AN: First off I would like to thank everyone for their reviews so far. It makes me so happy to see so many people enjoying this story. Secondly, no I will not be killing Anna. Sorry to those who wanted to see her dead. I had to laugh at some of the review I got because some of your reactions were just too awesomely funny. I am working on the next chapter now. I hope to have it up soon. I hope you like this next chapter. Please read and review.

Three sets of eyes bore into Anna. She felt the tension in the room multiply by 300 percent. She felt the need to retreat from the room; unfortunately she was cornered. She knew it looked bad. She knew that they were looking at her for her explanation. Too bad she didn't have one.

What was she supposed to do, admit to being a succubus that lured Jace into leaving Clary; that she used her succubus powers to seduce Jace into having sex with her? No. She wouldn't admit such stuff because it wasn't true. She wasn't a succubus, she was a shadowhunter.

She saw the angered look in Jace's eyes. She felt truly hurt that everyone automatically believed that she was guilty; but then again, that was how it usually was with shadowhunters.

She tried to speak, but her voice was lost to her. She wanted desperately to defend herself, to tell them that she was not what they were thinking she was. It was almost like she could hear their harsh, judgmental thoughts.

The stares became too much for her so she looked down and closed her eyes.

"Seriously," Jace's harsh voice broke the silence. "You're not going to come clean now that you have been caught."

"Jace calm down, we don't know that it is actually her," Alec's voice calmly cut in.

"Don't…don't know it's her? Alec, Caterina just said,"

"Caterina just said that a mix-breed succubus can attract men and have an influence over them. She never said that these mix-breeds were doing it on purpose." Alec sighed, "I'd say more than likely, if Anna is one of these mixed-breeds, she has had no clue and was doing nothing to deliberately sabotage you."

Anna kept her eyes close. It made her feel marginally better to hear Alec somewhat defending her. He wasn't outright denying the possibility of it being her fault, but he wasn't holding up a sign that said 'Anna is a succubus mixed-breed'.

She tried to figure out how this had happened. All she had done was try to be there for Jace. She hadn't used any powers on him. In fact she had been the one taken completely by surprise when he kissed her in at Taki's and by the events that went down back at the institute only hours ago.

She lifted her gaze to look at Jace; he had gotten up and moved to the book shelf. "I didn't do anything." Her voice wavered a bit from the tears that she had been fighting back.

Jace looked at her incredulously. "I find that very hard to believe," he scoffed.

She stood from her spot on the couch. "I'm not the one who kissed you at the diner, you kissed me. When I went to see you earlier I wasn't trying to tempt you for anything more. I was apologizing." Her voice had lost its shakiness and was now very firm. She moved to stand directly in front of him. "You're the one who said the kiss was amazing and you are the one moved things to where they went. Will I say I hated the kiss and the sex was awful? No, I won't, but don't you dare say that I somehow made you do it all."

The whole room was quiet. Jace looked like he had just been slapped. Caterina and Alec had moved to the other side of the room; she assumed this was for their own protection, in case she had decided to start throwing punches. Both of them had a look of shock on their faces. Anna had forgotten that Jace had not actually told either of them what had transpired at the institute, but at the moment she couldn't care less.

She didn't want to be in here anymore. The looks of accusation were becoming too much for her bare. She ran across the room and was out the door before anyone could stop her. She kept running to get as far away as she could.

When she was a decent four blocks away she stopped running. It was late so there weren't many people on the street other than a couple homeless people and the taxis that were carting the club-goers home.

She made her way to a bench and collapsed, letting go of all her emotions.

Jace stared at the open door that Anna had just run out of. He was confused. He was angry at the thought that she could lure him away from Clary, causing him to break her heart, but at the same time he wanted to run after her and make sure she was okay. His conflicting emotions were becoming too much for him.

He should just be angry. Angry at her, angry at himself. Why should he care if she is upset? Why should he care if she is safe on the streets of New York this late at night? All he should be worried about is how he was going to explain all this to Clary. Would she believe that this wasn't his fault? Would she consider taking him back? He knew that the possibility was very slim, but maybe, just maybe, he could get her to forgive him.

But there was still Anna. He was worried about her right now. As much as he knew he shouldn't, a part of him wanted to be with her. He couldn't explain why, but he did. She said she had nothing to do with it, but how could that be? He felt himself being drawn to her, craving to touch her, to have her touch him.

He shook his head clear of his wondering thoughts and turned to Caterina. "Is she telling the truth about not doing anything intentionally?"

Caterina, who had been reading her book, nodded. "It is very possible for someone with succubus blood to attract someone without know what they are doing." She looked back at her book. "There is one thing though."

"What is that?" Jace was trying not to sound irritated, but it was hard when all this information was coming at him in pieces. He didn't know how much more bad news he would be able to take tonight.

She cleared her throat and started reading the words from the book. "A succubus or incubus mixed-breed will cause infatuation in members of the opposite sex, however not all mixed breeds are aware of their powers. Mixed-breeds that are less than half-blooded tend to unknowingly attract and affect the members of the opposite sex around them. Though there are very few, mixed-breeds that are aware of their blood status can use their powers of the own will; this is called deliberate attraction powers. The more diluted the blood the weaker the deliberate attraction powers are."

"What does that mean?" Alec asked.

"That means that if Anna is indeed a mixed-breed and her succubus relation goes far back enough, then she more than likely had no clue what she was doing and has absolutely no control over it." She skimmed her finger to a paragraph on the page, "The book also says that the in order of a diluted mixed breed to attract someone, there has to be an initial attraction."

Jace hung his head when he fully understood what she was saying. "So,"

"So you better start taking responsibility for your actions," Caterina cut him off. "I understand now that not everything was your fault with the wedding, the kiss too, but you have bigger problems now."

"What do you mean?" Jace was confused. His problems had been big since this whole mess started.

"I mean, you two have had sex," She handed him the book and pointed at another paragraph.

Once a human has mated with a succubus or incubus, full-blood or mixed breed, they are then spiritually bonded from that point on. An attempt to break a bond can lead to the death of the human and the possible death of the succubus or incubus they mated with. Mixed-breeds are at a greater risk for death.

Jace looked up from the page. Alec had been reading over his shoulder. "So this means…" He couldn't finish the sentence; the thought alone made him sick.

Caterina nodded and finished his sentence for him. "This means that if you try to give your heart to someone else, you will more than likely die."