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Can't believe this is already chapter 30...

{Jace's POV}

Magnus had taken Clary's blood and exited the room quickly.

Leaving me and Clary alone in the dining room, with Clary drawing a small iratze onto her wrist - so the small cut healed almost instantly.

There had been something on the tip of my tongue for a while now, and Clary obviously noticed.

"You keep looking at me, what's up?"

At first I flushed, then recovered quickly and plucked up the courage to ask her.

"Urm, Clary… The other day, when you pounced on me-"

I saw it was her turn to flush slightly as she remembered the events.

"-before you woke, you were saying something. Over and over."

Her face creased in confusion,

"What was I saying?"

I looked down at my hands prior to answering,

"2 more"

The features of her face hardened, her anger and pain shining through.

"What does that mean Clary?"

I met her gaze, instantly regretting it.

A large swell of pain and fear settled in her bright green orbs, unsettling me immensely.

"What… What you saw in the courtyard, those were the first 2 trials. I am yet to endure 2 more"

"But, but that won't happen. I'll protect you - your father won't get to you again"

Shaking her head softly she replied,

"No. You have given me a rest for now, but not even Raziel himself could keep my father from me."

Opening my mouth to answer my next question, I was cut off by a loud crashing from the wall opposite me - behind Clary.

My jaw dropped as I recognised who entered.

{Alec's POV}

Once me and Izzy had arrived at Magnus' apartment shortly after leaving the Institute.

We passed through the wards barrier in sync - and I prayed silently that my hypothesis was correct.

In fact it was - Magnus must have seemingly forgotten that I held the ability to pass through.

Izzy looked at me with a bit of pride in her smug smile.

We had continued to the top floor, our soundless runes making us undetectable.

Upon reaching the top floor, Izzy used her x-ray rune - this allowed her to see through the walls.

After a minute she detected a large demonic presence coming from the wall just to the left of the door.

Disarming her rune, she nodded it was time for us to make our startling entrance.

Swiftly drawing a heat rune and an explosion together - Izzy and I backed away just enough so that we wouldn't get it by the blast.

As soon as the wall caved in we leapt over the remains of the wall and I nearly blanched when I saw Jace.

{Clary's POV}

I was startled by Jace's inquiries about the trials. He had opened his mouth to further question me but it shut firmly, and I realised why.

Feeling myself being thrown over the dinner table by the force of the blast, I crashed into Jace.

We both sprawled to the floor quite ungracefully.

Jace was the first to spring back up to his feet, my still recovering wounds slowing me down.

I managed to place myself into a crouch, glaring up at the two teenagers who had burst through.

Out of the corner of my eye I saw that Jace had slipped out 2 small blades from the insides of his wrists.

"Izzy, Alec. What are you doing here?"

I was slightly shocked by the way he spat out his words - he was talking to his parabatai, wasn't he?

"We are here for you. Jace you need to come home"

The girl pleaded, although her gaze fixed on me.

"The front door wasn't good enough?"

I mocked her, a smile quirking up the corner of my mouth.

"Knocked you on your ass didn't it?"

She retorted, a low growl seemed to escape my lips.

I had always resented people who would talk back to me, but something about this girl's words really got under my skin - mainly because they were true.

"Here for round 2?"

I could feel my eyes boring into hers, and I could sense a miniscule flash of fear flicker in her dark chocolate eyes - but a flicker was all I needed. Now I knew she feared me.

"Contrary to what you may think, Clarissa. We have only come here for Jace - you may do as you please."

Now the boy's gaze lingered on me, though he would have meant to sound calm and reassuring - he did not sound that way at all.

"What makes you think I would just abandon Clary here? No doubt for the Clave to attack, without one of their own in the way."

Jace demanded.

"The Clave has no idea we are here, if we do not return then they may start getting an idea of where we are."

Although he answered looking at Jace, I knew the last part was aimed at me.

They feared I would injure them - or worse.

They couldn't have been farther from the truth.

Even though I do not have a parabatai myself, I knew that whatever you did to one would affect the other.

So if I were to hurt Alec in any way - then Jace would suffer also, and he was someone I was not willing to inflict pain onto.

But they didn't know that.

"I won't leave - you will have to drag my unconscious body out of here for that to happen."

"Brother, I love you. And if that is what it takes to get you away from her, then so be it"

Staring daggers at Izzy for referring to me as 'her' I stood up and positioned myself in front of Jace.

Causing him to gasp behind me and a look of puzzlement being plastered onto the faces of the siblings.

"Well then, this should be fun. You won't touch him"

The ferocity behind my words surprised even me - I had not realised how much I cared for this boy behind me.

While I was facing away from Jace, I knew he was smirking.

"What game are you playing Clarissa? Demons do not care, they do not love"

I didn't realise what I was doing until I was soaring over the table.

I was not just a Demon.

I am Clarissa fucking Morgenstern, a shadowhunter.

Whilst I was midair I noticed Izzy loosen her whip - but even that did not stop me.

I collided with Alec, as he hit the wall I unsheathed one of his seraph blades at his waist. I brought the long blade in a sweeping arc and the flat connecting harshly with the side of her head.

Hearing Alec make a low, frustrated sound behind me I had to make a decision.

Either fight Alec and knock him unconscious as well.

OR.

Back away and do not risk hurting Jace through his parabatai.

Fortunately I did not have to make a decision, as Jace sprung to our side of the room and placed his arms around Alec - forming a locked circle.

"Somno"

Jace hissed at me - obviously putting all of his strength to contain his struggling brother.

I yanked at the stele in my pocket and hastily drew a wobbly Somno rune on Alec's forearm.

He instantly fell limp in Jace's arms.

Somno is the rune of instant sleep - meaning Alec would be unconscious until I drew the counter rune (Vigilance)

Jace and I looked around ourselves, to see both Izzy and Alec unconscious on the dining room floor.

Our eyes connected for a split second, but was then interrupted.

"Well you two have been having fun, haven't you?"

Magnus', drawling voice came from the doorframe.

I did notice his face droop a little as his cat-like eyes skimmed over Alec - but he did well to hide it.

Ignoring Magnus, I turned back to look at Jace.

But he looked simply confused - glancing down at his hands.

As if he couldn't believe what he had just done, neither could I to be honest.

"Well I'm fucked"

Were the only words he spoke.

Although they did plant a small smile on my face.

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Song 8 ~ Take me to church - Hozier