Chapter 8

A/N: : ( I feel unloved, I only got two reviews for the last chapter : ( So, I'd like to thank AdurnaBrisingr and EternallyJaded for their reviews. I don't really need you to make a whole sentence review, just "Update!" works. Anyway, enough of my pity party, on with the story : )

Disclaimer: Seriously, my name isn't even close to Cassandra or Clare. So, I'm not her : (

"What?" screeched Clary.

Simon's eyes were wide with fear. He had had enough experience with shadowhunters to know that just because they did not look deadly did not mean they were not. Isabelle was shocked, again. Nix and Cole looked up from their prank to Kat. They quickly walked over, avoiding a fuming Celina, who had just had a lot of non-deadly demon poison poured on her, under her glamour, of course.

"What's going on?" asked Jace.

Kat looked upset, "You have disobeyed the Clave."

"How?" demanded Alec.

"This mundane knows about us," Kat said. Cole sucked in his breath.

"No, Clary isn't tied to the Clave. She doesn't have to follow the rules we do," pointed out Isabelle.

Cole was already shaking his head, "If a shadowhunter not tied to the Clave tells mundanes about us, then it's the job of the local Institute to make sure they forget. And, for obvious reasons, they can't see a warlock to fix their memory. They need to be killed."

"But that's not fair!" squeaked Clary finally.

Kat looked sadly at Clary, "I'm sorry, Clary, it's the way the Clave instructs us. We live right by the Clave. If they found out about this, we'd be stripped of our titles, marks, and family, and thrown into the mundane world. We have to do it."

Clary was quickly shaking her head with her eyes closed, trying to clear her head. "No."

Jace spun Kat around to face him and Isabelle, "You can't do this."

"Unfortunately, I can. I'm so sorry. Don't you know what it's like to do something you don't want to just because you were threatened?" demanded Kat.

Jace stiffened. Isabelle did not notice and said, "But Simon would never tell anyone."

"I'm really sorry," Kat said.

Cole and Nix were behind Kat, glaring at Isabelle and Jace. Celina had disappeared, Probably to fix her clothes, thought Kat. Suddenly, she felt air whoosh behind her as Cole and Nix spun around. Kat did also.

Behind them were two empty seats where Clary and Simon had been just moments ago.

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