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I sat down next to Pablo at the table that I'd summoned into Alec's living room. The room was full of people, but the meeting had yet to start.

"You're an idiot." Pablo said.

"Hello to you too, bestie."

"Don't try to get cute with me. You stood Alondra up. How long are you gonna be all lame and pathetic?'

"As long as I damn well please. I didn't mean to upset your friend, though."

Pablo laughed. "Not that you're not totally fetching, but she really wasn't too upset. Alondra has never had a problem finding company when she wanted it."

"Oh." I pursed my lips at him.

"Anyway, you might not have to worry about me for much longer." I said while trying to not smile too much. Coincidentally, I glanced over at Alec, who was moving over to stand at the head of the table while deep in a conversation with another shadowhunter.

Pablo followed my sightline over to Alec, who, luckily wasn't paying us any attention. "Ah. The shadowhunter. I just can't with you right now."

I rolled my eyes. "Come on, now. You know I hate it when you start talking like a teenage girl like that."

"I'll just give you the same advice that I gave you before, although I'm fairly certain that you don't listen to a damn thing I say. Even when I'm imparting my infinite wisdom that others would pay good money for the chance to hear even a snippet of." Pablo paused. He didn't seem like he was any hurry to finish his thought.

I heaved a sigh. I was used to his silly little ways. "Please, Pablo. I am but a filthy vagabond, wishing to feast upon your vast bounty of knowledge." I said dryly.

"Um… Just be careful, ok?"

What an asshole. "Such first-rate advice. I am forever indebted to you."

Pablo was about to say something else, but at that moment Alec (finally) cleared his throat and addressed the room.

"As most of you know, I'm Alec Lightwood. I lead the liaison branch of the conclave here in New York. I want to start by saying that everyone here is an ally. We will need to act as such- work together- to be able to figure out just what is going on and put a stop to it before it escalates even more.

Alec paused to take a sip from his water bottle.

"Unfortunately, the Clave will not help us much until we have more information and proof as to who is behind these kidnappings."

"Its not just as simple as kidnappings, boy." An agitated and oversized werewolf yelled. "One of my pack was killed."

"Right. The official word of the Clave is that the incident was most likely a result of infighting with your pack." Alec held up a hand as if to ward off any more outbursts from the guy.

"It shames me that my own people feel that way about one of our allies, without even the courtesy of giving your pack the benefit of the doubt."

He paused and scanned the faces at the table. The werewolf seemed to be satisfied enough with the comments, at least momentarily.

"Are there any more concerns anyone feels need to be addressed up front? If not, we will move on and I promise everyone will get the chance to voice your thoughts a bit later."

As I looked around, I could tell there were things on people's minds, but no one said anything. I guessed it had something to do with Alec's demeanor.

I had noticed that my previously shy little shadowhunter had changed, but it was never as pronounce as it was since the moment he started this meeting. He was poised and confident. He was eloquent and in command. Most importantly, though, he was compassionate. In the few sentences that he had uttered, he had shown that he was not a shadowhunter who just echoed the sentiments of the Clave. No, Alec was his own man and he believed that everyone in the room was on equal footing.

"Our enemies have started to attack institutes." Alec continued. "There was an attack to the New Jersey Institute on Wednesday. It was done rather clumsily, but one person did get hurt."

This led to an open discussion between Alec and four unfamiliar shadowhunters that I assumed were there when the attack went down.

It seemed that 10 shrouded figures appeared as the head of the Institute- a guy named Thomas Brandywell- was leaving. He immediately alerted the others and they soon joined the fight. The intention of the attackers was clear. They wanted to get inside of the Institute and release the same kind of faery smoke that they'd attacked my apartment with.

The person holding the smoke released it too early and only managed to somewhat harm Brandywell. He lost all feeling in both his arms and one of his legs. He was currently being treated by the Silent Brothers.

Alec also informed everyone that he had been in contact with someone who was most likely affiliated with our enemies.

"There is a young mundane man, by the name of David Mullingar, I have been meeting with. He has been… intriguing, for the lack of a better word." Alec paused as my insides recoiled at the mention of that red headed brat who was so obviously interested in Alec.

"We believe that David is associated, somehow, with the vampires of the Hotel Dumont. For some reason, though, I have not been able to make contact with him in the past few days." Alec paused for a moment, looking like he was remembering something, but when he spoke again the subject was on something slightly different.

"There has been suspicious activity around the area of the hotel in the past couple of days. At this meeting's end, those of you who are willing will split into two groups and assist with investigating the area of the hotel and the Institute of Stamford, Connecticut. There were hooded figures spotted there last night."

After that, Alec opened the floor to anyone who had any comments or those who just wanted to voice their opinions on any of the subject matter that was discussed earlier. Among those who had things to say was Luke.

"I believe that whoever is behind all of this is pretty new at this. We are not going against the second coming of Sebastian, here. And I don't say this to imply that those we are facing are weak, or to be taken lightly in any way. In fact, until we learn more, the lack of savvy might actually be disadvantageous to us. It makes them unpredictable. I'd advise everyone to please take extra precautions."

Alec was nodding his head throughout Luke's speech. "And that makes it imperative for us to find some type of hard evidence to pinpoint who we are dealing with and to see what we are up against." Alec clapped his hands once.

"Alright. If there is nothing else, everyone is free to leave unless you would like to help on one of the missions."

Most people decided to stick around to help investigate the areas that the suspicious activity was reported. I approached Alexander.

"Would you like me to come with you? I can make you a portal." I asked, hoping I didn't sound as pathetic as I did in my own head.

"Actually, it would be helpful if you could summon weapons from the Institute for us. Then, can you actually go with the Connecticut group?"

"Oh. Ok. Yeah. I can do that." I concentrated for a moment, then snapped my fingers. "There. Your weapons are ready."

"Its just- I'm going to the hotel. Izzy is mad at me and volunteered to go to Stamford, just to spite me, probably. Simon will go with her, of course, but apparently she's mad at him, too. If you went, I wouldn't have to worry about her as much."

"Isabelle doesn't like me, either, at the moment." I reminded him.

"Still, she can't avoid everyone if she expects to be included in this."

"Ok. I'll go to Stamford. You just keep yourself safe. Please."

Alexander took a step closer to me. He reached for my hand and squeezed it briefly. "You be careful, too, Magnus. Return home."

My breath caught as he looked at me. Hope spread through my chest. I gave Alec a small smile.

Guess who interrupted us? Jace.

"Are we gonna get going or what?"

"Yes, Rapunzel… Or do you actually prefer Goldilocks?" I tapped my finger to my chin. "Hmm. Which one is prettier?'

Alec gave the tinniest of smiles, while Jace continued to scowl at me. Alec turned to Jace. "Magnus is going to portal the other group to Connecticut. He'll make sure Izzy stays safe."

Jace nodded at me, then stalked over to arm himself with as many daggers and seraph blades as he could carry.

We arrived in downtown Stamford about 45 minutes later. Of Pablo's friends, Alondra and Angelo ended up joining me, along with two of the shadowhunters from New Jersey and Simon and Isabelle. Three werewolves came along, as well, included the angry one from earlier, named Nik.

I'd portaled us a few blocks away from the Institute so that we could split into three groups and canvas around the building and work our way in toward it.

I was not sure if I was hoping to run into the enemy or not. A big part of me just wanted to make contact with these guys and see what they wanted. The whole guessing game thing was starting to get on my nerves.

Although I wasn't really looking forward to it, I insisted on walking with Isabelle and Simon. I could tell she didn't want to come with me, but she probably didn't want to come off as a bratty child in front of the other shadowhunters and downworlders assembled amongst us.

We walked in silence for the first 15 minutes. I was completely comfortable with not talking, but poor Simon looked even more awkward than normal. I had to try to break the ice.

"So, Simon, my good man. What's up with you?" Not my best stuff, but he responded immediately.

"Um... nothing. I guess. " Simon replied, looking at Isabelle.

I looked at her, too, but she just ignored me like I wasn't there. How rude.

"So do you have any theories on what the vampires are up to?"

Simon's head popped up. He looked at me as if he hadn't been paying much attention. "Me? I wouldn't know what's going on with them."

Isabelle finally spoke up. Angrily, I might add. "Of course Simon doesn't know anything about it. He's too busy keeping secrets. Aren't you, Simon?"

Well, alright.

"Let's not talk about this right now. We have a job to do." Simon answered, a bit heatedly himself.

"Guys, I don't mean to interrupt this little domestic quibble, but I do hope you're paying attention to our surroundings." I said to them. We did have a job to do, as Simon put it, and their attention was required.

By that point, though, we were very close to coming up on the Institute. I could see that the others were done and standing around waiting for us to return. Simon and Isabelle had fallen behind, probably due to their to their mutual sulking, but not by much.

Suddenly I heard a noise behind me. I turned around but I didn't see anything. That didn't stop the goosebumps from rising on the back of my neck. Something was surely about to go down.

"Simon, Isabelle!" I yelled at them. "Get up here, now!"

I drew my hand out in front of me and did a spell that amplified a signal sent to the others to be on alert. And not a moment too soon either.

I was about 20 feet from the others when I saw three figures dressed in all black creeping up behind group assembled in front of the institute. The element of surprise was ruined for the attackers, so the group had no problem fighting them back.

I turned my attention back to Simon and Isabelle and did a double take.

"Simon- where is Isabelle?"

Simon's head whipped around fast enough that it looked painful. "Oh my God- she was just right here. Magnus! You've got to help me find her."

Simon and I started retracing our steps, running hurriedly back the way we had just came. The girl was nowhere to be found.

I stopped short and took a deep breath. I knew I had to find Isabelle. I had promised Alec that I would keep her safe and to be honest I really cared for the girl, no matter how she felt about me for the moment.

I closed my eyes and focused on everything that I knew about Isabelle. Soon, I was able to perform a modified tracking spell on her.

"Simon. Follow me. We must hurry."

I knew we would never catch up to whoever had taken Isabelle on foot so I made a portal that would take us two blocks down quickly and Simon and I ran through it.

Once we were out, I immediately saw two black clad figures carrying a very unconscious Isabelle down an alley.

I drew my hand out once more and cast a spell that gave the mysterious figures a brief but intense burning sensation. Knowing that this might be our best chance at it, as my magical energy was beginning to wane, I called to Simon.

"Get her. Go as fast as you can back to the others."

Simon snatched his girlfriend from the figures and half carried- half dragged her back from the way we came. I tied the attackers up with an enchanted rope that would lift them up, making it easier for me to take them back to the others.

They had been successful in handling the other three mysterious figures, fortunately, causing them to retreat. Angelo had even been able to steal a bag that one of the figures were clutching in his (or her) hands. We decided to portal back to Alec's apartment to decide the next course of action.

Alec, Jace, Simon, and Clary were sitting at Alec's dining room table, discussing the events that had just happened.

I could easily hear everything they were saying from Alec's room, where I was checking on Isabelle every few minutes. She had a pretty serious concussion and I wanted to make sure my magic was doing its job and making it go away safely.

"I can't believe Magnus captured two faeries." Jace was saying.

"I can't believe you guys didn't see any action." Simon said to him.

"He's so pissed, too." Clary said. I could hear the smile in her voice.

"Well, the two faeries, along with the bag of smoke is evidence enough to get the rest of the Clave involved." Alec said. "That was actually dad I was talking to earlier. He said there is a meeting in session right now and they will probably be dispatching a bunch of shadowhunters here by morning."

"She's awake." I called out to them.

Isabelle's eyes searched the room as they all entered the room.

"What just happened?" She asked.

Alec spoke up. "You got attacked, Izzy. Do you remember any of it?"

"I didn't see anything at all. I only remember being grabbed from behind, and then nothing."

Simon's face held a strange mixture of concern and anger. "Magnus saved you. He was way more observant than anyone else out there."

Isabelle looked at me. "Thank you." She said, quite stiffly.

I told her that she was well enough to leave and then left Alec's bedroom to set up my bed in the living room. I didn't even know if I would be needed anymore that night, but I was ready to relax and turn in early.

"Hey, Magnus?" Simon was right behind me.

"Yeah." I really didn't feel like talking. I was worn out from the long day and the sheer amount of magic that I had performed in such a short period of time.

Simon gave me a measured look. "How did you track Izzy earlier?"

"With magic. Maybe you haven't been paying attention, but I'm a warlock."

"Funny." Simon deadpanned. "You know what I mean."

Jace and Alec had joined us by then and they were all looking at me.

I cleared my throat. "I may have made it more convenient for me to track you guys."

Alec eyes widened as he looked at me. "When did you do that?"

"A while ago. Right after we broke up." I sighed and pressed on. "I was having a very difficult time not knowing where you were and if you were ok. Its complicated to explain how I did it but, I created a spell that would make easier to track you, Alexander. Now, I only have to focus my thoughts on you as I do the spell, and I know exactly where you are and what physical state you are in."

It was Jace who spoke up first. "But you said 'you guys'. You did that for all of us?"

"Yes. I mean, let's not get mushy here. The idea was born more out of my affection towards Alec than to any feelings that I may harbor towards any of the rest of you."

Jace smirked at me knowingly. Simon's cheeks reddened faintly. I didn't have them fooled.

"Ok, I guess in normal circumstances I might find that a little stalkerish, but you saved my sister. I'm not gonna complain." Jace said.

"Hey." Clary said, coming out of Alec's room. "Izzy's ready to go. I think we should head back."

You're right. We've still got to patrol tonight, too." Jace turned his head to look at me. "Do you think you can come with us to put some extra wards on the Institute?"

I was just formulating the proper response when Alec came to my rescue.

"Can't you see that he's tired? He's been using magic all evening."

"Alright. Don't get your panties in a bunch, Alec."

Alec gave him the old Lightwood glare. He pulled out his cell phone. "I'm calling Pablo. I'm sure he can do it."

Alec walked away to make the call. Once he was done he reminded his siblings to be safe and followed them to the door to say goodbye.

I got up from the couch to finally put my bed up.

"Should you be using magic right now."

"I am getting very low on energy, but I'm nowhere near the point of passing out." I said. "Thanks for being concerned, though."

"Or you could just use my bed. I'll take the couch."

"You're too sweet to me, but I can't take your bed."

"Just consider it returning the favor from earlier." Alec said with a small smile.

My thoughts went back to earlier this morning when I found a very naked and sexy shadowhunter lying in my bed. I wasn't going to comment on it, however, because Alexander might not have appreciated it. Also, because I really didn't have the energy to bother.

"If I use your bed will you agree to continue our conversation from earlier in the morning?" I asked.

Alec stepped up to me and took my hand. "Yes. We can talk in the morning."

He lead me to his bedroom. "Sleep tight." He said. He watched as I lay down and placed his hand over the light switch.

He changed his mind at the last moment and came over to me to place a soft kiss on my forehead.

I smiled as I closed my eyes, enveloped in Alexander's familiar scent, and welcomed the sweet, cloudy bliss of sleep.

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