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Chapter 1:

Clary, Jace, Alec, Magnus, Simon, and Isabelle were just leaving Taki's when Clary noticed a familiar figure across the street. The figure was tall, slender, and muscular. The color of the figures eyes couldn't be seen from that distance, but Clary knew they would be entirely black like obsidian.

"Look, it's Sebastian," Clary whispered, nudging Jace and gesturing subtly.

Jace looked in the direction Clary motioned. Sebastian saw them looking. He turned and started walking away from them.

"Come on, it's Sebastian," Jace told the others, starting to follow Sebastian.

"Where?" Alec asked, becoming very alert.

"There," Jace pointed.

Sebastian started to speed up. Jace, Clary, and the others sped up as well. Soon they were running to keep up with him. Clary knew that if Sebastian truly wanted to get away he would have run too fast for them to keep up or just used his ring.

"He wants us to follow him!" Clary shouted her realization to the others.

"Why?" Isabelle questioned rather loudly.

"He must want to take us somewhere," Magnus observed.

"Where? And should we really be going where he wants us to?" Simon inquired of the others.

"We can't just let him get away," Jace protested.

They continued to follow Sebastian for several more minutes. Finally Sebastian ran into what looked like a rundown abandon building. They stopped outside the building.

"Should we go in?" Clary asked.

"Yes," Jace replied, immediately.

"We should check it out first. Make sure there aren't any surprises inside waiting for us," Alec interjected.

"I agree with Alec," Magnus agreed.

"How do we check it out?" Simon inquired.

"We snoop," Isabelle answered.

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Howler monkey in the zoo,

Howler monkey, who are you?

Are you evil with a wicked plan?

I know you used to be a man.

Is that why you howl, and sound so blue?