(J.P.O.V.)

I woke up to find the space that Clary was when she was sleeping empty. I immediately sat up and looked for her everywhere. No signs of her being there.

Then I remembered the last time this happened.

Flashback:

Waking up alone in bed wasn't in any part of my plan. Clary wasn't there. Sitting up, I looked around the room, but I was alone. I checked the bathroom, still, it was empty.

I put on a t-shirt and went to her old room. Empty.

The training room. Empty.

Alec's room. Only a shirtless Alec and a glittery Magnus, but no Clary.

Isabelle's room. Empty.

Kitchen. Empty.

I sat down in my bed, frustrated. Where the hell is Clary? I checked my phone but there were no messages or calls.

Did she go to her mother? And will be staying with them for awhile? Maybe. But Clary would have told me.

I didn't check the library, maybe she was there? If she is, she might be studying and I didn't want to interrupt.

I shrugged it off and went back to sleep.

I woke up again, expecting Clary to be beside me. But no, I was still alone. I looked out of my window and saw the sun was beginning to set. What the fuck? Where's Clary?

I headed straight to the kitchen, maybe she was with Isabelle? Or Alec? Or Simon? Or someone?

I walked inside the kitchen, and I was disappointed. There was Alec, Magnus, and Isabelle. But no Clary.

"Hey, Izzy, was Clary in the library earlier?" I asked my adopted sister, taking a seat across from Alec.

"Clary? No. I was the only one there. Why?"

"I haven't seen her since this morning."

"Maybe she went to Luke's." she answered.

"There's nobody there at the moment. Luke and Jocelyn are with Mom and Dad in Idris." Alec told us.

"Then, where the hell is she?"

"We don't know. You're the one who is always with her." Magnus chipped in.

"Seriously? You guys haven't seen her?"

"Nope." The three of them answered all of the same time.

Jace just sighed. Maybe Clary just went to Simon's? He thought to himself.

Jace has been sitting in his bed, he couldn't contact Simon. And Clary was still nowhere to be found.

He lied in bed with a huff. Where the hell is she? Is she okay? When's she coming back? Jace, then, mentally slapped himself. Clary will be alright, he thought. She's a trained shadowhunter. She'll be alright—

All thoughts of Jace were interrupted by Isabelle coming in his room, looking anxious.

"Jace, it's Clary."

At the mention of her beautiful name, Jace abruptly got up. Moving past Isabelle, he quickly went to the Infirmary, before he can even come in, Alec stopped him.

"We're not allowed. Magnus needs to treat her without distractions. She's bad, Jace." He told Jace, letting go of his adopted brother who stilled in his touch.

"What happened?" Jace asked, sliding down the wall.

"We found her, by the river bank near Magnus's loft. She has Greater Demon poison in her veins, Jace. She was on the brink of death. If we didn't find her soon—"

"Who's the Greater Demon?" Jace asked, stopping him midsentence. He couldn't take it. The thought of his Clar on the brink of death, almost losing her was too much.

"It's still unknown." Magnus answered, stepping out of the Infirmary. "We don't know."

"Clary? Is Clary alright?"

"She is..." Jace sighed in relief. "but she's a child."

End of Flashback.

I got up from my bed and ran to Alec's room, to my utter surprise—and relief, Little Clary was there, along with Magnus and Alec. Clary was sitting on Magnus's lap. I breathed a sigh of relief to find out that she's okay.