Hence, he was still on medical leave and not expected back to active duty for a couple of months. Jace had pulled through the surgeries with the best outcome possible, and he was expected to fully recover with physiotherapy. Then there was this other metaphorical punch to Alec’s face. Magnus’ lead had turned from hot to cold - another dead end. Since then, there was no other record of either of them. The only thing he could find out about her was that she, at the age of 18, had a child that was named Jonathan. The picture had revealed Lilith Baker, but as it turned out Lilith Baker seemed to be a ghost.
Asmodeus had stood behind Valentine ever since he started his political career over 20 years ago. That had led to more digging and Alec found out that Valentine and Asmodeus had a long history of working together. As he was scrolling through some old newspapers, he had found a photo of all three of them at a construction site. It had been frustrating, but endless hours of work had finally paid off. Since Magnus had hinted that Asmodeus, Lilith, and Valentine knew each other before, Alec started his digging by going through the city archives. He needed to find the connections on his own because then they couldn’t be traced back to Magnus. Valentine, Asmodeus, Lilith - Old LiaisonsĪs always, Magnus’ leads were cryptic and Alec knew he wouldn’t get any more. It was very personal.ĭue to everything that had happened since he had left Magnus’ loft that fatal night, it had taken him a few days to notice that Magnus in fact had texted Alec on the night of the car bomb. This wasn't just professional any longer to Alec. Alec had stared the Captain in the eyes and ensured him that it wasn’t and that he could handle it. He said he was worried that this case was too close to him.
On his first day back, the Captain had called him into his office and made a not-so-subtle implication that he wanted to take him off the case. He could hardly sleep anymore, and since the car bomb, all he wanted was to catch the son of a bitch who did it. This case had become his worst nightmare. Part 1 of the Crash! Boom! Bang! series Stats: Published: Completed: Words: 45267 Chapters: 12/12 Comments: 307 Kudos: 164 Bookmarks: 24 Hits: 4567Īlec pulled his hair out and groaned loudly.
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