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I slowly opened my eyes and surveyed my surroundings. I recognised the room Izzy and I shared and saw Izzy in her bed opposite mine.
Her chest rose and fell and I could hear the sound of her slow, even breathing, confirming she was still asleep.
Suddenly, the memories of last night's events flooded through my mind.
Valentine! That bastard! I thought angrily.
Gradually, I sat up and rested my back against the headboard. I wiped the dust out of the corners of my eyes and realised I was still wearing the clothes from the night before, however, my Converse sat neatly positioned next to my bed. I silently thanked the Lord - the idea of someone changing me into my pyjamas while I was asleep was just plain freaky.
I ran a hand through my wild mane of fiery red hair and stopped in surprise. A long dangling piece of spaghetti was stuck to my hand causing me to growl. Stupid food!
Groaning, I cautiously stood up and tested my balance. Once I did not resemble a hammered idiot, I disappeared into the en suite bathroom.
I quietly closed the door behind me, attempting to not wake Izzy as I turned on the shower and waited for the water to become warm.
Once it was ready, I slowly stepped in and the hot water pelted against my body. In seconds, my hair was soaking wet and stuck to my back. I quickly washed it, making sure all the shampoo was washed out. My tense muscles relaxed and my worries seemed to wash away with the water.
Eventually, I turned off the water and left the shower. Soon, I was dry and I wrapped myself up in the warm, inviting towel, before leaving the bathroom.
The first thing I noticed was Izzy, perched on the end of her bed; her hair resembled a bird's nest and I thought I sighted a… tomato? Despite this, she still looked drop-dead gorgeous, like always.
"What the hell happened last night?" she exclaimed as soon as she saw me. As I answered her, I flung the doors to my wardrobe open and began to search through it "Valentine happened,"
I pulled out a pair of ripped grey shorts, a grey tank top, a crop top, underwear and grey ankle boots. One glance out the window told me it was relatively sunny and warm today and I quickly dressed. I wore the crop top with over the tank top and inspected my outfit in the mirror. The crop top was mostly a light grey with black birds and darker grey shading on it. I looked over my shoulder at Iz, for confirmation and she nodded in approval.
"What did he do?" she questioned "I can barely remember a thing,"
"He drugged us," I informed her simply. Despite my anger earlier, now, I was much calmer and more collected. There was nothing I could do now, just avoid my father as much as possible and never eat any of the shit he put in front of me again.
"Drugged us? I'm going to kick his ass!" Izzy's anger was obvious and I gently put my hand on her arm in an attempt to comfort her.
"What can we do? He told the truth - it was in our food, but it only sent us to sleep," I couldn't believe I was defending him, but even though I knew what Valentine had done, I couldn't stop wondering why. Why did he drug us? What did he do when we were unconscious? Questions I knew he wouldn't answer.
"God!" Izzy exclaimed suddenly "What about the others? We're fine, but your daddy's little princess; what about Jace and Alec and… Simon?" she fretted.
"Daddy's little princess?" I scoffed. Yeah, right…
I noticed Izzy's hesitation before uttering Simon's name, but didn't spare much thought to it. I would worry about that later."They'll be fine," I assured her, trying to sound as reassuring and responsible as possible.
Sadly, I don't think I succeeded.
"Get dressed," I told her "Then, we can go find them. I'll go check on my mom while you wash last night's menu out of your hair,"
She limply picked up a piece of her midnight black hair and dropped it with a groan."Great! Just great," her voice was lined with sarcasm.
I cracked a grin as she stormed into the shower. Once I could hear the familiar sound of the water running, I grabbed my jacket from the floor by my bed and left the room.
Silently, I walked over to my mother's door and quietly knocked. My senses heightened and I gradually became more worried when there was no answer. Shouldn't the sleeping drugs have worn off by now? I wondered.
Slowly, I opened the door so I could see into the room. I saw my mother's shape underneath the covers of her bed and exhaled in relief.
I gently closed the door behind me and crept over to my mother's bed. Her chest slowly rose and fell steadily as I kept my footfalls light and careful.
Once I was towering over her, I leant towards her ear and whispered "Mooooom," I dragged out the word and slowly raised my voice.
However, she still lay in a deep sleep, oblivious to my presence.
"Mom!" I repeated, louder this time, but still, there was no reaction.
"Mom!" I practically shouted and her arm came flailing out and would have hit me right in the face, if I had not dodged to the side as quick as lightning.
Whipping her arm out had put her off balance and she'd fallen to the floor with a thud.
"Wagh! Clary? What are you doing?" Jocelyn questioned as she gradually rose and regained her balance.
"You wouldn't wake up," I replied simply, with a tiny shrug of my shoulders.
"Yeah, and that's a great reason to shout in my ear," her voice was heavy with sarcasm and I knew where I'd got it from. To be fair, Valentine had never come across as the sarcastic type. He managed to be a dick in many other ways…
Speaking of Valentine, Jocelyn still hadn't commented on last night and I wondered why.
"Uh… mom? Do you remember what happened last night?" I asked slowly, as if I was speaking to a toddler.
"To be honest, it's a bit fuzzy, but I remember going down to dinner - it was slightly awkward but mostly uneventful - and then we came upstairs, I read a bit of my book and went to bed. Why? What's happened?" a worried expression crossed Jocelyn's face and her eyebrows furrowed together in confusion.
What the hell was she talking about? What had Valentine done to her?"Mom, I don't why you're thinking that, but whatever you experience last night never happened," I explained.
"Clary, what are you talking about? Of course it did," she smiled gently, but I kept shaking my head.
"No! Mom, it didn't! That never happened! Valentine drugged us to make us fall asleep - Izzy and I only just woke up. I don't know what he did to you, mom, but you have to believe me," I insisted.
Jocelyn was silent for a moment, deliberating what I'd said.
"Okay," she said finally "I trust you,"
I sighed in relief "I've got to go get Izzy, but I'll see you later, okay? And stay the hell away from Valentine," I knew I was treating her like a two year old, but I didn't know what Valentine had done to her and didn't want to risk anything.
When I returned to my room, Izzy was already dressed and drying her sopping wet hair with a towel. Unfortunately, our hairdryer wasn't in use here, but my hair was mostly dry by now.
She wore a ripped skinny jeans, black UGGs and a huge black jumper. It wasn't something Izzy would normally wear, but was still stylish.
She noticed me inspecting her outfit "Hey! It's for comfort! How are you not affected by the cold? You're wearing shorts for God's sake!" she defended herself.
"It's not cold," I retorted "Anyway, you look nice. Don't worry,"
"Nice?"she said the word with disgust "I don't want to look nice. That's it, I'm changing!"
"You don't have time," I said gripping onto her hand and pulling her up "We need to go check on the boys,"
"Fine, just wait one minute?" she pleaded.
Sighing, I nodded. She retrieved her stele from her bedside table and traced an unfamiliar rune on her arm. In an instant, her hair was free from any moisture, but still soft and shiny.
"Now we can go," she turned and grinned at me and I couldn't help but smile back.
I grabbed my stele and we left the room. We followed the route to Jace, Simon and Alec's room, until finally we were stood in front of the oak door.
I gently knocked on the door, but heard no reply.
"This is how you knock on a door," Izzy said as she playfully shoved me aside.
Her fist slammed against the door and she shouted "Oi! Idiots! Open up!"
I heard a loud thud and heavy footsteps approaching the door.
It swung open and banged against the door with a loud bang! I did not look at the person who had opened the door's face, but looked behind them and noticed the bed in the corner was empty. The bed was made and un-slept in.
My heart constricted. Who was missing?
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