Tessa sat flicking through the pages of a magazine absentmindedly as she waited for Jem to come home. She still couldn't believe how lucky she had been. Jem, her sweet, lovely Jem, had come back to her. After Will she had stopped herself from falling in love with anyone else, not just to honour her commitment to him but as a form of self preservation.

After Will had died it had felt like half of her heart had been torn apart; the only thing which kept her holding on in those following years was her annual meetings with Jem at Blackfriars Bridge. When Tessa went there and found Jem, not the Silent Brother but her Jem, she was so astounded she couldn't speak. Even now, when they were living in New York and were planning their engagement, it still felt surreal.

Tessa was interrupted from her train of thought by an infuriating buzzing from her phone. She grinned, thinking it was Jem who had only just been able to grasp the concept of mobile phones. Looking at the caller ID, she was confused to see it was Magnus Bane. Strange, she thought, Magnus hadn't spoken to her since after the battle with Sebastian. It wasn't that there was bad blood between them; they were still close friends. But after Sebastian had murdered Alec's parents Magnus and Alec had become even closer, being not only a couple but each other's support system. Magnus had been too caught up in his honeymoon period to worry about others, and Tessa didn't blame him.

She answered the phone and was met by a strangled voice.
"Tessa?" Magnus croaked.
Tessa's stomach dropped. Magnus was always so happy, she had never heard him like that. "Magnus what's wrong?" she said worriedly.
Magnus didn't reply, his breathing quickening on the other side of the phone as though he was having a panic attack.
"MAGNUS!" Tessa shouted, desperately trying to grab the warlocks attention. "Magnus for God's sake what's going on? Are you hurt? Are you in trouble? Do you need help?"
"No I'm fine" said Magnus, still crying on the other side of the line. "Its Alec."

Tessa felt sick. She knew how much Magnus loved Alec, it was etched all over his face. If something had happened to Alec she wasn't sure that Magnus would be able to recover.
"Magnus what happened to Alec?" she said in a soothing tone, trying to calm him down. There was a shaky breath from the other side of the line as Magnus steadied his breathing.
"It's the Clave. Isabelle told me." Magnus paused, as though he was giving Tessa time to remember who Isabelle was. It took a moment, but Tessa placed her as Alec's fierce and stunningly beautiful sister.
"What about the Clave?" said Tessa, intrigued.
"They took him." Magnus said dejectedly. "After the whole thing with Sebastian the Clave has been in shock. They lost so many Shadowhunters to the fighting, they need to breed as many more as they can get. So a rogue group from the Clave committed to the repopulation of Shadowhunters has taken him."
"But why would they take Alec? It doesn't make sense!"
"Isn't it obvious?" cried Magnus down the phone. "They took him because he is with me! He cant have children with me, they've probably gone to brainwash him into thinking he's straight!"

Anger coursed through Tessa. How dare the Clave do such a thing?!
"Magnus, come to my apartment. Bring Alec's family. I can turn into him, find out where he is and then you can get Clary to portal you to go rescue him, okay?"
"Tessa thank you so much!" gasped Magus down the phone. Then the line went dead.

Tearing through her apartment Tessa looked desperately for something related to Alec. Magnus had stayed at hers for a short period of time after he and Alec temporarily broke up, he must have left something she could use to channel him. After almost giving up, Tessa miraculously found a small wallet sized picture of Magnus and Alec outside the pyramids in Egypt. Magnus was in a ridiculous pair of Hawaiian shorts and luminous yellow sunglasses, whilst Alec was watching the camel stood next to them rather dubiously. Tessa smiled to herself, then moved away from all the clutter she had created, concentrating on the photo whilst trying to turn into Alec.

She was interrupted when the door flew open, showing a very bewildered Jem surrounded by 2 Shadowhunters and a very pissed off warlock.