Clary's POV

I could hear sounds... Screaming... Shouting... Muffled sounds... like my head was underwater. Being tortured, whipped, etc, etc has given me time to think... Well... As much as I CAN think with all the pain. I slowly open my swollen eyelids and peered out from them. There I saw a flash of gold... just like Jace's hair and eyes. I couldn't open my mouth to call out because of my dry throat and gag but I wasn't stupid. I saw the silhouette of four... no...maybe five people.

God, I hope it wasn't Jace. If he came... I don't even want to see the outcome of this. Not after what Definidiini told me...

"Well, my dearest Clarissa... How are you today?" Definidinni asked me. How DARE he ask me "how I was" today? Between my periods of torture.

"You sick freak, how do YOU think I am? Stuck with a s**t-faced demon who has a even s*t-er daughter whom the demon answers to when HE is lord or whatever you call yourself. I spat.

He laughs and says... "Don't worry. Once your friends join us and my daughter and I get what we want, your death will be very swift. So don't worry, my dear."

Some part of me knew that there was no chance of me escaping with my condition but with that, I couldn't let Jace, Simon, Isabelle, and Alec get hurt because of me.

I looked at Definidiini and said, "Well, since my death sentence has already been written, why don't you tell me why you want Jace's blood..."

He had the nerve to laugh again, irritating me, and says, "Darling, if we wanted much more purer Angel-Blood, we would have drained you already. You have no demon blood in you. Jace has a small amount that makes it perfect for what we, demons, want to do..."

I stare at him, confused and somewhat-weirded out. It's like this demon was half and half weird doctor.

Definidiini continues and says, "By the angel, once we have his blood, we kill him, with the dismay of my daughter though..." He shrugs and says. "Oh well, she'll have to get over it... and then slaughter your oh-so-precious angels... After that...WE RULE THE WORLD!" He raises his hands like he is conducting an orchestra and laughs.

I was beginning to think he was somewhat not-so-sane.

"Anyway..." He brings me back to reality. "Once he dies, you die, your friends die...etc.. Got it?"

I glare at him with unbridled hatred and say in anger, "I swear on the angel, you won't touch them. They don't even know where I am and I swear that if you even touch one hair on them... YOU WILL PAY."

He dares to chuckle and smile sinisterly. "Oh, my dear... It's too late for that. You see, they're already here in this world.

And I black out when the strike from one of the guards to continue the torture.

I needed to get Jace out of here. I needed to...

Suddenly, I see one of the guards in front of me, unaware of me behind him, stirring.

Well, this just proves how dumb are the demons. I needed to break the chains somehow... I yank gently on chains. They chime lightly and I look up even more. The poles were all made of wood from the dead trees outside and not very far from me. Thankfully, my small size could reach it. One kick could bring them down. I look at the guard in front of me again, to see if he was aware of anything.

I move over to one pole slowly, making sure the guard didn't notice and made sure my angle was accurate for the pole to land straight on him. But even with that, I knew...

Right then and there that there was no way. I could make it out alive.

I look out to the throne room where Definidinni, Kaelie, Jace, Isabelle, and the other were standing.

There was no way. I have to save them. God, Jace, please forgive me.

I looked at the pole and took my kick of faith, watching the chaos start.

Jace's POV

I was fuming with anger, frustration, resentment, and boiling level of self-hatred. Everything that has happened was all my fault. All because I couldn't keep it in my pants.

"Let her go. Now." I demanded at Definidiini.

He laughs. "Oh, I will... Once I get what I want..."

Alec sighs and says, " What do you want?"

Definidiini smiles and says, " Why do you think I brought you here? I want something from one of you , of course..."

I felt uneasy, with Kaelie here, and Clary... I knew something was needed from me.

"It's me, isn't it? You decided to listen to... that..." I stuttered, trying to contain the foul words I wanted to say within me..."

"MY DAUGHTER." Definidiini says with a glare to me. " And yes, you."

"What do you want from me?" I let my seraph blade drop and open my palms toward him like a sacrifice. "Do anything, take me... Just let Clary go."

Definidiini scoffs and says to Kaelie, " Are you sure, my dear, that you want this one?"

Kaelie smiles sweetly at Definidiini and nods.

"Well, then... My daughter and I have decided... to make you... a prince in hell..."

"Meaning...?" I asked, in horror.

Definidiini smiles that sinister smile and says in a edged, accomplished tone..

"Meaning... Kaelie's new husband..."

We all stare in shock, me in horror.

Suddenly, we hear a bang and a rushing of guards. We turn behind us. Where Clary was supposed to be. But all we see is a huge demon on the floor, dead.

"NOOOOOO!"

We turned to look and saw... Kaelie's head... sliced off... with a shadow of a women with a blade that was dripping in scarlet blood.

She stepped out the shadows and smiled wickedly at Definidinni, looking like a vengeful angel. Clary looked like an avenging angel with her eyes on the prize. With the prize being, of course, Definidinni.

And with a wicked smile, she said…

"You want to play? Let's play."