Julia came to Jake's room at midnight. She knocked on the door three times. No one answered. She sighed to herself. He probably fell asleep. She tried turning the handle. It was unlocked. There were two beds jammed in the room and a four-drawered dresser between them. The room was almost bare. There was a picture of Jake with people she assumed to be his family in the middle. She picked it up. They had spent the whole week together and she hadn't asked him a thing about himself. He was smiling between his parents, his hand resting on a girl she assumed to be his little sister. Next to it was a picture of James with his arm wrapped around Jake. It looked like it had been taken a few years ago. They looked like they fit together. She turned away from the pictures remembering that she was in a hurry.

Both boys had soft brown hair and both were sleeping on their stomachs. She wasn't sure which one was Jake. She leaned over the boy on the left. She assumed it was James. The hair was slightly darker than Jake's and it was a little bit shorter. She went to the bed on the right and started shaking the person. Jake rolled over, rubbing his eyes. She stepped away. He looked at her and then sat up rapidly.

"Oh crap," he said throwing off his covers. She held a finger to her lips indicating for him to be quiet and glanced over at James. James rolled over onto his side. With more care, Jake slowly got out of bed. Julia indicated she would wait in the hallway. She sat across from the door, her heart constricting with fear for Simon. He had not looked good when she saw him last. He might have given in already. She thought back. He had been there her entire life growing up. Never changing, never getting older. Despite her aging, he had remained best friends with her mom and was a stable part of her life. It sickened her that he was starving. Suddenly she heard voices inside the room. She got up to leave but before she went two steps the door opened and James was standing there. She spun around to face him.

"This is why you're sneaking out in the middle of the night?" he asked, his eyes puffy and his mouth stretching out to a yawn. He slid out of the way to let Jake past. "Have fun lovebirds," he said as he closed the door behind him.

Jake smiled at her and shrugged. Just his smile set her heart fluttering. She smiled back. To her surprise he took her hand in his and led her down the hall. She liked the feel of their hands linked together. There were little shots of electricity shooting through her hand making her warm inside.

They had little difficulty getting out of the school. They ran across the fields praying no one was watching them and met Magnus at the edge of the woods nearly two miles away from the school. "Took you long enough," he said. He stood with his back against a tree, leaning casually against it, looking at his nails. His outfit was black with little swirls of dark green. Fortunately, he was devoid of glitter. He caught Julia looking at his outfit and smiled his catlike grin. "I thought I would tone it down a bit. Don't want to get caught by some glitter reflecting off the moonlight."

He spoke casually as though it was the most natural thing in the world for them to be there in late at night gathering to bring a vampire blood. Julia gestured for him to go in front of her into the woods. "Very well. Let's go," he said.

Magnus led them through the woods. How he knew where they were going Julia did not know. But she was glad he did because she was completely lost. She had told him where Simon was being held, and he said he knew where the building was. He also got the blood. Magnus said he would need their help once inside.

They came out of the woods and entered a section far away from the school. Although the school was in Alicante, Magnus had suggested they take the woods rather than a direct path to the place just in case. Upon arriving at the woods, they walked through the streets calmly but alert, fearing they would run into someone. For the first mile the streets remained clear. Just before they rounded one of the buildings, Julia heard footsteps. Magnus was about to step out but she pulled him back. He quickly cast a spell and the person walked by without seeing them. Julia wished she could ask him what he had done, but of course she could not.

They encountered no one else on their way. This was not uncommon in Alicante. The city was very well protected and over years people had grown comfortable and lax in their homes. There were very few stragglers out late at night. "This is it right?" Magnus whispered. She nodded and then she shivered as a gust of wind came along. It was only the beginning of fall but already the weather was starting to turn. Jake mistook it as fear and took her hand in his, giving her a little squeeze. She squeezed his hand back and did not let go. It was nice to have someone to comfort her.

There were no guards outside. Magnus handed Jake the bag of blood who stowed it inside his jacket. Magnus cast another quick spell on the door and then opened it. Whether because of Magnus's spell or because it was designed that way, the door did not make a noise. Once inside Julia took the lead, making sure not to make any noise. She led them down the hallway and off to another. All the hallways were lit with a dim light that she could not tell where it was coming from. Before rounding the corner to the hallway where Simon was being kept she indicated that to Magnus. They peered around the corner to discover two guards standing in front of the door. Magnus sighed quietly. As he did it, Julia noticed the lines on his face were more prominent than she had thought. She wondered if it was just from lack of sleep this night, or if he was exerting that much of his energy trying to find Alec and the others.

He cast another spell and the two fell asleep immediately. It paid to have a warlock on your side. Afterword he slumped against the wall. "That took a lot out of me," he said.

"If you want to wait and rest, we can take it to him and meet you back here," Jake responded quietly.

Magnus shook his head and pushed himself away from the wall. "It only took so much energy because I had to make it so they wouldn't remember when they woke up. I'll be fine. I want to see Simon."

The crept down the hallway listening for even the faintest sound. That they encountered no one else the entire night shocked Julia. Had the Shadowhunters really grown that lax from when her parents were young? It had been proven once that the towers were not impenetrable. Didn't they know how easy demons could get in? How they already had? No, she realized. They didn't know because she wouldn't tell them. But then again, the house was searched. They would have sensed the demonic presence. The more she thought about it, the stranger this entire situation was beginning to seem. Unfortunately, the point still remained that if any demons did get in, there would be no one around to sound an alarm. Everyone would die in their sleep, she though grimly. She felt guilt that it would be her fault if they were caught unawares, but so far there had been no word of demon presence and her father had been sincere when he told her not to say anything.

Jake quietly opened the door. He saw no one inside so he stepped into the room. Julia heard Simon mumble, "who the hell are you?" before Jake stepped aside and her and Magnus stepped in the room. If possible he looked worse than he had the night before. His eyes were a depthless black, the area around them purple and bruised looking. There was blood dripping down his chin, coming from little indents in his lips where his fangs had slid into. The veins on his neck and arms were almost fully exposed. His eyes looked wild and crazed. "Magnus. Julia," he whispered. His voice was raspy and try. Julia could see the muscles on his arms bulging as he pulled against the chains holding him to the chair.

"Get out," he rasped. "Your blood…Not strong enough."

Magnus held his hand out for the blood from Jake.

"Simon, we brought you blood. I'm going to bring it to you but you have to promise you won't hurt me."

"I can't," Simon whispered so low that Julia barely heard him.

"You can Simon. Besides, I can guarantee I don't taste all that good. It wouldn't be worth your time."

"Magnus. I can't. Need Blood."

"It's ok Simon. I'm just going to bring the packet to you." He ripped it open and Simon almost went nuts. He weekly thrashed in the chair. "Here you go Simon." When Magnus was almost to him, Simon pulled against the chains and then let out a whelp of pain. Julia saw smoke rise from the chains. For the first time she noticed an outer ring of metal that were etched with little stars of David. When he pulled against the chains too hard, his arms came in contact with them and he was burned. He hung his head low as if afraid to move again. Magnus held the packet up to his mouth and Simon bit at it so viciously he almost took Magnus's hand off. Jake checked the hallway as they waited for him to drink, afraid that someone had heard Simon scream. He heard no noise at all so he went back inside. He had never seen a vampire drink before and it was repulsive. Simon sucked on the blood like it would never be enough. Even after the bag was empty he continued to suck the bag as if hoping to find something left in there.

"It's empty," Jake said unable to take it anymore.

"Thank you," he whispered looking up at them.

"I only brought you one bag because I thought it would be too obvious if you were suddenly all better. We'll bring you some every few days until we can figure out how to get you out of here," Magnus said. As he said this Julia stepped forward and began to wipe the excess blood off his face with a cloth. She indicated the area of his chin that had blood before and then his fangs.

"Good idea," he said and he slid his fangs out so they once again slid into his bottom lip causing blood to drip back down it.

"I can't thank you enough," he said looking at her and then Magnus in turn. "I don't know if I could have lasted another day. But you," he said turning to Jake. "You look familiar. Have we met?"

"I don't think so," Jake responded looking confused. "I'm Jake. Jake F…" they all heard it at the same time. The men outside the door were stirring. Julia gave Simon a pat on the shoulder and then the three of them hurried out, Magnus shutting the door silently behind them. They just made it around the corner and heard the two men struggling awake. They did not think the guards had noticed anything, but were too afraid to go back and check. They made it back to the school without incident. Jake went to bed that night feeling accomplished. He did not know Simon, but he had felt bad for him. He wanted badly to ask his dad what was going on but knew it would probably be a bad idea to reveal that he knew the Daylighter was locked in the dungeons.

Jake drifted off to sleep smiling at the kiss Julia had given him before they departed for the night, a token of her appreciation. He smiled at the feel of her lips on his and what it was like to hold her. Her body fit perfectly into his and it made him absurdly happy; like they were meant to be together.

The next two weeks they snuck out three more times. James noticed but said nothing, assuming were sneaking off to be together. He was happy for Jake. Jake was popular. He was friends with everyone and always had a smile on his face. But James had never seen him so happy as he had been the last few weeks with Julia around.

Julia had been taken two more times by the men and the second time she came back with a scratch on her face and an iratze on her arm. Jake pressed her consistently about it but all she would reveal was that she was fine and she thinks they're angry that Simon is holding out. She also expressed confusion about why they would not call the Silent Brothers. She clearly was not going to give them any information yet they continued to take her and question her. The entire thing was beginning to seem curious to her and she had the nagging feeling that something was up with her interrogations.

At the end of the second week they went to give Simon more blood. The second they stepped into the building Julia felt that something wasn't right. She could not place it but something just was not right. She wanted to leave, but the thought of Simon and his face last time she had seen him made her keep moving. Everything was going as it always did. But suddenly, as Simon was halfway through the bag, they heard people shouting from far away. They all looked at each other, fear reflected on all of their faces. They must have been found out. They took the bag of blood from Simon and hastily wiped off the blood. Jake paused to close the door and dropped the blood bag. Magnus stopped to help him indicating she should keep going. She skidded around the corner and stopped. There was a man standing a few feet in front of her. He looked at her in confusion.

"Who are you? What are you doing around here?" he asked. She opened her mouth but nothing came out. She recognized him but she could not place him. She stared at him wordlessly. His voice grew angry, "I am Consul Fireblade and you will answer me. Who are you and what are you doing here?"

She stared at him, her mouth open and gaping. At that moment she heard Jake and Magnus come around the corner behind her. They both paused, Magnus looking shocked and Jake staring in horror.

"Jake?" the man asked, stunned.

Jake looked at the man just as surprised. "Dad?"

A/N: Hey guys hope you're enjoying my story! It's going to be a couple days until the next chapter because I have finals! Thanks for reading :-) And if at any point you have any questions feel free to message me!

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