The fanfiction starting from chapter one onwards is six months prior to the plot of City Of Bones. Eventually I will come around to making a 'six months later' and will be incorporating the plot of City Of Bones into the fanfiction. Meanwhile enjoy this chapter and I am hoping that you will continue to read this fanfic!

Four

Seraphina immediately detaches herself from Jace's gentle hold, bewildered by the sudden intrusion of a man with silver hair and a thick scar that protruded amongst the right side of his face. " Forgive my intrusion, I was not expecting anyone in here." Seraphina sweeps her eyes to glance at Jace's reaction and she's surprised at how calm and collected he's acting.

" Don't apologise Hodge, I hope we didn't distract you from your research." Jace replies, relaxingly placing his hands into the pockets of his black combat trousers. " I was just showing Seraphina the Gray Book." The way Jace says her name makes Seraphina's cheeks start to blush slightly, especially now that full attention has turned to her.

Hodge stares directly at Seraphina, a small and curious smile forming on his lips as he takes a few steps foreword. " So this is the fallen angel which I was the last to know about. You left a rather scorching mark on the floor of my library." His eyes travel past Seraphina and she follows the gaze, noticing the cracked and broken tiles of the library, barely remembering the damage her impact had inflicted. " But no matter, Jace was being too modest when he said how beautiful you are, you truly surpass his description of you. I thought that he was lying at first when he explained that an angel had fallen into the Institutes library, but then Isabelle backed up his story. Apparently word had gotten around the whole institute before you told even told me."

Seraphina's stomach starts to churn as her mind runs wild. She turns to face Jace and speaks. " How many people exactly are there in the Institute?" If word gets around that an angel fell down into a Shadowhunters institute, then everyone here is in danger. Seraphina waits impatiently for Jace's answer, but he slips his hand into hers and gives it a squeeze reassuring her.

" Don't worry, it's just Hodge, Isabelle, her brother Alec and I. You can trust them." Jace tells Seraphina in a serious tone, though he seems to be telling the truth, his eyes filled with reassurance.

" With my life?" Seraphina questions him, but already knowing the answer when Jace squeezes her hand again.

" Of course, you trust me and I trust them with my life, I will never let any harm come to you Seraphina." Jace speaks determinately and Seraphina believes him, nodding at him telling Jace in her own, silent way that she trusts him. They both then gaze back at Hodge, as if remembering he's still there, and Seraphina notices his intent glare on her and Jace's hands, which are grasped together.

Jace then notices her uncomfortableness of Hodge's gaze and he then coughs as if implying that they're about to leave. " We'll let you get back to your research Hodge, Seraphina will need her rest." Seraphina refrains from sighing in relief and instead just smiles politely at Hodge, not wanting to push her chances.

" She seems to be healing rather rapidly, which is good of course." Hodge then looks at Jace, another small smile creeping up on his lips. " You drew the healing rune, did you not?"

" Yes, I did. Seraphina wanted me to do it not Isabelle." Jace replied bluntly and Hodge does nothing but nod, indicating that Jace and Seraphina can both leave.

As soon as they both start to head back up the stairs, Hodge then calls out to them.

" Oh and Seraphina, I would like to have a conversation with you later, if you're feeling well enough to do such a task." Seraphina notices a hint of mockery in Hodge's tone of voice and then she looks at Jace who nods slightly at her, telling her that she'd be fine.

Seraphina turns around to face Hodge and shows him a weary smile. " Of course, when would you-?" Seraphina is about to ask the time Hodge would wish to talk to her, but he cuts her off in mid-sentence.

" Three o'clock that should give you a few hours to rest and have time to yourself." Hodge replies again with that bemused yet curious smile on his lips. Seraphina nods and then turns back around to follow Jace out of the library.

Jace leads her up along the many corridors of the institute, silence being prominent in the air. Then Jace finally breaks the silence as he reaches an oak wooden door, seemingly similar to the other doors in the institute. " Don't worry about later, Hodge will just ask you a few questions, he's curious about you, we all are." Seraphina then folds her arms, trying not to show her nervousness.

" I'm not worried, I'm interested to see what he has to say to me." She replies back to Jace and he smiles at her, opening the wooden door and she follows him inside, being welcomed by a rather luxurious room, the bed sheets made of cream silks and a fireplace flickering in the corner. " I take it I'm not going back to the infirmary then?"

" Like Hodge said, you're healing faster then we thought you would, so you don't have to go back there. This is your bedroom now." Jace says to her, his eyes watching her as she observes each part of the room. Seraphina opens the wardrobe and notices many clothes that seemed to have been put there for her. " Isabelle bought you some clothes, she would have just given you some of hers but she said it wouldn't seem fitting for an angel to wear black."

Seraphina rolls her eyes with a small grin on her face as she strokes the lovely light pastel coloured clothes that have been given to her. " I love them, I'll thank Isabelle next time I see her." Seraphina then walks towards the bathroom to observe her own ensuite. There's a bath big enough for two people and a shower that looks lavishingly good. Seraphina then looks at Jace and is about to unzip his jacket he let her borrow.

" Here you should have this back, I need to get washed."

Seraphina then sees Jace bite his lip slightly, as if he's going to allow her to take off his jacket and then he winks at her. " You can keep it for the meantime, it looks good on you." Jace then heads to the door of the bedroom, ready to leave. " Though I'm sure it'll look much more ravishing off you, I'll leave you too it." Jace grins as he sees Seraphina blush happily and then he leaves the room, leaving Seraphina alone in her luxurious accommodations.

Seraphina slips off Jace's jacket and brings it too her nose, breathing in the scent of him and smiling to herself. She folds it neatly on the wash basin and then heads towards the shower, adjusting the shower head a few times before getting the handle of which way is hot and which was is cold. Her eyes then gaze to her reflection in the mirror, noticing the slightly raised scar protruding on the length of her back. Jace is right, she has healed quickly.

She then steps in the shower and lets the hot water run down her naked body, smiling at the warmth of it's welcoming touch. She soaks her hair wet and just stands in the hot water for a few moments, relishing the experience. Another first. After a rather long shower she then turns off the shower head and steps out, grabbing a towel from the rack and placing it around her body to modestly cover her up. And as soon as she looks up, she notices something, or someone.

She nearly tumbles back in fright, but grabs the bar of the towel rack to steady her. Am I seeing things? I must be hallucinating. Seraphina sees a tall man, with whitish blonde hair, black eyes and he has an icy composure about him. Yet Seraphina also notices that his appearance is quite transparent, as if he's not really there, quite like a ghost. Seraphina tries to speak but her body and voice is frozen, so instead the mysterious man speaks to her. " Remarkable, I had just heard that you had returned back to Earth, not only heard but I felt it too. I felt the power of your impact bring a part of me back alive. You truly are what I had always hoped you would turn out to be."

Seraphina's fear of this man starts to flicker away slightly, yet she tightens her grip on her towel, knowing that she should call for Jace but she seems to be fighting against the idea, feeling somewhat of a bond with the mysterious Shadowhunter, covered in many runes. " Who are you?" Her voice is barely a whisper yet he can tell that she's curious.

" I was the one who created you, the one who raised you. But I found that keeping you on Earth, a powerful being such as yourself, that you would be in immense danger, so I had to send you away." He explains to her and recognition finally runs through her, her heart nearly stopping.

" You're my father." Seraphina replies back, awed at this sudden piece of information.

The white-blonde haired man shakes his head. " Not biologically. Your parents had passed away when you were young and I took you in, created you to be the being that you are today." He takes a few steps towards Seraphina and she steps back slightly, the back of her leg hitting the rim of the bathtub. " Though I do consider you as my daughter, my only pride in life."

" How did you get here? Why are you here?" Seraphina questions him and he narrows his eyes, a memorable smile crossing over his facial features.

" Because I wanted to see you. We have a connection you and I, and soon we will be truly reunited." He tells her with determination and grit.

" What is your name?" Seraphina asks him, a man that she feels an unusual yet exhilarating bond with.

" Valentine." He tells her, the glint in his eyes making her body tremble. " And it is best if you don't mention our meeting to anyone Seraphina." The way he speaks her name makes her feel as if there's something more to his feelings for her, and Seraphina noticed that half of what he was telling her was a lie, she may have appeared as his daughter, but she knew that she comes nothing close too it, the feeling is much more personal.

She starts to see Valentine flicker away, the somewhat apparition of his body disappear. " Wait…" Seraphina calls after him, but it's too late, he's already gone. She touches her fingers too her lips, feeling unusually calm with what had just happened. She then looks at the clock on the mantelpiece of the fire and notices something.

It's nearly time to meet Hodge.