It really is like in the myths. [Which makes him wonder if all the other myths about the afterlife are true. By the Angel, he needs to quit fixating on that and hoping for things he knows won't ever come true.

Noticing Nico's reaction, Alec's voice softens to the tone he uses with his siblings when something's bothering them.] I've been to hell. I have an idea of what Tartarus might be like.

Why would anyone force someone to come out. [Alec should probably rein in his big brother tendencies but he hates the idea of someone being hurt and worse, being hurt by something that Alec had spent years being terrified of.] I had a hard time too when I realized I was attracted to someone I wasn't supposed to be.

If you have that string, you have one too. You'll find him eventually.