A/N: Just a little drabble about Isabelle's unconditional loyalty to her brother. Set during "City Of Ashes". Spoilers. Read and review? Enjoy!
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Frozen
"Alec!"
Her voice traveled across the brackish water, losing itself on the wind. She could tell her blood was thinning as the frigid waters rushed around her. Tiny puffs of white- her breath -made their way out into the quickly darkening sky.
"Alec!" She called out again, making her way back towards the ship.
Her teeth began to chatter as she forced her arms to continue their tiring stroke. When she hadn't been followed off of the ship, she had been livid. Typical Alec to leave her alone in the water while helped Jace fight off the demons. Her had treaded water, cursing silently to herself at his antics. Stupid brother, stupid spider demon poison.
It had only been when she saw her brother go flying overboard when she had frozen solid. The sight of his blithe body plummeting through the air towards the river did she gain back her lost emotions. Hopelessness, pain, fear, shock, love- they all rushed back to her like regaining her breath after a good battle. She called out his name, but he didn't respond. He was going under.
Immediately, she began swimming towards him, but it was useless; her battle gear was holding her back, it was making her too heavy. Out of the corner of her eye, she thought she saw a flash of black moving gently through the water towards where her brother had landed , but she shrugged it off. She didn't have time to think about such matters.
Isabelle's body had frozen at the sight of her brother falling to what could very well be his death, but her heart had frozen when she got to where he fell and found that he was nowhere to be seen.