the kingdom and I should be lucky Asmodeus had a son and not a daughter. " Alec stared crying as he was talking, this was the first time he said out loud what his dad did to him. He didn't know why he trusted Magnus so much but he did and that allowed him to finally air out his baggage he's been carrying alone.
"Oh my.....Alec I.....i don't know what to say. I'm so sorry, my dad may have been a terrible father bit he never hit me. My brothers did that. That's why I was freaking out last night. When ever there was a storm my brothers would lock me out of the house and I would have to stay in the barn. It was awful the spiders were so big and I hated how dark it was. Then in the morning my dad would come out lecture me on being weak and let me back in the house. They stopped after a while but I still would be scared when storms came."
"I guess we've both had fucked up childhoods, huh?"
"Yeah, but at least we both have someone who understands what we dealt with. It's comforting to know you wouldn't look at me like a fragile doll."
"Me too. So, if we're not enemies anymore you want to be friends?" Alec asked hesitantly hoping he didn't push to far
"Sure pretty boy, were friends." Magnus said as he got up from the bed and went to go shower.
Alec stayed where he was in the bed thinking 'he called me pretty boy'.