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Chapter 5: Clary's Decision

CPOV:

"I'm listening." Mark said and I can hear the smirk in his voice.

"If you meet me I will give myself up to you. Only you. But I have some conditions." I say sternly into the phone.

"I imagine it has something to do with your son Lucas and that thing you are carrying?" He huffed arrogantly.

"Yes BOTH my sons." I emphasized both. "I want them safe at all time. Once you have me you will released Lucas. You will not do anything to harm the child I am carrying now."

"If I don't comply?" He asked and I could almost see him raising a challenging eyebrow at me.

"Then I will allow them to get the FBI involved. I will let them do whatever needs to be done to get my son back to be alive and healthy." I hiss into the mouth piece.

"Dear Clarissa. You are all bark but no bite. You think you could make me suffer dear? I could cut your son's fingers off one by one and mail it to the residence of all the adults in your house right now including security. I could sell him on the black market and be delighted to have someone touching him in the way I want to touch you. If you don't want your son being drugged up and gang raped I suggest you talk nicely to me Clarissa." Mark said in a deadly silent voice. I knew that he was getting close to exploding.

"Like Luke can do to your daughter?" I say back boldly waiting for a reply. "Before you try to sale my son off to the highest bidder please be reminded they like little girls more than boys." I say cutting the call off and slamming the phone on the hook. I brace myself on the cabinet of the kitchen wondering what is going to happen to my son. Will my son be okay? Or will my actions cause his downfall.

"That was incredibly stupid of you on all counts." I hear a voice say behind me and I turn around to see Hodge standing in the doorway.

"This has nothing to do with you. Mind your damn business." I say starting to walk away but stop dead in my tracks. "And don't you dare insult me in my own house ever again." I hiss walking back towards the living room and collapsing on the couch. I need to do something and I need to do it fast time was ticking.

LPOV:

"Did you find out the name of the little girl?" I ask Hodge as Jem types furiously on his keyboard.

"Yes. Jessamine Lovelace Gray." Jem says looking up from the laptop to look at Luke. "I found her birth certificate and adoption papers. It was a closed adoption and records sealed but I was able to unseal it to take a look. It indeed list Theresa 'Tessa' Gray as the mother and Mark Anthony Morgenstern as the father. She is currently in boston. My guy is taking photo's of her as we speak." Jem says and I know it pains him to do this but there aren't many options.

"What else?" I ask glancing through the crowd. "Hodge?"

"Your wife just gave me an idea." He says glancing at Clary only to see her glaring at him.

"What idea is that?" Trying to make eye contact with Clary but failing miserably.

"She called Mark saying she wanted to make a deal and was willing to give herself up-"

"WHAT?!" I roared unintentionally letting Lucian out. "Why the hell would you do that Clarissa? I told you we would handle everything! I proved it once already are you so easy to doubt us? To doubt me?!" I am beyond angry.

"I didn't tell you this to yell at the girl Lucian. I told you this because it's a good idea." Hodge says to me his eyes hardening. "You all had 48 hours. It is now almost four in the morning and we are pushing 10 hours lost trying to figure out what to do. We have 38 hours left and we had one potential plan and we have another we could use." Hodge says calmly and honestly it is starting to piss me off.

"I don't know if you know what it is like to actually want to love and protect someone but Clary my wife whom I love dearly is carrying out third child. Our second son! I am not putting two lives in the crossfire! I took vows to love, honor, and protect her. I am not putting her in the crossfire!" I yell not caring that I will wake up the kids in the den.

"I understand Lucian-"

"Do you Hodge? Do you?"

"YES!" His voice boomed through the house and he took slow measured steps towards me but his baby sitters (Luke Sawyer, Jason Taylor) grabbed his arms and Jon jumped in between us. His arm pressing on my chest pushing me back. "I understand more than you think but Lucian she is already in the crossfire! She is the one he wants. Let her call him again and agree to give herself up in exchange for your son. A trade so to speak. Once you have your son safe in your hands back up springs into action and we take the bastard down!"

"Your plan is hoping that he meets up with Clary. Hoping that he brings Lucas with him and hoping that we have more men than he has. That is a lot of hoping Hodge."

"It will work! All we have to do is get a few men to volunteer and create checkpoints where we have our people waiting for us to report in and to jump in if it goes sour or to stand as a threatening figure if we unman them."

"We need to do this Luke." A soft voice says and my eyes snap to Clary's. "I always make you fight the families battles on your own for the both of us. But this isn't something I can sit back and let you fight for. I want to do this for us-for our children-for our family." Clary pleads and I know she wants this but I can't in good conscious let this happen. That doesn't mean I'll let this happen tho.

"Call him. Now." I say and turn away from them both. I listen as Clary and Hodge calls Mark.

"Oh Clarissa, twice in one day? I must say you make me feel love." Mark says in a deadly sickeningly sweet voice.

"Mark I change my mind about the deal."

"Really? Which is what?"

"A trade."

"A trade? Hmm…. My dear Clarissa you have my attention now."

"My son Lucas for me. I will meet you anywhere with Hodge Stalkwalker and he will perform the trade and take my son to his father." Clary says in a confident voice that I know is betraying how she really feels.

"Alright Clarissa. But once I have you in my grasp if Lucian try and rescue you I will kill you. Slowly right in front of him knowing that he can't do anything to save you." He says in a cold hard voice that causes her to shiver involuntarily.

"Okay. Deal." Clary mumbled looking up to me with tears in her eyes.

"Lucian's book store. 1 hour." With that he hung up and Clary threw the phone clear across the room.

"I'm going to kill him.." I murmured walking pass Hodge and heading to Clary.

Well this is it guys! Next chapter I have a big surprise for you all. Did anyone catch the fifty shades of grey reference? Luke Sawyer, and Jason Taylor. Tell me what you guys think of this chapter. Do you guys think Hodge means well? Do you guys think this plan will go without any interruptions? Leave a review and let me know! 7 reviews get you the next chapter! Until next time guys!

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