Things had been happening. Not normal Shadowhunter things, different things that have no answer to.
She had distanced herself from the rest of them, especially Alec. They all thought it was because the two 'friends' had a falling out. Izzy knew the truth why Alec and Lexi weren't talking, only the half of it.
But after what happened with the mirror; smashing onto the floor without anything to cause that. She kept to herself for a week.
Not wanting to talk to anyone, or give them eye contact. She was afraid something else would happen.
The brunette sat on her bed, staring at the broken mirror, her image on the reflection shattered. Her glare intensified on the material, testing out anything that might do something. She tried remembering what she did to make it smash in the first place.
She was pacing the room when it happened, when she made a loud noise, then it smashed. Maybe her voice pitch had changed, like the opera singers who can smash a glass with the high pitch squeal.
If she did that, everyone would rush to her room. Closing her eyes, she re-pictured what happened that evening. Until she realised what she did. She made a hand gesture, fist to palm, a body language people usually do when you're angry and reacting to something.
Standing up from her bed, she looked at the empty vase on her chest of drawers, usually containing pink tulips that Alec would give her now and then. But she destroyed those, throwing them in the bin.
She eyed the glass vase, before taking a deep breath "Please tell me I am just imagining all this" she mumbled to herself. She made the quick hand gesture strong, before covering her face as the glass exploded. Standing back, she widened her eyes "This is real, this is real, why is this real? Why is this happening?" she asked herself before kicking the glass to one small area, and went to pick up a piece of glass from the dresser, frowning as the water from the vase starting steaming. She forgot to empty the vase when she removed the flowers. She just wanted to get rid of the tulips.
Raising her eyebrow, she put her hand over the water, and watched as it steamed up. The loud knocking on her bedroom door, made her panic. Waving her hand and blowing away the steam, she picked up the glass quickly, hissing as she cut herself, causing red ooze to flow from the palm of her hand.
"Lexi, everything okay?" Izzy called though the wooden door.
"Yeah, just doing something!" She shouted before trying to find something to cover up the graze and the glass. As she grabbed an old sock from her drawer, Izzy opened the door. "The reason why doors are locked are not for Shadowhunter's to use the unlocking rune, I could have been naked"
"We are both girls, we are Parabatai Lexi. But I think you were more worried more if I was Alec walking in on you being naked, though I think he has already seen that" The raven haired girl smirked, before seeing Lexi's bloody hand. "Oh my god, what happened?" she asked walking over to her.
"It's nothing, really"
"Lexi, it doesn't look like nothing" Izzy spoke before revealing the gash on her hand "Jesus, Lexi, what happened?!" Izzy asked before looking around seeing the mirror and some other glass that didn't match the mirror. "What happened?" She asked again raising her eyebrow.
Lexi had to make a good excuse, something that Izzy would believe.
"I...just got angry that's all"
"About Alec?" Lexi nodded in response. Izzy sat her down before closing the door and locking it, before attending to her best friend. Studying the hand, Izzy sighed "We should talk"
"It's not that serious Izzy, there is no glass in it"
"Not about that, and we are going to talk about it" A sigh escaped Lexi's mouth, as Izzy studied her hand. "How long?"
"Probably just about 2 years" She mumbled the last bit
"2 years?!" Izzy widened her eyes before sighing. She could see the hurt in Lexi's eyes. "How come you left it a secret?"
"I didn't want to. Alec did. He didn't exactly give a reason to why he didn't want to; I just said yes, I guess I was worried with what would happen if I spoke up"
"There must of been a reason, Alec cares for family and friends, you are both" Izzy grabbed Lexi's stele and moved it over her healing rune, watching the gash seal up.
"There wasn't. But I know the reason"
"Which is?"
"He is ashamed of me Izzy. Or the institute especially your mother would be"
"Why would she be?"
"One she already hates me for some reason. Plus, only my father is a Shadowhunter, my mother is mundane"
"So you think he is ashamed or scared because of your 'status' in the institute. Don't be silly" Izzy said
"I am not being silly. 2 years we have been together, everything has been a secret for 2 years! He is worried his mother would disown him because I am not full Shadowhunter"
"Look, I must admit, Alec is an idiot for not standing up to our mother, but there must be a reason. And I won't continue to convince you, because I know how difficult you can be" She smiled, her pink lipstick making her white teeth shine.
"Thanks" Lexi said bluntly.
"Let me ask you one question" Lexi looked at Izzy, raising her eyebrow, ready for the question. "Do you love my brother?" Izzy asked, tilting her head, like a quiz able puppy.
"I did" She said. But deep down, Alec was her first for everything. She will always love him. Izzy knew Lexi was lying, but before she could say anything, Alec spoke through the door.
"My mother is here, she requires a meeting with us 4" He said.
"Sure, be there in a minute" Izzy responded, knowing Lexi wouldn't say anything to him. As Alec left the door, Izzy stood up. "You need a new mirror, you need to be smiling at that beautiful image of yourself" She grinned, before hugging her best friend.
Tears prickled in Lexi's brown eyes, but she took a deep breath and smiled "Thanks, we should go"
As the two left her bedroom, computers and white flooring came into view, before Alec, Jace and Maryse stood at the table. Maryse raised her stiff head at the two girls, like a woman looking down at two people.
Alec's eyes locked on Lexi's, before she looked away. Jace raised his eyebrow at them both. Izzy's eyes then locked on some photos.
"What are these?" She asked
"I'm glad you girls could finally join us, we have an important matter to attend to, this is a serious mission and I am testing the 4 of you" Maryse spoke up "These pictures are of 3 men who were washed up on the beach, with their throats ripped out. At first we thought it was animals, but then we did a computer search, no animal's jaws match up to them. The jaws are small, matching mundane skeletal properties"
"A mundane did this?" Jace asked
"Not exactly, these jaws have fangs" Maryse continued
"Vampire?" Alec asked
"That's what we thought, but the fangs from the vampires are canines, like an animal, but the fangs on this are lateral incisors"
"So not vampires" Izzy confirmed
"Exactly, something else has attacked these men, and it's your job to figure it out what is attacking them" Maryse ordered "The Clave believe a new species has risen, we need to know what it is, go to the morgue undetected, Izzy can imagine the body in more detail, then go to the beach where they were find. And don't waste time!"