The next morning Clary woke up with a groan. As she began to remember the incidents from the night before she bolted up in her bed.

"Oh my God... Oh my God. Oh my God!" Each time she spoke Clary's tone changed. She rolled out of bed quickly and got dressed.

As she was pulling on a shoe there was a knock at her door and Isabelle walked in. Clary jumped a couple times as she yanked at her shoe and fell backward with a yelp. Isabelle chuckled.

"I see you're finally awake," Isabelle said and sat on the edge of Clary's bed as she sat up on the floor.

"What do you mean? It's only- ONE PM?" Clary yelled checking the clock. "Why did no one wake me sooner?"

Isabelle shrugged. "Simon wanted to but I figured you had a pretty tiring day. What with that secret boy in your room and all."

Clary rolled her eyes. "I told you there was no boy in my room last night." She stood up with her shoes finally on and sat next to Isabelle.

"The key word there is 'was'," Isabelle said thoughtfully and then grinning at Clary devilishly. "Meaning he could still be in here."

Isabelle stood up and started looking around Clary's room. Clary just shook her head and watched her delusional friend.

"You're wasting your time, Iz," Clary called out to her raven-haired friend's butt and she looked under the bed. "There is nobody here and there never was."

Isabelle stood up with a huff and glared at Clary. "Fine, I believe you. Now come on downstairs and we'll have lunch."

Clary groaned as she followed Isabelle out of her room. "I can't believe I missed breakfast."

"I can't believe you slept for over 13 hours." Isabelle shook her head.

"I can't believe that you're peppy 24/7. Seriously be angry every now and then, or at least neutral." Clary scoffed and Isabelle laughed.

"Maybe you should try being more like me," Isabelle shrugged. "You're too serious all the time."

"Well, if I had your looks and personality then I think I'd have more of a reason to be happy all the time." Clary joked.

Isabelle rolled her eyes. "Please, if I looked like you I'd still be pretty damn happy."

Clary laughed at Isabelle as they reached the bottom of the stairs. She noticed that Jace was standing by the front door talking with someone and a small smile broke out on her face.

"Hey Iz, I'll meet up with you later. I have to do something first." Clary said to Isabelle.

"Okay, I'll see you in a bit," Isabelle replied. Clary watched as the girl walked away before heading over to Jace.

When she was just a few feet away Jace noticed her. He said something to the man he was talking to and he left.

"Hey, can we talk?" Clary asked quietly.

"What about?" Jace replied and Clary noticed he was avoiding looking her in the eye.

"What do you mean 'what about'?" Clary scoffed. "About what happened last night."

"There's nothing to talk about," Jace replied and Clary felt like she had been slapped in the face.

"You mean other than that kiss?" Clary asked and Jace finally looked at her, his face was totally emotionless if not a little angry.

"What happened last night was a mistake. It'd be best for everyone if we both just forgot about it." He spoke harshly and Clary took a step back.

"Are you serious?" Clary whispered and Jace looked away from her again. "Fine, I'll forget about it. Just do me a favor and never talk to me again."

Clary stormed out of the castle without letting Jace say anything back. She fought back tears as she walked the streets of Alicante. She walked with determination to the one place she knew she could go to at that moment.

"You can't just do that to a person! I mean to be a total ass and then kiss them and then be an ass again? "God, I don't know what would have happened if Isabelle hadn't walked in but man am I glad she did!" Clary yelled as she paced back and forth. "I deserve better than him, any girl deserves better than him."

Clary continued to pace in front of Magnus Bane as she spewed out all her problems. For the first ten minutes after she got there she just balled her eyes out, but for the past half hour she had been ranting and Magnus had sat silently through it all.

"Yes, you do," Magnus said. "But if you don't mind me asking, who are you talking about right now?"

Clary stopped her pacing to realize she had never actually told Magnus who she kissed. She had just begun ranting about him endlessly.

"Jace," Clary said calmly and Magnus rolled his eyes.

"Oh, then I can completely sympathize. I've been dating this noble but he refuses to actually tell anyone about us." Magnus said and Clary sat down next to him.

"Who?" She asked and Magnus smiled.

"Alec..." He answered and Clary smiled despite her own problems.

"Ooh, Magnus you dog." Clary nudged him with her elbow.

"You know it's been great and all but I just wish he would be more open to his family." Magnus sighed and Clary put her arm around him.

"I'm sorry," She said. "I guess we both deserve better."

Magnus nodded. "Well, I actually think I know why Jace is acting like this."

Clary sat back and looked at Magnus curiously. "Oh? Pray tell."

"I'm not exactly at liberty to say," Magnus said and Clary narrowed her eyes. "You're parents told you about the Circle right?"

"Yes."

"Well, I'm assuming they didn't tell you about this other group called the Downworlders," Magnus said and Clary cocked her head. "The Downworlders is an organization that's been around for before the Circle was even an idea. We're a peaceful group of mostly commoners that the royal family has always known about. They haven't done anything about us simply because they have no reason to. During the war, we helped fight against the Circle. Now that it's over we still have our own secrets... as does the Circle."

"What do you mean?" Clary asked. "My parents told me the Circle doesn't exist anymore."

Magnus grimaced a little. "That's what they want them to believe, but it's still there with many members that are close to the king and queen themselves. For a few months before you arrived, I was sent out on a mission by the Downworlders to spy on Circle members. What I found is that they have even more secrets than we do."

"Why haven't you guys told my parents about all of this?" Clary asked.

"We want to find out who their leader is before we doing anything." Magnus put a hand on Clary's shoulder. "But trust me when I tell you that we're the good guys."

"I believe you," Clary said and looked down at the floor. "But what does any of that have to do with Jace?"

"I'm just saying," Magnus said and Clary looked back up. "He might have more secrets than you expect."

Later that evening Clary was sitting with her mother. It had been a quiet day after Clary left Magnus' house. She hadn't seen Jace the rest of the day, not to mention Simon or Isabelle either.

Now though she relaxed on the couch. She stared down at her phone. She wanted to call Camille, to tell her about everything that happened, but Clary knew she couldn't go to her with every crisis that happens. She looked up at her actual mom. Why did it feel so different talking to Camille than it did talking to Jocelyn?

"You okay?" Jocelyn suddenly said looking up. She closed the book she was reading.

"Yeah, why?" Clary asked but she knew her voice sounded strained.

"It's just that you've been staring at your phone for the past hour, I don't think that's a very good sign that one is happy," Jocelyn said and Clary asked.

"It's just... boy troubles," Clary said. Jocelyn turned to Clary was sudden interest.

"You wanna talk about it? You don't even have to tell me his name, just rant." Jocelyn said and Clary laughed.

"Umm okay. So there's this guy," Clary started.

Jocelyn nodded. "Right, Jace. Continue."

Clary's mouth fell open. "I thought you said no names?"

Jocelyn raised her eyebrow. "Honey I'd be blind not to know it was Jace. Come on, you can tell me."

"Okay," Clary continued with a laugh. "Well, the other night he sort of... kissed me," Clary said and Jocelyn's eyes widened but she stayed quiet. "And then today, he told me that last night was a mistake and we should forget about it."

"No," Jocelyn's mouth gaped. "He did not."

Clary nodded. "Yeah, I don't even know why I'm surprised though. It is Jace after all."

Jocelyn laughed and opened her mouth the respond but was cut off when Hodge suddenly ran in the room. He looked almost scared.

"My queen, I need to speak with you urgently," Hodge said. Jocelyn stood up with worry in her eyes but before Hodge could get out another word Valentine casually walked in behind him.

"Hodge, there you are. Come, I must speak with you at once." Valentine said and Hodge tensed up but obliged.

"I suppose it can wait," Hodge spoke emotionlessly and then turned and left the room.

Valentine took a step forward and kissed Jocelyn on the cheek. "Hello my darling, Clarissa. I must go but I'll see you both at dinner."

With that Valentine followed Hodge out of the room. Jocelyn sat back down but her eyebrows were furrowed.

"I wonder what that was all about?" Clary said and Jocelyn shook her head.

"I don't know, but I have a bad feeling."

Aaaaaannnd no more Clace. Sorry! But what do you guys think Hodge had to so urgently tell the queen? And what will happen if/when the Downworlsers find the leader of the Circle? So much drama!
I hope y'all liked this chapter though, please review, and as always I'll try to update soon!