I was thrust through the portal, feeling my stomach drop, then fell onto pavement. I am never going to get used to that, I thought to myself. As I was catching my breath, Valentine's voice rang through my head, you'd be best to run Clarissa. I had no idea what he meant until demons started to pour out of the portal. I got up, stumbling from lack of oxygen, and ran as fast as I could. After a few minutes, the demons were starting to catch up to me. I knew that Valentine could control the demons, but I don't know how much trust I'd put into them not hurting me. As I was running I saw a large castle like building ahead of me. I was running towards it when a demon caught up to me and pulled me to the ground. I screamed. My head hit the ground hard. Everything was fuzzy and sluggish, I couldn't catch up to what was happening. I tried to get up and run but the world tilted; I fell back to the ground. The demons were circling me, fighting over who could have me. I was too dizzy to run and couldn't get out of their grasps. Next thing I knew, demon bodies were dropping. One attacked me, going for my face but I used my arm as a shield. Angry, it bit down around my forearm. It's jaw was locked on me as I tried to pull away. Someone yanked the demon off of me, causing its teeth to tear through my arm. I screamed in pain and rolled over to clutch my injured arm. The bite was starting to burn, like it was on fire. Tears were streaming down my face. I opened my eyes to see three people fighting off the last of the demons. The girl finished one off then rushed to my side.

"Clary! It's Clary right?" she said

I nodded, then whimpered. She seemed to understand and took a look at my arm. I hissed in pain. Her fingers felt like ice.

"This is going to sting a bit ok?" she said, pulling out a crystal thing, a 'stele' Valentine had called it. She put it to my arm and started to move it in sweeping motions, almost like she was drawing. It stung, but it was nowhere near as bad as the bite. She sat back and looked relieved. I was starting to calm down when all of a sudden the bite began to burn hotter than before. I squeezed my eyes shut, trying to shut out the pain.

"Jace!" I heard her yell. The two boys rushed over to us. "It's a demon bite. I tried an iratze but it just disappeared and looks like it's getting worse." My arm was burning like crazy. My head was pounding loud enough to be a beat for a rager. Sweat was starting to break out on my forehead and it was getting harder to keep my eyelids open to look at the others. The boy, Jace, moved closer to look at me.

"We need to get her to the institute. Now." His arms wrapped around me and the ground swayed as we moved. His body was so warm, like a nice campfire. Compared to him, my body was freezing. I took comfort in the warmth letting my eyes slip closed. "Alec," he called over his shoulder, "get Hodge and get a med bed ready". I couldn't hear the boys reply.

I was drifting away when his voice brought me back. "Clary. Keep your eyes open. Just a little bit further." I looked up at him, concern all over his face, but couldn't stay awake any longer. My eyes drooped closed, letting in the darkness.