Jace strode into Jia Penhallows office looking angry. "Why would you call me away from Clary knowing what happened?"
"Jace, please sit down." She said indicating the leather chairs in front of her desk.
Jace sat his legs jumping anxiously; this was the last place he wanted to be. He wanted to be with Clary right now and being in Jia's office was ridiculous right now. Anything could happen and he wanted to be there for it.
"Jace, someone poisoned Clary. The Silent Brothers sent word right after you left the Basilias." Jia said putting her hands on her desk.
The room started to spin around Jace as his blood began to boil. "Poison? What kind of poison, who could do this?"
"They believe the poison is water from Lake Lyn."
"That water is poisonous to all Shadowhunters…" Jace said angrily. "She's been poisoned it before."
"I know, that is what caused her fall. The brothers are doing everything they can for her."
"She'll be all right." Jace said quietly, "I know she'll make it through this."
"The baby has been delivered already. It's a little girl." Jia said. Jace let out a breath. "There was also a twin, Clary was given a sleeping draught so she does not know this. The child that was the twin was like the babies that the followers of Lillith placed on the pedestals. The child was a boy and was born dead. I will also be telling Jocelyn and Luke so that they may decide to tell Clary or not tell her. It will be a decision that the three of you make together."
Jace put his head in his hands. "By the angel," he breathed. "The child will be taken to the Shadowhunter Academy here in Idris to be studied and trained. She will also be trained as a Shadowhunter and protected here at the Gard."
"We don't have a choice in this, do we?" Jace asked darkly.
"No, the decision is not yours to make." Jia replied.
"What about Clary's feelings in all of this? Don't you think this is cruel?" Jace said. "She's still the child's mother."
"We do understand that, however it has been decided you will all return to New York, it is safest for all of you to go on normally. The threat lies there, and you are the ones that are best prepared to take it on." Jia explained emotionlessly. "This pregnancy was…unusual to say the least. The Brothers believe that the child will grow quickly both in size and power. She is better served here in Idris."
"Are we done?" Jace asked angrily. "I want to see Clary."
"Are we in agreement?" Jia asked.
"No, but the law is the law." Jace replied flatly.
"Yes, it is." Jia said. "You may go."