Chapter 4
Jace lay Clary down on her bed, the images Ithuriel had sent seemed to really tire her out, and she was sleeping soundly in his arms by the time he got up to her room.
What could those images mean? A pair of eyes, a bird of fire, yellow sparkles and a dark shape? If it had just been the sparkles image then Jace could have joked about Magnus's influence, but that wasn't it, Ithuriel's images had never hurt Clary before, at least not that Jace knew of.
"Jace…" Clary whispered in her sleep, Jace looked down at her and decided to stay with her while she slept, after that fright, he didn't want to leave her.
Jace sat down on the bed and removed his shirt, he slipped under the covers with Clary and pulled her body close to his. Right now it wasn't about him. It was about Clary, his beautiful Clary. All of the sudden the door opened and in came Isabelle; she looked over and raised an eyebrow.
"Just couldn't wait, could you?" she said with a hint of a smile on her face. Jace glared at her.
"For your information I didn't do anything, Clary passed out after receiving images from Ithuriel." Jace snapped, glancing back down at the girl in his arms. Isabelle's eyes widened.
"Is she okay?" Isabelle asked, walking over and sitting on the edge of Clary's bed. Jace sighed.
"I don't know, but the images really took it out of her." Jace said softly.
"Do you think it means something? About Idris? Or the boats?" Izzy questioned,
"I really don't know," Jace said, shifting slightly closer to Clary to hold her against him. Izzy sighed.
"Well, we're leaving tomorrow at eight-thirty whether you like it or not, so don't do anything stupid." Izzy warned, looking at Clary. Jace felt a spark of his old self.
"Well, I'm flattered that you think so highly of my seducing abilities." Jace said, chuckling, Izzy rolled her eyes and left the room. But when Jace looked down at Clary, he knew sex was the last thing on his mind right now.
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Clary woke up that morning, nestled in Jace's warmth, she felt her eyes widen when she realized he wasn't wearing a shirt, and that she was curled up to him, panic filled her at what must have happened the night before, and then her memories came back.
Replaying the scene in her head, from receiving those images to passing out, surly Jace wouldn't have just taken advantage of her. No he wouldn't, and Clary felt bad for even considering the possibility.
As if sensing her awaken, Jace's golden eyes fluttered open, they settled on Clary, and the only emotion in them was concern, sweet, gentle concern.
"Hey, you okay?" Jace asked, seeing Clary awake, he stopped a cocky comment from coming out of his mouth when he saw her blushing face.
"I think, what happened?" Clary asked, Jace just looked at her.
"You passed out and I brought you up here, and, as much as I enjoy this position we're in, it's eight and you need to get ready for Idris." Jace pointed out,
"Oh god, you're right!" Clary yelped, leaping out of the bed and scurrying around the room to find enough things to pack.
"When am I not?" Jace asked cockily. And Clary rolled her eyes and continued to grab stuff from around her room. She had packed a bit the night before, but had relied on being able to pack after training, but due to her sudden fainting, she hadn't been able to.
After grabbing everything and making sure she wasn't forgetting anything, Clary headed down to the kitchen with Jace. Izzy and Alec were waiting there.
"Clary, are you okay?" Izzy asked, Clary nodded, Jace must have told Izzy sometime yesterday.
"Well, let's head to the docks." Alec said, grabbing his pack. The four of them walked outside and hailed a taxi, the ride was quiet, and not much was said, partly in the oddity of the situation, and partly because they didn't want to tick off the mundane taxi driver with their Shadowhunter talk.
Arriving at the docks was quick, Izzy paid the taxi driver and he drove away, the four of them started following a path, and Alec led them to a smaller dock where some small yachts were parked, Maia, Jordan, Magnus, and Simon were waiting,
"Hi guys!" Maia called, smiling. They called out their greetings to her and took up residence on some benches waiting for the others to arrive.
Soon Maryse arrived with Robert and some Shadowhunters they didn't recognize,
"Alright, the boat is programmed with a course, so don't do anything to the controls." Maryse warned Clary and the others. Jace had just rolled his eyes at this, and received a look from Alec in response.
They all walked onto the boat, and as soon as the small walkway was lifted up, the boat sped off, Clary looked at the rapidly passing New York shoreline, and went under to the lower area to see what it was like, there were four rooms, two on each side, and two small washrooms near the back. There was a kitchen with some food in the fridge closer up, and a closer look told Clary that each room had a bunk bed, which meant they would be splitting into pairs to share rooms.
"Me and Alec will share a room." Magnus proclaimed, pulling his suitcases into one of the rooms, Jordan and Maia glanced at each other and took another, and that left Izzy and Clary sharing a room, and Jace and Simon sharing one.
The panicked look on Simon's face told Clary that he wasn't exactly thrilled with the sleeping arrangements. As the boat continued its journey, which according to Maryse, would take about four days, Clary knew she would have time to think about what she was going to say, the Clave knew of her little trip with Sebastian and Jace, and they hadn't questioned her yet, so it was in high probability that they would, and Clary was not looking forward to it.