Parents known for their strict upbringing were at a loss for what to do with their only daugter. Evangelene grew up strong of mind, body, and spirit. And beacuse of that in regular intervuls her father and eldest brother would beat her, due to her "disrespectful nature". But it did not stop her from becomming the best shodowhunter in her family, eventually surpassing her brother and on her seventeenth birthday her father. on that day she and her only companion Julian, her best and favorite falcon, left her house for the mundane world. To be a real shadowhunter, not just a prop in her fathers home.

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Thrashing. Blood. Mine or his. Red.

"Were's my stele?"

Pain.

Flahes of pain rolling over the rough hard cement ally,"ahh there it is," a thrust and its done.

The demon fell of the end of my stele, i looked down in disgust, ichor all over my favorite boots. I looked back and watched in satisfaction as the demon vanished into smoke. I was about to whipe my face when i relized my hands were just as dirty.

Sighing I was just about to start on my long walk home whin I felt an agonizing pull, I looked down with a grimice and a few strands of my wild black hair escaped thier tight pinned bondage, a deep gash about the with of my hand on my hip was the culprit, relizing i had been tracking the thing for an hour ment it was gunna take at least that long to get back I had to find a bandage but looking around the vacant dirty New York street nothing looked very promising. A small movement caught my eye and with out further adieu, I cut the flag down with my dagger.

'not ideal,' I thought 'but it will work."

Wrapping it around my hips as i walked i started to limp my way home. Growling at the nature of demon wounds, and being unable to use a healing rune. Counting down the number of blocks till I can have a nice hot shower and the leftover chineese that I think is still good. Finally the welcome sight of her depleted apartment building came into view. Someone had in the last few years had tried to make it look more inviting I guess by painting all the windows a bright puke green and the front steps white. but now they just looked dingy and gray. Dizzy and stumbling slightly I reached into my boot for my keys when i heard the quick click... click... click... of a velspar demon. Though not particulary big, they were very fast, with the annoying ability to spit their venom upwards of ten feet. Gathering what little saliva I had left in my mouth I did the piercing whistle that I knew would bring Julian. I heard his answering whistle then one of outrage I relized in horror that i had left the windows closed and the Runes i had put on the windows prevented anything from entering or exiting with out the counter Runes. And unless julian had grown apposable thumbs in the last two hours I doubted he could get out.

'shit.' I thought stumbling again knowing that im about to pass out and not wanting to bring the demon into the building i drew out Celene, the serpa blade I kept on my left thigh. Refusing to die with out a fight, but unable to stand any longer I slid down painfully against the front door and held my blade in front of me fighting off the darkness that thretened to cover me at any moment. The clicking came closer till i could smell its stinking hot breath on my face, a humming started to full my ears then the demon was gone with and angry, pain filled shreak.

it sounded like one... no two others fighting the demon, its hissing and mans grunst and the scraping of the demons claws on the asphalt was the only sound that filled the night then all was silent, other then the ringing in my ears. Then an angel appeared before my eyes as corny as that sounds a face with all angles and a halo of blond hair, he was gorgous even splattered with gore. He reached for me and i flinched away in reflex. he frowned and reached for me again,

"I wont hurt you." he said with the oddest mixture of gruftness and softness i had ever heard.

"Julian." was all i said before i let the darkness in.

Jace P.O.V

I called for Alec, then stooped down to tie the obvisuly home made bandage tighter around her hip, and she flinched away from me.

"I wont hurt you." Not liking the gruftness in my voice

"Julian," Was all she said then she passed out.

Guess that shreaking noise was 'julian' wonderful. Alecs dark head popped up next to mine.

"Jace we gotta get her back to the Institute, she is bleeding pretty bad still" He said.

"I know alec go up to her apartment, get what ever Julian is, and some of her clothes. I'll meet you there."

I bent down and tightened the bandage again, making sure that it wouldnt fall off, before picking her up and putting her over my sholder in a firemans carry. Starting off in a light jog back to the Institute. Flipping open my cell phone to call a certain Mr. Bane.

Evangelene's P.O.V

I woke up to the smell of antiseptic and the dull throb with the underlying itch of a demon wound. I opened my sleep crusted eyes and looked around the obviously converted infirmary. The first thing i saw was Julian, sleeping soundly on a coat tree that he had been tied to. Obvously someone had found out what a little terror that bugger could be. Rembering not to fondly of the scars on my one sholder and arm that i earned training him. And of course being stubborn me, I refused to sew his eyes shut that most flaconers do in the beggining stages of falcon training instead using a hood with holes poked in it, those holes gave him more then enough vision to ravage my any chance he got but, he had been worth it.

Scaning the rest of the room I noted all the exits and could be weapons, and right in the corner of the room was the Angel, well i guess not an Angel if he is still here, unless im dead? I shifted under the covers and grimaced. Nope! To painful to be dead. I looked back at the boy... the man. He closer to man than boy, he had to be around eighteen, nineteen, he was sleeping soundly so it gave me time to study him. He was shirtless, broad sholdered, and well mussled, the kind of musscles you get with strenus excersise, lean wrapping around his body tightly, tall even sitting down, his face was all angles with a razor sharp nose and full mouth, serious even in sleep. 'A shadowhunter' she noted the vast mulitude of runes covering every available inch of skin along with the raised scars of demon wounds. I went to get up and I realized that I was very naked beneath the flimsy white sheet, grumbling quietly to myself I looked around for my clothes, and felt eyes on me, I cringed to myself and turned back to him, he was standing up and I noted I was right he was tall. About six one or two,

"Where are my clothes?" I asked suddenley even more aware of my clothe-less state.

"You know you lost alot of blood, i had to give you a transfusion," he said compleatly ignoring my question walking closer till his knees almost touched the bed. I scootched slightly away from him.

"Your falcon friend took a nice chunk out of a friend of mine." he stared unabashedly at my face then to the hand clenching the sheet to my chest.

I snapped my fingers infront of his face.

"up here," i said pointing to my face, "Where are my clothes?!" i enunciated every syllable to make sure he heard me.

"Why the rush? Women usually take a look at me and take clothes off."

"Ok. You arrogent little prick, i'll shove your head up your ass if you dont tell me..."

"Jace you have'nt been harrasing our friend here have you?"

Looking over to the now open door stood an amazon like young woman, tall, georgeous, long black hair like my own, she had a half annoyed half knowing/loving look on her face as she looked at the shirtless man I now know was jace.

"Isabelle, you never let me have any fun." he pouted slightly for show.

"Be a good boy and go get her, her clothes and let me talk to her, and..." She thought for a second "I wont make you try the tofu cookies i made today."

He walked out quickly tossing a smirk over his sholder.

"Hi I'm Isabelle. I'll tell you what happoned after you passed out, jace carried you here and gave you a transfusion. You had lost a lot of blood, a... family friend came by and fixed you up. He is a warlock. To ease you mind, No Jace or Alec undressed you. My mom and I did. We kicked the boys out for that part." she winked and smiled.

"Thank you guys. Really thank you I guess i'd be dead if they had'nt shown up. If you dont mind could I borrow your shower and i'll be off right after."

Isabelle looked slightly like she wished i had'nt said something.

"It's ok... i'll skip the shower, thank you again. If I could just have my clothes..."

"no, no, no, it's not that," she grimaced, not liking what she was about to tell me "...your apartment was ransacked not much was left, evidence of demons. Julian was only alive beacause of the runes you have on him, and you wound wasn't an ordinary wound it was poisioned an anti-clotting agent and a slow acting respotary poison. It's why you passed out along with blood loss you were being I guess you could say strangled. Someone is trying to kill you. It would be best of you stayed here for a while till we can sort it all out." she took a breath and leaned back waiting for my reaction.

I took a deep breath nothing was very valuable and as long as Julian is,ok i can deal.

"thank you very much for your hosptialtiy, but i couldn't bring trouble in to your home." Isabelle chuckled at that statment

" if you knew this house you wouldent thinkthere could be any more trouble, believe me its no big deal go on take a nice shower we will talk later." she was stil smiling as she walked away.