"Now." Jace said as he took Aleah from Izzy, "You and Simon have a demon to track. Call Alec get Magnus to portal him here to help." Jace said as Aleah reached for me. He handed her to me and Aleah rested her head on my neck tiredly. She had missed her nap due to all that has been going on. I turned to start walking back to the back room and Jace caught my waist and gave me a worried questioningly look. He thought I was leaving.

"I'm just going to get her bottle." I said answering his silent question and he reluctantly let me go as he turned back to talk to Izzy.

I grabbed her bottle out of the diaper bag and her favourite snuggly and handed them to her.

"Is that my top?"

I turned to see Jace walking into the room eyeing the snuggly. I smiled blushing. "Yeah I kind of stole it when I left. I gave it Aleah when she was born so she'd have something of you, but now she can't sleep without it." I smiled as I slowly lowered Aleah into her stroller.

"I can hold her." Jace said as I started to strap her in.

"You can't hold her forever." I laughed quietly

"Why not." Jace sighed and pulled me to him as I stood back up. "I've missed so much, I don't want to let either of you out of my sight again." He breathed as he held me in his arms. it felt like home. I breathed in his delicious scent and felt my body relax. I could stay in his arms forever but there was a knock at the door. I pulled away as Luke walked in.

"Hey, we're heading back to the apartment. Your mom has already called Tessa, she's going to meet us there in half an hour." Luke said as he grabbed the half full duffle bag off the table.

"Ok we're coming, I just need to get the rest of Aleah's things."

Luke nodded and headed for the door. "I'll bring the car around so we can load it up." And with that he left.

"Tessa?" Jace asked as I walked out his embrace starting to grab everything we needed.

"Yeah, she's the one who helped us go into hiding before. She also helped with the ritual you do when a baby is born." I said absently as I shoved everything in the diaper bag and stroller. "She'll need to take your tracker off you if you want to stay with us."

"Tracker? I already have the rune to prevent tracking." Jace said watching me worriedly.

"Valentine put another tracking rune on you. One that's been there since you left him. Maryse told Zachariah about it when he was a silent brother."

"And no one thought to tell me?" Jace said clearly annoyed.

I stopped and looked at him. "I didn't know until after we left." I said frowning.

Jace closed the distance between us and wrapped and arm around my waist. His other hand stroked my face making me look at him. he leaned closer as the door knocked again and my mom walked in. Jace lowered his hand from my face but kept his hand on my waist. My hands rested on his chest.

"Are you ready?" Mom looking at us suspiciously. I nodded and walked out of Jace's embrace to pick up the bag and grab the stroller. Jace followed my every move with his eyes. I scanned the room quickly to make sure I hadn't left anything then headed for the door following mom, Jace close behind me.

Aleah moaned as I transferred from stroller to car seat but fell quickly back to sleep as Jace stroked her face lovingly. It was a quick drive to the apartment and instead of taking Aleah out of the car seat Jace just carried her up to the apartment in it.

"Clary start packing yours and Aleah's things we'll sort the rest of the house." Jocelyn said as she opened the door to the apartment. I nodded and led Jace to mine and Aleah's room. I quickly grabbed the suitcases from under the bed and started to fill them as Jace watched.

"I'm sorry." Jace sighed as he watched me.

"What for?" I frowned confused as I emptied another drawer into the suitcase.

"For messing up your life here." Jace said looking around the room, "If we hadn't of found you, you wouldn't have to uproot like this." He sighed gesturing to the nearly full suitcase on the bed.

"It's fine Jace. It's not like we haven't had to do this before." I said as I shoved the last of the clothes into the bag. "This is the longest we have stayed in one place. When Aleah was born it was just easier to stop running." I said looking at Jace standing in the doorway. He looked so sad as he gazed at the sleeping Aleah by his feet. I walked up to him and placed my hands over his heart. His arms encircled me into his embrace.

"I'm glad you found us. I'm glad Aleah has finally met her daddy. I've missed you so much." I sighed the last part as Jace gazes down at me. "But, if you want to change your mind about coming with us, I'll understand."

Jace frowned and shook his head, "I'm not leaving you. I'm just sorry that it means you have to leave all that you had here." Jace breathed.

"I'd rather have you." I said as I leaned up and kissed him. Jace lifted me intensifying the kiss pushing me against the bedroom wall to steady us. Pouring all his feelings into it. My hands snaked into his hair and pulled gently at his curls and he groaned into the kiss. "Oh god Clary." He breathed as he broke the kiss to kiss along my jawline and down my neck, before crashing back to my lips.

The doorbell rang bringing us back to reality. I broke the kiss panting heavily. Jace rested his forehead against mine as we let our heartbeats steady and our breathing slow. Still holding each other tightly.