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"You were not taken in by Valentine, Jace… You were kidnapped…"

"It was just your first week at the Lightwoods. One day, while you were sleeping, you were snatched away from your bed and taken to Renwick's. The Lightwoods tried tracking runes, but Valentine seemed to have blocked the connection. Then they found me, asking me to help out. It took me nearly one year to find out where you were, I pretended to work for Valentine, keep a close eye on you and tried to seize whenever I think I could help you get away…"

Jace couldn't believe what he had just heard. He was starting to feel slightly light-headed.

"Are you okay?" Clary asked Jace while putting her hand on his shoulder.

"I just need to take a breather…" Jace left all of them standing behind while he headed to the lift.

"Jace!" Clary started to run after him but Simon grasped her hand, stopping her.

"Leave him alone… All he needs now is just a little space."

"All thanks to you, Magnus… That's why we told you to tell him before he got here!" Isabelle shouted angrily.

"I didn't have the chance to get him alone!" Magnus protested.

"You could have texted it to him when you told him to meet you at the alley!"

"I forgot!"

"You what?! You…" Isabelle walked up to Magnus preparing to hit him.

"Whoa… Calm down, Izzy… At least we know that Jace's still alive," Alec said while he and Simon pulled her back to prevent her from hurting Magnus. Magnus took cover behind Clary but she was too short to protect him.

"Fine… I'm warning you, Magnus… If you ever do something so carelessly again, I will kill you," Isabelle said.

"As if…" Magnus wanted to continue on with his sentence but stopped as Isabelle glared at him.

"I think it's time for us to get some rest for now," Alec suggested.

"Good call…" Simon yawned.

They made their way to the lift. After the lift has reached the deck where their staterooms were, only Clary stayed behind.

"You aren't coming along with us?" Magnus asked before he stepped out of the lift.

"Uh, no… I'm going to find Jace." Clary said before pushing the button that was going to deck 16.

"You…"

"Surprised to see me?" It was Aline who was in Jonathan's room.

"What are you doing here?" Jonathan hissed while shutting the door.

"I'm actually not here… I can't believe I actually fooled the Master's son." Aline scoffed.

Jonathan didn't understand what she meant. When he was trying to figure what she meant by not being there, he saw Aline flicker, like she was a…

"A projection. Did my dad ask you to stalk me?"

"A bit slow for the Master's son. And no, I came by myself." She said while walking closer to Jonathan.

"Why?"

"To save you from trouble… If the Master saw you asleep when you're supposed to keep watch on them, who knows what he'll do to you if he knew."

"Why are you doing this anyway? I thought you love seeing people getting into trouble especially if you caught them in act." Jonathan crossed his arms.

"And you still have to ask why… I'll admit I love seeing people getting into trouble, but that's an exception for you, if you haven't notice…" Aline traced her finger across his chin making him shivered. As much as he know she is a projection, her touch felt so real.

"Why me, of all people?"

"I was always drawn to you, apart from Jace… Don't tell me you don't feel the same…"

Jonathan took a huge gulp, "Aline, you're gorgeous. I would love to start a relationship with you but I can't… I actually already have someone else special in my heart, only she isn't mine yet..."

"Ugh, don't tell me it's that Clary girl again! She gets everything without even trying." Aline words were filled with jealousy.

"Hey, don't talk of her like that. She's different…"

"Give me a stele," Aline said suddenly. Jonathan gave her his stele with a puzzled look on his face. She grabbed it and drew hardly on the side of his neck.

"Just remember that it was your father who asked you to keep an eye on her, not fall in love. If you don't finish the task, I will." Just like that, the projection of Aline faded off. Jonathan looked at himself in the mirror, looking at what Aline just drew there. He doesn't know what the rune is for, so he just shrugged it off and left it there.

Jonathan sighed before heading out to search for the most possible places people would go at this hour…

She was freezing out there on deck 16. The wind blowing made her whole body feel numb. She almost gave up, but just as she was about to she finally saw him. He was seating by the bar, his head facing towards the night sky, making his eyes shimmer silver. She wanted to stare at him all night, but she had to do what she came here for.

"Hey," Clary said while taking a seat next to Jace.

"Oh Clary… You didn't have to come up here looking for me. You must be freezing up here. Here, take my jacket." He wrapped his jacket around her shoulders.

"Thanks… How are you feeling now?" She said while wrapping the jacket tighter around her.

"It's a lot to take in, but I can handle it." He shrugged.

"So what do you think of the Lightwoods as your… family?"

"They're cool, but that was an awkward reunion for sure…"

"Do you think what they said was true?"

"I'm not completely sure, but it does sound true. When I was younger, I used to have dreams of two kids playing with me. There were two other adults who were in them too, I thought they were my parents but after Valentine showed me pictures of them, those people in my dreams looked nothing like them. I thought maybe it was just a stupid dream but after what happened, I'm not too sure about that now…"

"Guess we'll find out more tomorrow. Now let's go back, Jonathan might already be awake." Clary stood up then was followed by Jace with his arm around her. Jace stared at Clary, looking at her face that seemed to never show lines of worries or any kind of stress at all. At that exact moment, Clary turned to look at Jace.

"What are you staring at?" She smiled.

"You."

Things always get better when you're around… What would I do without you, Clary…

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