I want to note that in the previous chapter, it is not the angel blood that made Adele sick, but the demon blood. She has a higher concentration of angel blood, and demon blood is making her sick.

"What do you mean by that?" Adele asked. She was starting to feel sick again, her empty stomach throwing it's acid at her throat. She thought she was going to cry.

"I mean that when your mother went to find your father, he was in Sebastian's hands, Sebastian raped your mother. She told no one but your father and the Lightwoods, but I heard it. I was just a kid then, you know. But Sebastian and your mother weren't raised together. They barely shared the same blood. Sebastian- Jonathan- was nearly entirely demon blood, but your mother was Valentine and Jocelyn, only with a bit more angel blood."

"We all thought that kid was Jace's kid. I never said anything, because it wasn't my place to tell. It hurt your father, though. You could see it. When your mom gave birth to the little boy, he was exactly the way Jonathan, or Sebastian, had been born. His eyes were entirely black, he made no sound. Your mother has a few scars on her back where Sebastian hurt her, where his demon blood mixed with hers. The baby must've bled on her, too, because the demon blood stayed. When she gave birth to you, we were all glad you weren't taken over by the demon blood. But there must be some in you, and the angel blood is choosing now to expel itself" Emma finished.

"Why would it choose now?" Adele asked. Emma sighed, looking to the door and back to Adele.

"Either the angel knows that you truly are to worthy for demon blood, or..." Emma trailed off. Adele clenched her fists.

"Or what, Emma. I need to know what's wrong with me" Adele said, her voice tight. Her entire body was tense, and she felt like she might snap any moment not. But Emma opened her mouth to talk.

"Either that, or you're pregnant."

Emma had left after she had given Adele the two options. Adele hoped that it was the first option, being to worthy for demon blood. But in the back of her mind, she knew the latter applied more. She had lied to Emma, and Emma knew it. Adele knew it. In fact, the timelines were practically symmetrical.

She was in a pair of Emma's sweatpants and a tee shirt, curled up in the sitting room's couch. Magnus came in quietly, a new shirt on. A sweater; one that looked as if it had faded from black to brown. There were a few holes here and there, but he looked oddly comfortable in something that wasn't sparkly.

"You're seventeen," he had started. "Shadowhunters do everything young, but you weren't raised a Shadowhunter. You were raised a mundane. But your father-he was raised a Shadowhunter. And he knows these things. He married your mother when they were twenty, a few months after she had Benedict, Sebastian's baby. And that made her happy" Magnus concluded.

"Where did they get the name Benedict?" Adele asked. Magnus smiled to himself.

"Well, your father was raised with the Lightwoods. And I knew a Lightwood once, his name was Benedict. Got himself turned into a worm. I found it rather funny, though your Aunt Tessa gave me quite a bruise" Magnus explained. Adele shook her head.

"How did he get himself turned into a worm? It seems... hard" Adele said, glancing at Magnus. He smirked.

"He slept with a few demons."

The Clave's meeting hadn't lasted long. Adele's parents, along with Alec, were back the next day.

"Biscuit, you've got to tell them" Magnus had said after hugging Alec. Her parents had said 'hello' to her, a few squeezes and hugs. A kiss on the forehead from her mother, a tight squeeze from her father. She watched them walk off, trying to see their angel blood. She wondered if anyone else could see hers.

"If I'm going to tell them, it's going to be in my own home" Adele said. Magnus nodded, putting a hand on Adele's shoulder.

"I'll portal the three of you this afternoon. Of course, it's going to be hard to get everyone else not to come" Magnus hesitated. Adele furrowed her eyebrows.

"Who exactly is 'everyone else'?" Adele asked. Magnus sighed.

"From what I'm imagining, you'll want the Blackthorn boy? And his family'll want to come along because they have no respect. Obviously I'm coming, for moral support. Anyone else you want to add to the list. We won't all be listening, of course. But I'm curious as to what your house looked like. Alec won't tell me about it" Magnus said, his voice a roller coaster of emotion. Adele knew this wasn't something she could throw aside. Her uncle James had confirmed Adele's fear, but had promised to keep it a secret aside from telling Tessa. She had congratulated Adele, as if she wasn't ruining anything.

"Fine. Might as well bring everyone, then? I'm going to go find Ty" Adele said, giving Magnus a quick and absentminded hug before going towards Ty's bedroom. As she expected, he was sitting on his couch. Max was sitting next to him, and the two were in some deep conversation.

Adele cleared her throat. The two boys looked up at her. "I don't mean to interrupt, but can I talk to Ty for a minute?" Adele asked. Max stood up quickly, nodding. He glanced to Ty.

"I gotta go anyways. My dad is back from Idris" he said, walking out of the door. He gave Adele a quick nod and shut the door behind him. Adele stepped over to Ty's couch, sitting down next to him.

"What's up?" Ty asked. Adele swallowed and leaned her head on his shoulder. She looked up at him.

"I was sick the other day. Do you want to know why?" she started, her voice cracking. Ty nodded, but his heart sped up. He was nervous, as was she.

"When my mom went to get my dad from Sebastian, he raped her. Their blood mixed, and she had a baby. They named it Benedict. I think the Clave took it from her, but he had so much demon blood in him. My mom and dad have more angel blood; I don't know why. But when my mom had me, I was normal. Up until the other day, no one thought anything about my missing brother. But Emma said that it was the demon blood coming out" Adele explained. Ty looked oddly confused.

"Why? Why would it come out now and not before?" Ty asked. Adele shook her head, sliding her hand through Ty's.

"It hasn't had a reason to before" Adele whispered. Her nerves were eating her from the inside out. She squeezed his hand.

"And it has a reason to now? Come on, Adele. Just tell me" Ty said, kissing her forehead softly. She was sweating lightly.

"It has a reason to because I'm pregnant" Adele whispered. Ty froze briefly. Adele felt his heart speed up for a moment, but he regained his normal composure.

"And how did you figure this out?" Ty asked. It wasn't the first question she'd expected to be asked, but then again, she didn't expect it to go this, well, well.

"Emma. And Magnus and James. Magnus had an idea of why I might be sick, and Emma put a reason behind it. James, he just confirmed it" Adele said, her voice getting quieter. She'd expected Ty to be a little bit more angry, maybe at himself, but his calm was unnerving.

"Who else knows?" he asked, the same eery calm tone in his voice. Adele swallowed loudly. It was almost like she was watching herself do this. It was an entirely new out-of-body experience.

"Magnus, James, Emma, and Tessa" Adele whispered. Ty dipped his head and looked into her eyes. While he sounded calm, his dark eyes were bright.

"And now me" he whispered. Adele nodded.

"And now you" she said. Ty leaned in, pressing his lips to Adele's. This was the last way she'd expected him to act. Mundane boys were awful, or so she'd heard. There had been a girl at her school who'd gotten pregnant, and her boyfriend had abused her so much after that she lost the baby. It seemed like mundanes couldn't understand much.

"When are you going to tell your parents?" Ty asked when he and Adele broke their kiss. She smiled.

"Magnus is portalling us back to my house. I'm going to tell my parents there, but I also want to see my house" Adele said. Ty nodded and placed his hand lightly on her cheek.

"You don't need to explain. It's your past. I've visited the Penhallow manor in Idris over twenty times" Ty said, a hint of something light in his voice.

"Penhallow? Helen and Aline?" Adele asked. Ty nodded, tracing his thumb along the curve of her mouth.

"Quite a few things the Penhallow's have in the manor" Ty whispered, a laugh coming from the back of his throat.

"How undeniably touching," a voice said from the doorway. "Adele, can I talk to you?"

Her father wasn't angry like Adele thought he would be. He seemed light, happy. He was smiling at Adele.

"So, I never got the chance to say how sorry your mother and I were for leaving you here after Stephen's death" her father started. Adele stopped him.

"No, it's okay. Sebastian is a threat" Adele said. Her father could be read like an open book, and that wasn't what he'd wanted to talk to her about.

"Why do you want to talk to me?" Adele asked. Her father furrowed his eyebrows and looked down the hall.

"Emma told you about your mother and I, didn't she?" her father asked. Adele didn't know where he wanted to go with this conversation.

"Yes. She told me all about it as I was violently throwing up demon blood" Adele said. She wasn't trying to be rude, but she needed to know. She needed answers.

"Demon blood?" her father asked worriedly. So no one had told him? Adele shook her head, crossing her arms.

"I'll tell you about it later" she said. Magnus was standing at the end of the hall, smiling at Adele and her father.

"Everyone is patiently waiting to portal, Adele. You're keeping us waiting" Magnus yelled out to her. Adele rolled her eyes and shoved her father towards Magnus, and then she went to retrieve Ty.

Adele's house was just as she left it, only more empty. Her bedroom was the first thing she looked at. It was almost as if no one had ever lived in it; her mother's standards. But on the other hand, Adele could almost see herself living there.

Pinned to the wall was a newspaper article with the face of her and her friends on the front. The school play, or a musical band. There was a soft indent in her gray and white stripped comforter, and a gray folder sat underneath a pile of math notes, worksheets, calculators, and a pencil. Her math paper was half finished.

"Did you even use your bedroom?" Ty asked. Adele turned to him and smiled, glancing at the desk that held her favorite books. She walked over to them, feeling the spines. They'd been read so many times. A Tale of Two Cities, Pride and Prejudice, and a few other books. The first book had been given to her by her father.

"Yes. But I left on a Sunday. My mom cleaned on Sundays" Adele said quietly. Ty nodded, walking over to Adele.

"Are you nervous?" Ty whispered, pulling Adele into a hug.

"Very," she muttered, laying her head against his chest. "I really don't know."

Ty opened his mouth to say something, maybe a word or two of encouragement, but the doorbell rang. Adele crept out of her room.

At the door was a face she'd never thought she'd see again. Her mundane friends hadn't been a thought in her head. After a nod from Magnus and Alec, she opened the door.

"Adele" the girl on the steps breathed, wrapping Adele into a hug. Her mundane self would've stumbled, but she didn't now.

"Hi, Meredith" Adele said, patting the petite brunette on the back. Meredith pulled away from the hug and looked around. It occurred to Adele that Magnus could no longer be seen by the mundane. All she saw was Tavvy, Ty, Livia, Alec, and Adele's parents.

"Who're they?" she asked, pointing to the Blackthorns. Alec, probably feeling rather awkward, dragged Magnus and Adele's parents into another room. Adele looked to Ty, who stepped forward.

"This is Ty," Adele said, slipping her arm around his back. Ty gestured for Livia and Tavvy to come forward. "That's Livia, and this is Octavian."

"Adele, can I talk to you for a minute?" Meredith asked, glancing at the three Blackthorn's. Adele nodded, and Ty bent to kiss her forehead. He picked up Tavvy, and he and Livia walked into some other room.

"What do you want to talk about, Meredith?" Adele asked. She'd thought she'd never see her mundane friends again, but now that she saw Meredith, she didn't miss it.

"So you disappear, and then show up a month and a half later in leather pants with swords strapped to your sides and a bad-ass boyfriend who has bad-ass siblings? What the hell is going on, Adele?" Meredith demanded. Adele knew she couldn't tell the truth. One of the first things she'd learned before fighting was that the Shadowhunters were a secret to those who couldn't see them glamoured.

"It was a last minute thing. My aunt in New York is sick, and we had to leave. I would have told you goodbye. We're just back to, um, get a few things. We'll be staying in New York for a while" Adele lied. It seemed to be pretty easy when she was protecting someone she used to love. There was no pain in her voice as she weaved the story.

"And how do you explain the boyfriend?" Meredith asked with a dull tone in her voice. Adele shook her head.

"So I'm not allowed to fall in love, then?" she asked. Meredith was visibly hurt at Adele's retort, but it didn't bother her. She wondered if she even cared anymore, about her mundane friends, that is.

"That's not what I meant, Adele-" Meredith started, but she froze. Behind her, Magnus shook his hand out.

"What was that for?" she asked. Secretly, she was glad that Magnus had shut her up. One more controlling statement from Meredith and she might've turned her into ashes with the seraph blade that hung around her waist.

"Just... you're good at lying, but it's still hard. Get the mundie away from your door and I'll make her forget everything you've said" Magnus told Adele. It sounded like a good enough deal. Adele threw the tiny girl who had been her friend over her shoulder and set her back on the sidewalk facing her tiny townhouse. Magnus snapped his fingers again, and Meredith woke up. She opened her mouth, as if to say something, but stopped. She looked confused for a moment before heading back towards the black and blue house she lived in.

"You're a life saver" Adele breathed, hugging Magnus. He patted her back awkwardly, the kind of hug one would expect from a step father who didn't know to much about parenting.

"You still have something to do" Magnus warned her. Adele swallowed and nodded, following Magnus back up the driveway to her house.

There weren't many people that had come through the portal, but Adele felt like she was putting on a show instead of announcing a pregnancy. Livia was playing with Tavvy, and Ty was standing in the corner looking nervous as Adele's father talked to him. Adele's mom was in some light-hearted discussion with Alec, and Magnus was watching Adele as she paced around.

"One second. I'll be right back. I have something that'll help this" Magnus said, and he turned to go get Alec, who came with him looking confused.

"Why does she need the fearless rune?" Alec asked, pulling his stele out of no where. Adele glanced at Magnus.

"Nothing in particular" Magnus said, trailing off at the end. Alec put his stele away and looked from Magnus to Adele.

"I'm not putting the rune on her until you tell me what is happening" Alec demanded. Magnus sighed and looked to Adele, who could feel the nerves creeping up inside of her, jumping around in her stomach.

"I'm pregnant" Adele muttered. Alec, who had a hard time hiding his emotion, looked oddly surprised in a happy kind of way.

"And you're nervous about that?" he asked. Adele nodded, but Alec didn't go for his stele.

"I was raised a mundane. We have different morals, if you haven't noticed" Adele said, crossing her arms.

"Fine. I'll give you the rune. But Magnus," Alec looked sternly at the warlock. "You have to shut her up before she says anything else."

"Oh, yes. We wouldn't want her to confess her undying love for me in front of her parents when they don't even know she's gay" Magnus said slowly, and Adele watched a blush creep up onto Alec's cheeks.

"Spiders. I'm afraid of spiders" Alec mumbled as he drew the rune onto Adele's arm. She pulled her jacket over it and smiled at Alec.

"I'm very nervous about this. In the mundane world, this is like some sort of sin. But Shadowhunters are different, aren't they? You guys are like a cult. Cool weapons and some sacred religion, and you've got a mandate, too-" Adele said quickly.

"Adele, shut up" Magnus snapped. Adele stopped talking and looked at herself in awe.

"Maybe this is to much..." she trailed off, but Alec shook his head.

"Go out there and tell the entire family the great news, biscuit" Magnus said, pushing her in front of her family. Magnus dragged Ty out of the room, a move Adele knew she'd be thankful for later.

"So, Adele. What do you want to tell us?" Livia asked. Magnus grabbed Tavvy as well, taking his out into the backyard with Ty.

"Wow. I'm pregnant and I think Magnus took Ty and Tavvy out of the room because he knew how embarrassing this was going to be for me, and, god, he's supposed to make me shut up. Wow. Yeah. It feels weird to say it, but I'm pregnant" Adele said, before stopping abruptly. Magnus had shut her up, finally. Though she couldn't talk, she could see the faces of everyone else.

Livia looked half shocked, half angered at the girl who'd slept with Ty. Her mom looked excited, but her dad looked green, like he was sea sick. Alec had a happy look on his face, and Magnus was patting her father's head. Tavvy had snuck into the room and was suppressing a giggle. Ty was blushing in the back of the room.

Magnus snapped again, and Adele relaxed, falling back into the chair behind her. Ty gave her a smile and a thumbs up, and she laughed. The first person to talk to Adele was Tavvy. Everyone had started to talk amongst themselves again; mainly hushed discussion about Adele.

Tavvy rushed over and stood next to Adele, a smile taking over his young face. He looked at Adele.

"It's my brothers" he said in a final tone, smiling. Adele nodded and ruffled his hair. Tavvy leaned against the arm of the chair and smiled at his brother.

"Blueberry will be mad" Tavvy said in a whisper. Adele furrowed her brows, and Tavvy cupped his hands and leaned towards her ear.

"Blueberry is in love with you. I heard him say it to Magnus the other day" he whispered.