Chapter 4

God frickin' Clary. Why? How could she just kill Jace? Her love, the one she "belongs" to. Sebastian thought to himself. And, why the hell did she have to demolish the better of the two houses. Valentine had lived in this one more.

He got out of bed and winced. Hell. Thought Sebastian. He examined his wound, it was still puffy and red, but on the mend and hurt like a mother- ow. The wound shot pain throughout his body again. Sebastian went back a couple weeks ago when it happened.

The cup was almost to her lips, and then all hell broke loose. Alec led Shadowhunters, that imperfection in the Clave. He shot first so everything we did was in self-defense. Then Clary escaped and made it to that disgusting vampire, she is a Morgenstern and is tarnishing the name. I wanted to go after her, but they also wanted Jace, therefore they wouldn't hurt him. I had lost sight of the two and decided to see how my Shadowhunters were doing. They were faster, stronger, and had the same training. The race I created was better in every way.

I didn't see it coming at all, just felt the pain when I was stabbed through the heart. I cried out, I Jonathan Morgenstern did as I fell to my knees. Looking around I saw no one near me, then I saw what happened out on the battle field. The fight kept raging on, but a small circle was around the two people who caused me so much pain, Jace and Clary. He was on the ground and Clary was hovering over him, crying. In that split second I saw her hands on the hilt of a sword. The sword sticking out of Jace's chest.

Jace was dying and so was I. I felt the connection snap, and I was alone once again. That magnified the pain a hundred times more. The pain was more hurtful than the stab wound. Before I passed out I called to my Shadowhunters to take me away. So I could die in pain.

But that didn't happen. I made a recovery while Jace died on that bloodied field. Good riddance, one less person protecting Clary when it came time to get her.

Stage one, I send a massive army, myself included to get Clary. I even sent them a notice in advance to tell them I'm ready.

Stage two, is a little more for me. I will have Clary by my side, obediently. She will love me or be forced to. I will never be alone again. I want to share my victory with someone special. When I bring the Clave down to their knee in front of my better half and me. Clary. We would also finish what we started in the apartment before we went to Burren.

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I guess I should do apologize Alec, Jace thought. But he could bypass saying I'm sorry, if he went straight to Magnus' place and told to him he needed to get back with Alec. That way he could start looking for that evil-son-of-a-b-

"Jace! There you are." Clary said.

"What? What's wrong?" He started to give her a once over looking for wounds.

"I'm not hurt Jace." She rolled her eyes that him. "But Isabelle, Simon, a cooled off Alec, and I were wondering if you wanted to go to Taki's with us?"

"Um, not now Clary, I have something I need to take care of. I don't really want you to go out without me though."

"Jace I'll be fine. Three kick butt Shadowhunters and a blood sucking vampire, no one will stand a chance against us." She said confidently.

"If you get your mother and Luke to go I'll be more comfortable with you going without me." He spoke softly to her.

"What's so important that you're ok with me going outside? Normally you get so worked up when I look out a window. What's different?" Clary accused him.

Dang, she jumped from cheery to wary in point five seconds flat. He couldn't really tell her what he was up too; she would flip and forbid him to make a mess of Magnus and Alec's relationship. Or worse she would want to go with, to the apartment of an angry, depressed warlock. So he thought of something that would pacify her and hopefully make her leave.

"Clary, I need to talk to Magnus about guy stuff… Maybe we could find a way to get rid of the heavenly fire. Or a way for you and I to be together. Without burning you, Clary. But if you're there I'll just get distracted and so will Magnus." He said.

She blushed. "Well you could always try harder to concentrate." She suggested moving closer to him.

"Clary, take this one opportunity that I'm giving you to get away from the Institute and me."

"Ok, I will. But I'll miss you terribly." Clary whimpered.

Jace loved it when Clary used her puppy dog eyes. Clary looked so precious, He leaned down to kiss her on the lips. It was just a touch before he moved to her ear.

With her eyes still closed. He whispered softly into her ear, "I'll miss you too, and I'll worry about your safety until you are back in my arms."

Clary shivered, God lying to her sucked but she could not and would not want to know that he was getting her more protection. She already hates that he was too controlling now, what would she think about him getting her a warlock?

"Go Clary, have fun and eat, then come straight home." Jace laughed. "Or change my mind."

"Thank you Jace!" She happily jumped up and down, and kissed him on the cheek. As she was running out Clary yelled, "Goodbye Jace, see ya soon."

"Bye Clary, love you. Take care of yourself."

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Jace walked to the apartment of the sparkly, and outrageous High Warlock of Brooklyn. He better answer that door, Jace thought. Jace walked up the steps and stood before his door, just thinking. By the Angel, what if Alec was right? Could he just make it worse? Damn! He hit his fist against the wall. Remember this is for Clar-

"Stop hitting my walls! I just got them painted; I don't want to pay for someone to patch a hole! Just come up. God you have been standing there for five minutes, brooding." Magnus' yelled over the intercom.

The door popped open and Jace slipped inside shutting the door behind him. Jace walked up to Magnus' apartment. He took one look at the disarray that is the warlock's apartment. Chinese takeout boxes, clothes strewn about, and by the looks of it Chairman Meow scratched the furniture beyond repair.

"Magnus! Where are you?" Jace raised his voice so his 'Highness' could hear him.

"Keep your voice down Goldilocks, I still have a massive hangover." Magnus strode in with Ray bans over his eyes, his hair a mess, and with just a robe.

"I have this feeling that whatever you have come to ask of me I'm going to need more drinks." Magnus groaned.

"Yeah, I bet you will." Jace replied smugly.

"What do you want Jace." He sighed.

"I have a proposition for you. But first you must look at yourself." Jace scoffed. "Your hair droops, your apartment looks like crap, and Chairman Meow looks dead." He pointed out bluntly.

"Well I'm sorry but there are a lot of things on my mind. I just got out of a relationship with a guy that wanted to shorten my lifespan. Plus Chairman Meow is not dead, he eats better than I do!" Magnus shouts back.

"Do you even know why you look like death?"

"No, why? Enlighten me, Jace." Magnus said sarcastically.

"This is all because you broke up with Alec." Jace stated simply. Moving over to the couch while Magnus leaned against the doorframe, finally taking off his glasses. He looked defeated.

"No Jace, not that discussion." He warned.

"You can not deny this forever. You both still love each other and to stubborn to get back together. It's plain to see you are both in pain. Just work it out already."

"He needs to approach me if that's ever going to happen. He needs to apologize three hundred and twenty one more times."

"But Alec is ve-" Jace started.

"No more. What's your real motive? You don't do something this stupid without a purpose, so what is it?" Magnus said harshly.

"You're right. I wanted the two of you to be happy, but I need you to help keep Clary safe."

"What do you have in mind?" The warlock questioned, his cat eyes lighting up.

"I need you to make the Institute secure. Sebastian can not come in or portal in there, and Clary can't get out without me by her side." Jace said solemnly.

"That might be tricky. I also said that when I blocked Clary's memories and look how that turned out. I think I can do it, we'll see when I get there."

"Great thanks Magnus."

"Not so fast Goldie. I'm not free anymore, even if I'm fond of Clary. My services don't come cheap." He smiled like the devil.

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