This is My thoughts on what might happen after city of heavenly fire. I have never attempted Fanfiction before myself though I do enjoy it. please excuse any spelling mistakes or punctuation, I will do my best to correct any but it is not my strong suit this story is rated M for coming chapters Please read review send me your thought's input most welcome thanx :)

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As Clary close the door behind her there were several Minutes of defining silence then all of a sudden Jocelyn rounded on Luke in a fury ..."What the hell was that Luke ? Why the hell did you let her leave ? Why did you hold me back ?" Luke paused, no stranger to Jocelyn's odd temper especially when it was involving Clary. He knew it would do no good if they both lashed out at one another. He also knew that her anger mainly stemmed from a lack of closeness she no longer shared with Clary.

" what was with her announcing to you that she was going to stay the institute completely against the rules I set? Who do you think you are?" Grinding his teeth against losing his temper Luke says, " wait a minute Jocelyn, first who am I? I'm your husband... And I'm the only father Clary has ever known well really known" Jocelyn's shakes her head " so you think just because we're married for few months that gives you the right to make rules for my daughter?" Luke sucked in breath with an audible Hiss and looked as though Jocelyn had slapped him across face. Realizing what she said, Jocelyn's hand flew mouth. " Luke I'm sorry I didn't mean that, not that way" Luke held up a hand, Jocelyn fell silent she'd never seen a look on his face like that before such a mixture of anger and hurt.

Luke began to speak... Shaking his head " After your last remark I have just a few responses, I was standing here trying to think of the way To respond to your questions. In a way that would not further upset you but I see now, I'm your husband and Clary's father figure only when it suits Jocelyn's purposes."

" Luke that's not true.!" Luke just look to Jocelyn until she subsided and then he continued. "no, let me speak I think I've earned that much. Jocelyn I have loved you for over half my life you are truly the only woman I've ever loved even when you were married to Valentine, we discussed this. You know now you were always the one that was in my heart. I was afraid to tell you that for many years, even so I left the pack, Idris I came here so I could be close to you and Clary. I never told you how I felt, so I never thought I had a right to say anything. I stood by while you've lied to Clary took away her memories took away what she was because you believed it was for her safety well being. I said nothing... Because who was I just a friend right?"

" Luke I..." Jocelyn choked up, Luke continued," I've defended your actions to Clary when you're in a coma. You asked me, why Clary looks to me why I let her go to the institute the simple answer ... I didn't let her we couldn't stop her she's not the same girl that left the house on the way to java Jones that day. That's what she's trying to tell you."

Jocelyn's eyes flashed. " SO... So what, you trying to say is I don't know what's best for my daughter? That I should just let her run off with jace Herondale? I know my daughter we're close we talked I know she wanted more it out of life than this!"

Luke slammed his hand out on the table..." If you love me, if you love your daughter please hear me... When is the last time Clary really confided in you? Before the coma right?"

" Because Jace..." Jocelyn began." Jace saved her life." Luke interrupted. " Apparently, the night before Valentine came for you she and Simon had went pandemonium, where Jace Isabel on Alec just happened to be demon hunting. Naturally Clary didn't react well to the show. Especially when Simon didn't know what she was talking about." Luke chuckled to himself. " jace Isabelle and Alec were dumbfounded that a [Mundi] could see them."

" she never mentioned anything to us" Jocelyn whispered. Luke to stared at Jocelyn until she dropped her eyes to her fidgeting hands on the table. " actually" Luke began " I think she tried to me at least." Jocelyn's eye's shot to Luke's face, he shrugged." I didn't understand at the time. I thought maybe she just seen some fairies again. It was when I was bringing up boxes you'd said you had trouble finding parking. Clary asked me if I seen something no one else could see what would I do? I had no idea she meant a demon hunt and three shadow hunters. And then you and she got in an argument about [vacation] I knew you were planning to take her to Bane again. So I didn't think anything else of it not to mention the fact as you know I wasn't happy that day myself."

Jocelyn look steadly at Luke so even then Clary opened up more to you then me. Jocelyn's said with despair... Luke just looked at her and continued, " at some point Jace and the others told Hodge about the girl that could mysteriously see them killing a demon in pandemonium. so he sent jace to bring Clary to the institute to so he could see how this was possible. Clary got your phone call while jace was trying to convince Clary to return to the institute with him."

"So he's the one that brought her back here and endanger her" began Jocelyn.

" no!" Luke snapped " by the angel woman when you get stuck on something you won't let it go! Now I see where your daughter gets it" Luke laughed in spite of himself. Jocelyn look confused " but I told her not to come home to go to simon's to call you" Jocelyn's protested "God Jocie you really do underestimate your daughter. You call her on the phone she hears banging and breaking and yelling in the background she can tell you're scared. You think she's gonna go anywhere but home?" Jocelyn's shoulder fell and she shook her head.

Luke went on, " no not the daughter of Joycelyn Fairchild and Valentine Morgenstern" Jocelyn flinched at the use of her true name and Valentines Luke ignored previous attitude of Clary is my daughter and hurt his feelings enough that he was being just a little bit petty. " No YOUR daughter having accidentally dropped her own phone when you hung up. Clary snatches Jace's sensor from his pocket thinking it's a cell phone she takes off to home. Leaving jace behind in the alley by java Jones."

" wait!" Jocelyn gasped " no one told me she returned to the apartment alone!" Luke only nodded " Of course she did, she was worried about her mother." Jocelyn's hand went to her mouth, her eyes wide." Never really having seen a demon or being told of their existence except for the one that she tried to convince herself, she didn't see her words not Mine in pandemonium." Luke cleared his throat Our dau-Clary walks in and finds herself face to face with a ravener demon somehow she manages with no training" Luke put extra emphasis on the no and training." She somehow evades the damn thing long enough to shove jace's sensor down its throat. Yes, I said down its throat by the time jace was able to figure out where Clary had gone and follow her from java Jones however he did it. When he found Clary she had acid burns from the demon blood up and down her arms as well as a venomous bite on the back of her neck. He said he was amazed because she was still holding the thing off of her when he walked in though it was wounded substantially he said if he had not gotten her to the institute within the hour she would've been dead."

jocelyn's sat there for a minute not saying a word. Luke Then got up from the table went into their bedroom grab an overnight bag threw some clothes in it not even really paying attention to what he was grabbing . He went to the bathroom and grabbed toiletries for a couple of nights. He stopped and looked in itself in the mirror took a deep breath. With a nod to himself. Luke walked back out toward the door. As he passed Jocelyn on his way.

She said, "Luke where you going? What's the bag for?" Luke turned on his heel and looked at Joycelyn with such pain in his eyes. " Jocie, you first asked me tonight why I let Clary go to the institute. I let her go, because I agreed with her that staying here right now with the way things are wasn't gonna help anybody." "Are you saying you feel the same way?" Jocelyn asked,

Luke take a deep breath " honestly Jocie I don't know, I didn't start out tonight wanting to take sides or fight with you. But I've seen things that you haven't. The girl the thought was my daughter when we married that's felt like my daughter for 10 years and yet even though it went against every fiber in my being I stood by and let you do as you would supported you when you lied to her because that's what you wanted. Then you come along and say let's get married and be a family are real family Clary's says she considers me her father and you agreed."

"Luke you are her father or as much one as she's ever had" Jocelyn said

" yeah, I am until something like this comes up? Then she's all yours and I have no say. You resent the fact that she talks to me. Do you ever stop and wonder why? We are married were supposed to be a family I waited a long time for a chance to be a real family with you and Clary that means 50/50 all the time not just when it suits you. Jocie, I love you and Clary both more than life itself I challenged a pack master for no reason just to get enough people to help me protect you and Clary and a lot of those people were killed. The most important thing to me at the time, you and Clary I don't know if I can live from now on like this. Not getting a say in what happens with MY daughter because that's what she is in my heart that's what she has been from the first time laid eyes on her... I'll be back in a few days I need time to think, to clear my head."

Jocelyn stepped forward, hand out reaching for Luke. He just shook his head turned back around open the door and in a slight cracked and hoarse voice said. " I love you Joycelyn Fray, now and when my bones lie with a silent brothers I will love you this is my vow." It was an old shadow hunters vow to there beloved it didn't apply to him now that he was a wolf but Jocelyn would understand his meaning. With that Luke step down on the porch closing the door. At the sound of Luke's truck engine starting jocelyn sank to her knees sobbing. It felt like someone was driving a knife through the heart and her chest she just couldn't understand how things and I like this.