Jonathan stood in the living room of the apartment, fiddling with one of his gloves. A burning circle glowed on the floor in front of him. He only glanced up at Clary who stood quietly by the doorway, watching him. He wondered what was going through her head right now. "Is it even possible to kill a demon as powerful as Lilith?" Lanaia asked, curiously.

"In Edom it is. Every demon has their weakness."

"And what's hers?"

Jonathan raised an eyebrow and frowned. "Me." He glanced back at his little sister. "Come." He ordered.

"Are you sure?" She asked, almost stammering her words.

"I'm sure, you're ready. Best way to learn is from experience." He held out his hand which Clary took slowly. "You have your dagger?"

"Mhm." She nodded, revealing the dagger under her jacket.

"Keep it close." He nodded and together, they step on the burning circle. The pain that flooded Clary was overwhelming, so much that she fell to the floor in agony. It was as if her own blood was burning. She heard Jonathan's cry and looked up to see him smile at the pain. The flames made his face look devilish, shocking Clary. Suddenly, it was as if the apartment burned away and they were now standing in the middle of an orange desert. The sky was blood red and filled with dragon-like demons, that circled them menacingly.

"Welcome to Edom." Her brother helped her to stand up. Together they walked towards a large stone castle. Demons watched them go, yet didn't attack. Maybe because they knew Jonathan, and would hate to suffer from Lilith's wrath. Soon Clary and Jonathan were walking into the castle's throne room. There was no roof and Clary blinked in the blood red light. A woman sat on the throne, Lilith.

She was stunningly beautiful yet from once glance, you could tell she was more dangerous than she appeared. She almost reminded her of the Seelie Queen. But there were some obvious differences. Lilith had long black hair, high cheek bones, piercing eyes and wore a long black and silver dress. Lilith stared at Clary but only stood up once she saw Jonathan. "It's you." She breathed.

"Hello Mother." Jonathan replied, his voice neither mad nor loving.

"You came back for me, my sweet boy." She glided forward, shoving Clary out of the way. Her hands went up to Jonathan's face as if to look at him properly. Jonathan moved his head away. "Of course I did. When i rose and realized you were gone, I was devastated." He lied.

"And yet you took your time, leaving me here to suffer."

"Suffer? How?" Clary watched standing beside one of the pillars, her hand on the dagger.

Lilith didn't even glance at the young girl. "When that wretched Daylighter blasted me back to this realm I was weak... my powers diminished." Jonathan looked down, hiding his smile. "Asmodeus... he took full advantage." Lilith continued. "That cat-eyed cretin took my crown, and he bound me to this room with magic that he took from his son."

"Mother," Jonathan began still not looking her straight in the eye. "I had no idea. If I had," he walked around her slowly in an almost predator-like way. "I would've come back right away."

Lilith looked at her son carefully. "What was keeping you so busy?" She asked and Jonathan looked back down.

"Clary. She was ran away then was kidnapped. I had to find her." Two pairs of eye shifted towards the fiery haired girl, who was trying to look braver than she felt.

"Clary." Lilith hissed her name. "I'm afraid that rune was a necessary evil."

"No!" Jonathan interrupted quickly, his hand moving to the rune they both shared. "No, it's not evil. It's beautiful."

"She's not like you Jonathan, only I will ever understand you." Clary felt anger burn inside her like the sky of Edom. "She ran away from you once before."

Jonathan was silent his hand still on the rune as if protecting it. "It's different now."

"Your sister will never love you like I do. Believe me." She glared at Clary who took an angry step forward. "If you didn't need her life force in order to live, I would have taken her heart and ripped it out of her chest and crushed it in my hand!"

"SHUT YOUR MOUTH!" Jonathan exploded causing Lilith to flinch.

"How dare you speak to your mother like that?!" Clary wanted to shout that she wasn't and never would be his mother. She was surprised when Jonathan backed down, and actually apologized! "Mother, I'm sorry. Please, forgive me."

Lilith looked straight into his eyes before turning away. "Mother, let us help you. I'll set you free. We can defeat Asmodeus together." Jonathan continued but Lilith gave him a suspicious glance.

"Why do I not trust a word you say?" She asked.

"I'm telling you the truth," he lied again. "I realize I never should have left Edom in the first place. You're the only true family that I have." If Clary didn't know this was a lie she would've have felt betrayed, but she knew the truth behind his words. "Mother, I love you."

Lilith's facial features relaxed and her eyes filled with hope. "I have waited, so long to hear you say those words." She stood close to him so close that she could almost...

Clary's jaw nearly dropped when she kissed him, mouth to mouth. It wasn't the way her mother, or any other mother, had ever kissed their child. It made her sick.

"Mother..." Jonathan said slowly, his dagger hidden in his grip. "Goodbye." He swung the blade up but as it came down Lilith disappeared. "No!"

"What happened?" Clary asked looking around.

"She's been summoned. And I think I know by who." He growled.

"Jonathan... you didn't... you don't agree with Lilith do you? You know I regret leaving you right?" He seemed to calm down slightly as he touched his palm to her face, similar to how Lilith had, and smiled.

"Of course Clary. I love you... and I know you love me too."