Charlottes' pov

Charlotte and her siblings ran home as fast as they could to see their parents. Adele had gone the other way with Maxim so it was just them. Charlotte unlocked the door and walked in quietly with her sister. Peter told them to tell their parents that he was going to quickly take a walk round the block to think about how strange the coffee shop incident was. Charlotte stepped inside and she smiled to herself at the scene in front of her. Clary was lying on the red plush couch with her feet up on Jace's lap. Her mum had he hand protectively over her swollen belly and they were both dead to the world. Honor stepped forward and Charlotte signalled to her to be silent so they crept like mice towards the stairs. They were at the first step when Peter- oblivious to the fact that his six months pregnant mother was trying to get some rest, and his father who had probably been caring for her all day, were trying to get some rest too, were finally having some down time when he came burting in.

"Guess what Mum and….., he began but he soon realised what he had just done. Clary raised her sleepy head and Jace opened his tired eyes.

"Hey Peter", Clary said whilst giving a big yawn. Honor ran over to give her parents a hug and Charlotte found herself jumping onto her father's lap. Peter came over and snuggled in and they all sat there quietly, not realising what was about to go wrong.

Val's pov

Val didn't know how long she had been crying for, but she knew that she had done plenty of it. She quietly padded downstairs into the living room only to see her mother sitting on the sofa. She seemed to be staring at the fireplace, and she had a golden object in her hand. Val opened her mouth and suddenly, before she could stop herself, the words started tumbling out of her mouth.

"Why did you kill that innocent man?", she heard her small voice echo round the dawning walls. Her mother didn't respond for a second but then she slowly turned round to face her daughter. Val gulped.

"What makes you so sure he was innocent?", she replied and stared at her with one of her menacing stares. Val hated it when her mother answered her questions with more unhelpful ones. Val sighed and her mother smiled showing her crystal white teeth.

"Ok", was all Val could bring herself to reply. Her mother patted the sofa and Val quickly sat down next to her.

"Will you do something for me darling?", she asked and her voice sounded so kind and soft that Val nodded quickly. She felt a bit like a small dog sitting next to a lion. She knew that she wouldn't give in this time.

"I want you to bring those shadowhunters that you met today to me tomorrow and put them downstairs", she said giving a loud empathize on the 'shadowhunter' bit. Val knew what her mother meant by 'downstairs'- she meant the cells. But Val knew that she wouldn't be able to stand up to her mother. So she gave another small nod and her mother smiled again-this time it seemed like a proper smile.

"I do love you Val", she said and she pulled her into an embrace and Val quickly hugged her mother back. She did know that she loved her, that's why she had to always agree with her. But Val also understood an important thing to keep in mind when you are the small dog in this world.

You should never try and outrun a lion

Hey everyone,

I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Sorry it took so long to come out, I had a sort of writers blockL

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Heartshade