Jace's POV
I felt something jolt in me. I don't know what it was, but it felt wrong. Like someone was ripped out of my chest or a demon just bit me. That made me wonder if there was something wrong with me... or something bad happened to someone I was linked to. I called Magnus over, who was currently sucking face with his fiancée....
"Magnus! Come here... Something's wrong."
Alec glared at me for ruining their moment, but something was wrong with me and I was first priority. Just kidding. God, if I said that in front of Clary, she would smack me in the back of the head... But...she wasn't here and it hurt... Magnus jogged over and said, "What's wrong? If it isn't important or you're just being...well...you, I'm going to turn you into a cat."
I glared at him. "I'm serious. I just felt a jolt or something and then I felt sick... Is Alec sick or something? Or what?"
Magnus looked at Alec up and down... " I don't think so... ALEC! COME HERE!"
Alec looked at us weirdly and slowly walked over... "What?"
Magnus literally grabbed his face and examined him. "Are you sick?"
Alec shook his head, "No..."
Magnus and I looked at each other... If it wasn't me, then... WHO?
Wait...If it wasn't Alec, then...
"MAGNUS!"
Alec screamed so loud that it hurt my ears. Magnus and I looked where Alec was pointing, just in time to see Izzy collapse on the ground, screaming in pain.
Isabelle's POV
I had just talked to one of the Silent Brothers, Demetrius or something, about Clary when I felt a horrible burn. It felt like someone plunged a knife into me and set me on fire. I crumpled to the ground and screamed out loud. I heard footsteps running towards me, probably Jace or Alec...
"IZZY!" Jace and Alec shouted.
"ISABELLE, WHAT'S WRONG?" Alec asked me, frantically. I heard Magnus appear on my other side, opposite of where Alec and Jace was.
"Isabelle..." Magnus said in an astonished voice. Oh...no... They found out...
"WHAT? WHAT IS IT?" Jace asked Magnus, in a worried voice.
Magnus didn't seem to hear him... "Isabelle, how could you not tell us?"
Alec and Jace seemed to lose it after they heard him say that. "WHAT THE HELL IS IT?" They said in unison.
"Magnus..." I managed to choke out. "Don't... don't... tell...please.."
Magnus didn't hear me, apparently.
"Please..." I tried again. Now I heard more footsteps approach us. The Silent Brothers all seem to gather around me, and so did everyone else who was helping us find Clary.
Zachariah broke through the crowd and kneeled next to me. He looked at Magnus whose face was still in shock.
"Magnus...tell us... So we can help Izzy..." Zachariah asked despite my pleads...
Magnus looked at me and then the others who were awaiting his answer.
Magnus looked at my neck and said, "Isabelle...Isabelle's...Clary's..."
Jace and Alec asked at the same time, "CLARY"S WHAT?"
Magnus looked up and said with a blank look in his eyes, "Isabelle's Clary's parabatai..."
Jace's POV
I stared at Izzy's body in front of where I was kneeling. Izzy. Clary's parabatai... I might not just lose the love of my life but also my sister. Isabelle.
Isabelle lays on the ground, trying hard not to look at me and Alec, who I can tell is looking like the world has been yanked out underneath his feet.
"Jace..." Isabelle says to me. She tries to grab my hand, but doesn't reach it. I look at her with sad eyes.
"Isabelle... Why didn't you tell us?" I ask her.
She coughs and sits up slightly. "...Because... We didn't want you guys to know." Izzy says. She coughs again, this time, choking after it.
"Look... Clary...Clary... knows that you guys might find out someday...but...but she didn't want you guys to know...like this..." She continues.
Isabelle looked too weak to say anything else as she slumped back onto the ground and seemingly lost consciousness.
I frantically called Zachariah over to check on her as I stand up over Izzy's body.
I turn to look at Alec, but he wasn't there. Probably went to find Magnus or something.
I walk toward where Jocelyn and Luke sat, with a few Silent Brothers looking at a map beside them.
Jocelyn looked up as I approached them. She scooted over on the bench and said something to Luke. He nodded and looked at me, smiling as best as he could in this situation, and left toward the Silent Brothers who were examining a map.
Jocelyn waited for me to sit down and turned with a very sad expression on her face.
"How are you holding up, Jace?"
I shrugged, trying not to show the rage, anger, misery, and sadness on my face.
"As best as I could... I guess..." I told her. She smiled a bit and agreed with me.
"I just hope they find her fast... not only for her family and friends... but the threat that holds her..." She says as she looks off into the distance.
"I agree..." I told her.
We sat there side by side for a while before she decided to break the silence.
"Jace... I know that you are very anxious of getting Clary back ...but..."
Jocelyn says, breaking off...
She turns and looks me straight in the eye and says, "I can't stand the thought of my baby possibly dying..."
She breaks down, crying. I didn't know what to do...
"Jocelyn... I-" I get cut off by a shout. Something's going on near the Silent Brother's working area. Jocelyn and I get up and head toward that direction.
Many people were heading toward where we were heading...
Someone lets out a scream. I grab my seraph blade and push through the crowd...
And see two people, wearing masks as they collapse onto the ground...