This chapter is fairly short but it has a sort of slow yet love filled feel to it and I decided not to make it too too long so that this chapter was mainly cute Jace and Clary! And Sebastian is back in the end! LOL! You guys thank you SO much your Reviews mean EVERYTHING to me! And I read Every. Single. One. Of them! I swear it! Chapter 11 is going to Rock! But for now...here's chapter 10!

I ran to Jace's side and bent down, clutching the stele in my hand. My knees grew wet and I looked down. "Shit, Jace." I said under my breath. I was kneeling in a pool of his blood.

I got the shackles open and he crumpled to the ground, still shaking and breathing hard. It was as if the shackles were the only thing holding him up. "Hold on." I whispered.

He growled low in his throat and put his hands on his head as I carefully ripped off his shirt. Or what was left of it. It was so torn it came right off. I tried hard not to cry at what I saw. His back wasn't the gorgeous, soft, smooth skin anymore. It was completely red with his blood and every inch of it had a long, deep gashes. Blood welled from every wound.

I looked back Jace and realized how pale and feverish looking he was. The back of his neck, rather his whole body, was sweaty. I noticed the only place for me to draw the Healing Rune was on the back of his neck. So I did just that.

Then I sat right next to his head and held his hands in mine. He squeezed my hands hard but not hard enough to hurt me. His whole body was rigid and tense. Then the Rune starting taking hold and he relaxed a little. He was still shaking in pain, though. This all your fault Clary! I yelled at myself.

Eventually his breathing slowed and he stopped shaking. He looked up at me slowly. When I saw his eyes I couldn't help but smile. "You're okay?" I asked.

I nodded and swallowed hard. "Yeah. Just a little sore still." He smiled and winked. "Good thing I'm tough." He laughed.

My whole body tensed. "It's not funny." I said quietly. He slowly got up and wrapped his arms around me.

"I'm fine now. Thanks to you." He glanced down at the stele still in my hand. "How'd you manage to get Valentine's stele?"

At that I smiled. "When he bent down and whispered in my ear, he stood back up and he was really close. His pocket was right at my hands. So I grabbed it and quickly dropped it behind me."

Jace smiled. "That's my girl!" He said and pecked me on the cheek. Even that little gesture, just his lips brushing my skin, sent heat searing through my veins and all over my body. I shivered. "Are you cold."

I shook my head. "No. It's the opposite." I sighed not knowing how to explain it to him. "Never mind." I said.

"I don't care if you're cold or not!" He said. He picked me up and carried me into a corner of the room then he laid down, with me on top of him. "I'll pretend you're cold. It gives me a reason to cuddle with you. To be near you. To hold you." I laughed and wrapped my legs around him, holding him close.

Not being able to contain the urge anymore I bent down and kissed his Adams Apple. I relished in the way he froze and seemed to hold his breath. Then his throat vibrated against my lips as a low groan escaped his lips. He hugged me even tighter and rolled over so I was on the ground as well as him; we were side-by-side. I looked up at him and smiled. He smiled back and bent his head down to mine then nibbled on my ear which made me shudder.

I took that moment and started to feel his chest and his washboard abs. The feel of his soft, warm skin under my hand felt so surreal. I would never get used to actually being able to have him after thinking for so long that he was my brother. As if by a silent mutual consent to not go any further, we both stopped and just held each other. I drifted off to sleep in his strong arms and his hot breath on my neck.


Someone kicked me hard in the back and I was yanked to my feet by the collar of my jacket; Jace's actually. My face was inches away from the last person I wanted to be near. His very name made my skin crawl.

I struggled in his grasp. "Let go of me!" I yelled at Sebastian. He grabbed my throat, cutting my screams of protest off. He pinned me against the wall; I was sandwiched between the wall and his body.

"If you hurt her, Sebastian, I swear by the Angel I'll—" Jace yelled. I looked over at him. He was tied tightly to the wall opposite of me.

"Really? Shut your mouth little Angel boy! Or I'll rip her tongue out!" Sebastian said calmly to him. "But just in case..." He made a signal with his hands and a demon came in and gagged Jace. Sebastian turned back to me and brushed my hair behind my shoulder.

I jerked my body away from his hand and glared at him. "Oh come on, Clary! We've done this before! Remember?"

The fact that he brought up that this had, in a way happened before completely enraged me. It was an ordeal that only lasted a few seconds. It happened when he showed me the ruins of my mother's old house. I pushed the thought back and made and split second decision.

I brought my hand back and slapped him across the face as hard as I could. His face jerked to the side and he let go of me in surprise. Then I brought me knee up and slammed it straight into his groin. He didn't double over in pain like I was hoping he would. Instead all he did was groan and grab my shoulder. Then he yanked me to the ground and sat on top of me.

Can you guess what's in store for the next chapter? lol yup! Clebastian!:P sorry but I love Sebastian! He's so cute! You know, in a possessed by evil sort of way!