Skylar sat on her room bed, well a room at The Institute of course. She stared at a book that Isabelle had given her to read. She couldn't sleep much anyways with everything that happened today, she ran a hand through her hair as she read. "Am I interrupting?" Jace asked as he stepped into her room.

"Yes actually, I was getting to the juicy part." Skye said before closing the book and sitting up a bit more straight. He chuckled before sitting down beside her on the bed, she lifted her blanket and threw it over his legs. "What's up?"

"Your sister's necklace is a portal shard." Jace said looking over at Skye before sighing softly. "She saw Valentine and your mother there-" He paused noticing Skye's face, mentioning those two was just hurting her. "You know never mind, let's talk about the fact you panicked when you thought I was dead."

I-I did not panic." Skye corrected and gave him a look. "I was just worried." She whispered as she turned her head to look at him. "A little bit worried, okay?"

"And I wonder why..." Jace whispered before leaning closer to her, his lips brushing against hers gently. In a blink of an eye, Skye pressed her lips against his and they actually kissed.

"Am I interrupting?" Clary asked as she watched the two, she made a face and tilted her head to the pulled away from Jace and quickly got out of the bed, before shaking her head and clearing her throat. "Alec took my only way of finding mom."

"It's for your safety..." Skye said and cleared her throat. "It'll be fine, alright? We will find mom soon..." She added before walking over to her sister, taking her hand. She glanced back at Jace who was smirking, and winked at her before the two left.

Skye laid on the bed as Isabelle and Clary spoke, back and forth. The blonde closed her eyes and listened in, Izzy was trying to comfort the red head. She didn't want Clary to start to feel hopeless or else Skye would. In the blonde's mind..all she could think about was the kiss over and over again, soon it had consumed her thoughts making her sigh in defeat. "By the angel.." She whispered under her breath before sitting up, and following Izzy and Clary when they finished speaking.

Isabelle led the sisters to the entrance where Maryse Lightwood made an entrance, she looked her daughter up and down, with a slight frown. "Dressed to impress, I see." Maryse said, Isabelle looked down and fell silent. Skylar let out a soft sigh as she looked over at her parabatai feeling bad, she hated to see Isabelle act this way. "And you have been playing with the family heirloom."

"Hi, I'm Clary Fairchild." The red head said before she cleared her throat and looked at Maryse who was emotionless.

"You look just like your mother. We know all about you in Idris." Maryse said as she looked at Clary then at Skylar, she inhaled deeply and sighed.

"Idris?" Clary asked before Skye cleared her throat and spoke.

"The Shadowhunter homeland. If you think the Institute is well-hidden, wait until you see that place." Skye said, Clary nodded understanding what she said before Isabelle asked the one question that was on her mind.

"How's Max? We all miss him." Izzy said, she truly missed seeing her little brother running around and causing chaos. He was adorable and cute...her heart ached when she thought about him. Clary had no idea Isabelle had a little brother, she looked over at Isabelle giving her a confused look before Izzy explained who Max was. "Little brother. Cute but clingy. Kinda Simon-ish."

"Robert's picking him up at the Mumbai Institute. Where's Jace? We have a situation that has to be handled now." Maryse said, she walked past the two girls and headed off the find Jace, Isabelle and the sisters followed as well.

"Well, that's my mom." Izzy whispered to Clary and let out a soft sigh.

" Is your mom always like that? She didn't even hug you." Clary said as they stopped and watched Jace train, Skye watched and smiled as she did.

"Shadowhunters aren't big huggers." Izzy replied and crossed her arms. Jace moved around, swiftly and fast, he was amazing and everyone knew that. When he finished off, he smiled at the sight of Maryse and headed over to her.

"Maryse." Jace said "How's everyone in Idris? Where's, uh... where's Max?" He asked as he looked around expecting to see his little brother around here. Isabelle walked over and shook her head.

"No Max, just Mom with her hair on fire. " Izzy said as Clary and Skye walked over as well. Skye standing on the other side of Jace who glanced at her and smirked.

"I completely forgot to say hello, Skylnn." Maryse said with a faint smile before looking at the four shadowhunters that stood before her. Alec walked over, greeting his mother before taking a step back next to Skye.

"Mother. Welcome back. We didn't expect you." He said quite surprised, he wished that he had known early that his mother would be back...and had something on her mind.

""You should be prepared, whether you expect me or not." Maryse said in a strict tone, as she stood straight with her hands in front of her. "We'll talk about the Institute later. Right now, we have a bigger problem. The Seelies have stopped communicating with the Clave and won't explain why. My guess is they're still upset we asked them to send scouts to look for Valentine, but no one in their realm will talk." She explained, Isabelle was quick to speak.

"I have Seelie friends." Izzy said, hoping that she could be some sort of help. Skye looked over at her with a smirk on her lips when Izzy mentioned have some 'friends' she knew they were far from friends.

"Yes, I know about your friends. Isabelle, we stay separate from the Downworld for good reasons. The wrong move, the wrong word... Do you think there is such a thing as harmless rebellion? Who knows what offends these creatures?" Maryse asked

"Maybe you told him... them... something they shouldn't know." Izzy mumbled and looked down at her shoes again. Maryse gave her a look before snapping at her.

"Maybe you trod on one of their ridiculous customs without knowing it." Maryse said, Jace intervened..knowing it wasn't right for Maryse to be acting such a way towards her own daughter.

"Wait, wait. I don't understand. You're laying all this on Izzy for having a friend in the Downworld?" Jace asked, Maryse shook her head before sighing. She needed them to understand her ways and perspective of things..the right ways that she learned.

"When someone upsets the natural order, everything falls apart." Maryse said, Skye nudged Alec hoping he would say something in order to get Maryse onto their side.

"She's right. She can visit with Meliorn and see what he knows." Alec said as he took a step back and glanced back at them. "Jace and Skylar will join her, they'll know what to do and how to approach Seelies." He added...they were off to another adventure...