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Chapter Songs:
Desperation Song - Carbon Leaf
(do you guys acutally listen to the song for the chapter?)
"Oh, you're with me now," a familiar voice from my left rang out, sending shivers down my spine, "Right where you should be, sister."
Clary POV
When I heard Sebastian's voice, I froze. He was dead. Jace and Isabelle killed him in Idris. This couldn't be happening. I used to have nightmares, shortly after the war was over, where Sebastian or Valentine would come into my dreams and then kill everyone I care about while I was forced to watch. And then after the torture was over, they would kill me. It was horrible. This onslaught of nightmares lasted about three months. Eventually it got so bad that my mom had to let Jace sleep in my bed with me because he was the only one who could make me feel better.
Once I regained my stature, I tried the door handle but it was locked.
"Sebastian, let me out, now!" I pleaded.
"No, no, no, not today sister. Not today, not tomorrow- well if you live until tomorrow, that is." He responded.
I was more than terrified. I really doubted that I was getting out of this. Sebastian fixed me with a cold stare, and then smiled. He reached over and slid his hand up and down my leg forcibly.
"Don't worry. I'll have my fun with you before the ceremony tomorrow."
Two hours later Sebastian pulled off towards an exit. As we were driving down the road, I saw nothing. Not one building. No hotels, no Target's, not even a McDonald's.
I struggled to keep my calm, forcing the hysteria down that was bubbling up in my chest. Sebastian looked over at me and smiled cruelly, eyes raking up and down my body.
"Now now, be patient. Soon it'll just be me and you, all alone, and we can spend some quality time together."
His words hit me like a slap in the face, as the van rumbled down a snaking gravel road, bordered by high, twisting unkempt grasses and plants.
"There really is no one coming to save me," I thought, squeezing my eyes shut.
The van shuddered to a stop, and I opened my eyes to a large white house with a wraparound porch and yellow porch swing. It was probably beautiful once, but the white paint was peeling off, it's windows smashed and broken.
Sebastian got out, grabbing the keys and quickly walking over to my side, opening the door and wrenching me out. He dragged by my arm behind him, ignoring my weak attempts to shake free. Two blank faced men stood on either side of the door, and they nodded at Sebastian vacantly as he threw open the door, where it banged against the wall, and strode into the dimly lit house.
Dust covered every square inch of the house, and it was vacant of furniture. He threw me towards the stairs, and I felt the cold tip of a knife press against the small of my back.
"Walk," he commanded, and I complied, mind frantically racing for any means to escape. I rose up slowly, balancing myself on the stair rail.
"I said, walk." The pressure of the knife increased and I could feel a small trickle of blood stain my clothes. I began to walk up the stairs, noticing that with every step I took the pressure of the knife would slightly decrease while Sebastian would move up a step. With this information I started forming a plan.
Right when I stepped onto the last step I spun around while Sebastian was still stepping up and brought my foot up to his chest and pushed him down the stairs. I had caught him by surprise and he fell easily. He tumbled down the stairs but I didn't stay to look. I ran into the upstairs hallway looking for a window.
I ran to my left and into a room. I slammed the door open and saw a bed with ropes tied onto the bedposts. Without contemplating what they were for I ran straight to the back of the room where the window was. While opening the window I heard feet pounding on the stairs and yelling.
"Make sure she hasn't gotten away! Check all the rooms!" Sebastian yelled. The window wasn't going up fast enough so I made a split second decision and ran then rolled under the bed. Shit, the window was still halfway open.
I heard the door creak open and saw a pair of boots walk into the room. I quit breathing through my nose, instead breathing through my mouth. I squeezed my eyes shut, hoping that Sebastian was stupid enough to force everyone outside, leaving me safe in my hiding spot.
"That bitch! I think she broke my wrist! You guys search outside while I search upstairs. She can't have gone far."
The boots quickly clumped out of the room, thumping heavily against the weak wooden floors.
Seb POV
Sebastian withdrew a stele from his belt, quickly scrawling an irizate on his wrist before scrambling up the stairs after his feisty sister.
He knew she wasn't far, his acute sense could pick up her fear, her desperation.
Treading lightly, he slowly made his way into the first bedroom, fine tuning his senses to her scent, a mix of floral soap and sun.
He was distracted however, by the window, noticing that it was barely halfway open. Not even someone as small Clarissa could fit through the tiny space.
Eyes narrowing, he stepped towards it, shouting in surprise when he was yanked off his feet, sending his head cracking into the window sill.
Falling backwards onto the bed, he saw a blur of red streak out of the room and smiled delightedly.
Oh, how he loved it when they played together.
There really is no good reason as to why I haven't been on. I got out of school on the 6 of June but then I had to fly out to my dad's for the summer. And ever since I got here I'vebeen hanging out with old friends and been going to the beach like almost every day.
As my beta told me: Slowest... Writer... Ever.
Anyway. I'm not going to say that the next update will be in a week because we all know that is a lie. So the next chapter will be up sometime before MID-JULY. Ya, I'm horrible... But, I've waited a year for someone to update something soooo...
THANKS TO MY LOVELY BETA A FISHY IN THE SEA BECAUSE SHE HAS SO MUCH PATIENCE WITH ME EVEN WHEN I TOLD HER I'D HAVE THE CHAPTER DONE IN A NIGHT AND I DIDN'T. JUST SAYING SHE BASCIALLY WROTE THIS CHAPTER. SO IF YOU DONT REVIEW HERE GO PM HER AND SAY THANKKKKKK YOUUUUUU SOOOO MUCHHHHHH. BECAUSE SHE DESERVES IT. AND IF YOU DO REVIEW STILL PM HER TO SAY THANNNNKKKKKK YOUUUU SOOOOO MUCHHHHH. BECAUSE LIKE I SAID. SHE DESERVES IT. *MWUAH* MUCHAS GRACIAS SEÑORITA!
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