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A week.
One week since Valentine died. Since Magnus had stood near Lake Lyn and stared down at the body of the man who’d nearly wished his entire people out of existence. It still felt unreal.
And somehow a week was both a long time and no time at all. He’d been avoiding the Institute, if he was honest. Holed away with Alec whenever he could be, spending each moment recommitting to this thing between them. This love that Magnus had never expected. The love he’d nearly lost. Had nearly had to walk away from.
But he couldn’t avoid the Institute forever. Especially not in light of what the seelie’s had done. He wasn’t surprised to see that there was no seelie representative at this council meeting. Somehow he still managed to be disappointed.
He was watching Alec as he spoke to Luke and Raphael when he felt company. He turned his head, looking at Jace.
“Feeling better?” he asked. Because he realized it had been a week since he’d seen the blond shadowhunter as well.
