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Chapter One: The Truth.

Clary:

I always loved my birthday because my mother always made it an amazing affair. She always got me exactly what I wanted and listened to my request for a party theme. This year I made the mistake of letting my best friend Simon pick the theme and it was "Day of The Dead" cue face plant into the dirt. However, since I was 14 my father would get unceremonially drunk on my birthday at the end of my parties and apologize for what? I don't know. He would always tell me he never meant for things to be the way they were but it was unacceptable and my mother must take responsibility for her actions just as he did. I still don't know what he is talking about but I hope today, this year, for my 18th birthday at least will be different.

"Mom, thank you for another party and for another year of making this awesome."

"Your welcome baby, your young women now and I couldn't be prouder of you," Jocelyn said with a faraway look in her eyes.

"Is something wrong?" Clary glanced behind her to see what her mother was looking at and was meet with the face of a guy she thought looked familiar but couldn't quite place it. "One of the people you invited mom?"

Jocelyn looked at her daughter and smiled faintly, "yes sweetheart. Go enjoy your party and remember once it ends we need to talk."

With that, Jocelyn scurried away to the direction of the stranger pulling him by his arm towards the kitchen. Clary shrugged her shoulders and went towards her best friend.

"Si, let's have the time of our life tonight."

Simon adjusted her glasses before looking at his best friend, "I thought you'd never ask Fray."

Clary and her parents were saying goodbye to the guest when her father got 4 glasses and placed it on their tiny kitchen island as Clary and her mother said goodbye to Simon the last guest.

"See you in the morning Fray," Simon said adjusting his glasses and smiling brightly before leaving.

"Did you enjoy your last birthday as a teen before you get hit with adulthood?" Jocelyn asked laughing lightly.

"I'm too young to be an adult and I am happy right where I am guys." Clary walked over to her father Valentine and hugged him lightly. Valentine kissed his daughter's forehead and smiled sadly.

"Have a seat ladybug and let's talk." Valentine pulled out the bar stool and helped his daughter on it grabbing her hand and cleared his throat. "I'm gonna miss all these little things we use to do together when you were younger. But now your my little adult girl."

Clary laughed as her mother took her right hand and squeezed it.

"Ladybug, do you remember the story I use to tell you when you were a kid and your father and I use to put you to bed. About the…?" Jocelyn looked at her daughter to continue.

"The wolf that saved the town from the demons?" Clary smiled reminiscing.

"Yeah and how one maiden was promised to give her first daughter as payment as a thank you to the wolf for helping."

"Yeah, but why did she do that? Why did she promise her daughter to a man that only helped? If he was a real man he would have helped no matter what. Without a reward or a prize or a promise of a virgin bride. That's what I didn't understand about the story. But hey it's just a story right?" From the corner of Clary's eyes she sees a figure appear at the doorway she turns her head and sees the man who crashed her party earlier.

"Tell her the truth." The man called out from the kitchen doorway. Glancing at Clary before looking back, Valentine and Jocelyn. "She needs to know the full truth."

"What is he talking about? Who is he?" Clary watched as her father ran a nervous hand through his hair before glancing at his wife.

"It's not a story honey. It's a true story…. The girl….." Valentine cleared his throat once more looking Clary in the eyes… "The girl that was promised in the story is you. And the wolf in the story is…"

"Is him..?" Clary looked at the stranger at the door and he smiled faintly back at her. "I have to marry you." Clary looked back at her parents with tears in her eyes.

"I'm so sorry love bug." Jocelyn cried out looking her daughter in the eye. "There is so much that you don't know about how things turned out."

Clary snatched her hand from her parents and lept off her bar stool. "Then tell me! You're so secretive! I don't even know this man! But now I remember… He's been at my last three birthday parties. What happened that you promised me to someone who I didn't even know!"

"I told you that your father and I are not from New York at all. I told you when you were 3 years old we decided to bring our family to New York away from the drama that was in our home country. That's all true." Jocelyn closed her eyes and sighed. "Your father and I are from a place called Idris specifically Alicante. After your father and I married a year later we had your brother and we were living the perfect life. We had no worries, we were surrounded by family and friends and your father was a professor at the local college and I ran an art gallery that allowed us to have a very comfortable life. Four years later we found out that in 6 months we would have another member of our family and your father was praying for a girl and I was just over the moon happy. Around the time I was about to give birth Alicante got overran with Lycanthropes or werewolves by the hundreds. They ran into the city attacking everyone slicing peoples neck clawing their faces destroying their homes eating their children. It was horrible and I was locked into my parent's house with Val and a few doctors and nurses while I gave birth to you. Somehow in the midst of the confusion, my parents lost sight of your brother Jonathan and couldn't find him." Valentine shook his head in shame as Jocelyn's hand flew to her mouth to hold back the sob erupting in her belly.

"What your mother is trying to say is, after the attack was over we looked high and low for Jonathan only to find his body in the woods. His throat was bitten out and his eyes were wide open in terror. They killed a young innocent boy, our child. We knew we couldn't fight hundreds of lycanthropes especially with so many dead in our city. Alicante was running different then things are run in the US. We had a council of people called the Clave that makes sure everything runs smoothly that we have supplies that are trading with other cities are intact the works. But the Clave didn't know what to do and everyone knew that one day they will be back to attack and it will cost us everything. Your mother and I could not afford to lose another child, we couldn't afford to lose anyone else in our city either. But it would take an army of fighters to kill off that many wolves. We discussed our concerns with your grandparents and they told us about the town of Greymark village on the outskirts of Idris. The ruler had an army and if we can convince him to help us we can offer them a trade anything they wanted and convince the Clave to give it to them."

"So they said give me your daughter and you said sure! Yeah! She will be ripe for the taking!" Clary yelled as tears slid down her face.

"No ladybug that's not it. We found them and asked for their help and Marcus the King said we had nothing they wanted nor did he care about our problems. But then a 9-year-old boy stared at his father defiantly and said-"

"I told my father it was our job to help people in need and trade with them for something we father said the only thing he needed was a wife for his son, he saw you and he told your parents he wanted you for me. Your father begged and pleaded but my father is a proud man. Once he knew what he wanted it was either his way or the highway. Your parents had no choice." The stranger stepped out and said.

"Lucian got us the help we needed by convincing his father. But just like his father had to give up his army he thought it was only fair we give us something. Our daughter to his son. That night the wolves attacked and the Greymark army destroyed them all. Our city didn't lose any more people and we were able to rebuild our lives. But the promise we made hoovered over us, so in the middle of the night, we took as much as we can carry and ran away to the US and changed our names hoping no one would find us. We settled in New York and never looked back. Until you were 9 years old and Marcus found us and left Lucian was protecting Alicante over the years because he kept and honored our promise. He threatened to take away the protection he supplied our family back home if we didn't comply. We had no choice." Valentine opened his arms and his daughter flew into them allowing her father to crush her into a big bear hug.

"This is the hardest thing we have ever done. But we all had to make sacrifices and it's only fair that we honor our promises." Valentine felt his daughter nod into his chest as his wife wrapped her hands around them both. "We love you so very much, you are our world, the sun, and the moon."

"When do I have to leave? When do I have to go?"

"Now." Lucian's voice echoed through the kitchen reminding the family of his presence. "We have to leave now to beat traffic."

"I'll go pack my things," Clary whispered backing out of her families embrace.

"There is no need. Your mother packed your things while you were gone with your friend. My driver loaded it up in the car. The only thing I am missing is you."

Clary took the time to look at her soon to be husband taking in his faded denim jeans, his fitted blue sweater, his brown glasses, and the nicely shaved beard. "Okay. I'm ready." Clary glanced at her parents one last time before heading towards the stranger she now belonged too.

"Lucian Grey but you can call me Luke." He stuck out his hand and smiled at her. Clary grabbed his hand, shaking it lightly. "Clarissa Fray. Just call me Clary."

"Shall we go Miss Fray?" Luke asked before holding out his arm for her. Clary looked at her parents one last time before taking his offered arm. "Yes, goodbye mom… dad….."

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