Chapter Twelve
Jace waited anxiously in his office hoping for word from Magnus and Alec that they had safely arrived in Los Angeles. He knew that it didn't take long to travel by portal but he hadn't heard anything yet. Jace was nervous about this mission because of the missing warlocks and he didn't want anything to happen to Magnus when he got to L.A. but he felt as though things were out of his control. Jace noticed his phone ringing and immediately picked it up seeing that it was Julian was calling him.
"Hey Julian, what can I do for you?" Jace asked upon answering his phone.
"I was hoping that you would be able to tell me when Magnus and Alec were leaving to come here," Julian said.
"They should be there already. They left here about three hours ago. I knew they were going to stop and get something to eat and then be on their way," Jace explained.
"Well unless it took them three hours to get something to eat they aren't here yet," Julian responded.
"I know they wanted to get something quick because they understood the importance of getting to L.A. as soon as they could to help you with the demon attack and to look into Octavia's disappearance."
"Well they aren't here yet and the strangest thing is the demon attack stopped about an hour ago."
"That doesn't make any sense. Why were they attacking in the first place and why did they just suddenly disappear? Something about this whole situation is strange. It's almost as if the attack and disappearance of Octavia were orchestrated to get Magnus to L.A."
"Why would they want Magnus in L.A.? Unless it has something to do with the missing warlocks it doesn't make sense at all."
"I'll take a look at it. Maybe I can find something in Magnus' apartment that might tell me what happened. Clary should be able to help me get past Magnus' wards but I don't know what we will find."
"Well I wish you luck. If I hear anything from them on my end I will let you know and keep me posted as well. I'll keep looking into both the attack and Octavia's disappearance. Maybe I'll be able to figure something out, but I don't know what."
Jace hung up shortly after that. He was concerned. If he counted this strange disappearance of Magnus, that would now bring the number of missing warlocks to four. Something was happening and it seemed as if the missing warlocks were the key. Right now the only connection that he could see was the fact that they were all high warlocks of various cities. They were more powerful than other warlocks, and they looked out for the warlocks that were in their respective cities. Without them things were bound to get bad.
Octavia looked up as she heard the door to her room open up. The strange warlock from the other night walked in and looked quite pleased with himself. He knew that he had accomplished something that no other warlock before him had done. He had been able to cause the disappearance of the three warlocks, four if you counted Magnus and he most certainly did. He was one more step closer to accomplishing what he wanted and by the time he met Magnus face to face he would be the one to come out on top. Magnus would be weak and wouldn't be able to stop him from carrying out the final steps of his plan.