Hey! I'm back. FYI: there will most likely be more Lily PoV then Tessa. Any who, chapter 2…Enjoy.

Lily PoV:

Will smiled. "As you wish." I turned to the knife table, smiling. "Will, we need more knifes." He laughed and went back to throwing. I threw two and they hit the bulls eye. We trained for a bit longer. The room was so dark I could hardly see.

I turned to where I thought Will was. "Will, we should go. I can hardly see." I felt someone grab my hand and start to lead me from the room. The hall was had more light so I could actually see I found my way to my room and leaned against the door frame.

Will pressed up against me. He was still holding one of my hands. With his free one, he ran it through my hair. "Should we talk to your brother?" I sighed. "Yes." I knocked on Jem's door. "Come in." I followed Will in.

He started to tell about how Tessa could change and control minds. Jem listened, I leaned back against one of the four posters that were on the corners of each bed of the Institute and watched Will talk with his hands. Soon enough Will caught my eye and winked. I blushed and turned away.

Then I realized something. "Will, I left my dress in the training room." Jem turned to me. "Lily, just go get it when you leave here." I stood. "Yes, well we should leave; we don't want to tire you out. Come on, Will." Will said goodnight to Jem and I kissed his cheek and said goodnight. I walked out of the room with Will.

He pulled me to my door. "You stay here; I'll go get your dress." He gave me a quick kiss and dashed off. I smiled and entered my room. I went behind my changing screen and took off my gear. I pulled my nightgown over my head and slipped on my robe. I sat on my bed.

I read while I waited for Will.

As I read, another one of my headaches struck. I mark my page, set my book down, and rubbed my temples, squeezing my eyes shut. I heard my door open. Before anyone could say anything I pointed to the closet. "In there." I pressed my fingers to my temples. I felt Will climb up on the bed, and sit on top of the sheets and blankets.

He pulled my hands away from my head and sat them in my lap. "Lily, you should tell Charlotte about these headaches. Who knows?" I laid my head against his chest, trying to block out the pounding. "You and Sophie and Jem." Will stroked my hair, from my crown to my waist.

"Why don't I read to you?" I felt Will shift to grab the book I was reading. He opens it up to the page I marked and starts to read. He had a lovely reading voice. I slowly started to unclench my eyes. I finally opened my eyes and found myself staring at Will's shirt. I slowly became aware that Will was resting his head chin on the top of my head, and our feet were intertwined.

He was reading Great Expectations. I really wasn't listening because I had read the book so many times. Instead I lost myself in thoughts of Will and I. I started to shiver so Will held me tighter. Soon I was under the sheets and he was to, but with one layer between us. I leaned into him for warmth.

I shushed him at one time because I heard something. And there it was. The sound of my brother's violin. I smiled at Will. "He's playing again." Will smiled. Then he went on reading. Soon I felt my eyes drooping. I fell asleep to him reading.

Will PoV: (weren't expecting that were you?)

I walked Tessa towards the door. I told her not to tell about Jem and to go back to her room. Then I felt a strange desire to touch her cheek. My hand, against my will, reached out. I snapped back. Tessa was controlling me. "Goodnight Tessa."

I turned around swiftly and walked into Jem's room. He was already drinking a glass of water I knew had his medicine in it. "Jem, should I tell Lily?" Jem put the glass down. "I would say no, but you would just tell her anyway." I stayed with Jem for a little longer.

I left and walked back to Lily's room, she hadn't moved since I left. I crawled in on top on the blankets and took her in my arms. She adjusted and buried her face in my chest. I kept thinking about how Tessa made me want to touch her cheek. It sent a strange feeling into whirl. I felt something bad, something I only felt for two people…now possibly three…Love. No. I tried to convince myself. Not too soon after that, I fell asleep.

Lily PoV:

I woke up and noticed that Will was still here. He was gently snoring beside me. He was also still in his gear. I smiled softly. I just looked at him for a few minutes until he stirred. He bolted straight up. I laughed at the sight of his hair. He turned to look at me.

"What's so funny?" I covered my mouth to hide the laughter. "Will, your hair." Will smirked. "You should see yours." I laughed at the thought of my hair. "Oh, Lily, I forgot to tell you. Before I fell asleep, I heard Tessa break into Jem's room. You should have heard the conversation." I broke into another fit of laughter.

Soon after we calmed down, I hopped down from the bed and went to my closet. "What dress, Will?" Will came over and found a green one. It had off the shoulder straps and was corseted to the waist then fell to the floor. I took the dress, went behind the changing screen, and tried to tie the laces. I thought I did a pretty good job.

I looked in the mirror and found that I did a horrible job. I gave a frustrated sigh which made Will laugh. I gave him a tiny smile as I tried to undo my laces. He came over and took the laces from my hands. I blushed. "Will, I didn't know you knew how to do a corset." I laughed. He sighed. "I don't, but I'm sure I could do better than you. But, Lily, what I meant to tell you was that, Jem; he had another attack last night." I stiffened. "Blood?"

Will finishes with my dress and nods. "And Tessa was there." I turned around. "What?" I marched to the door and threw it open. Will caught my wrist. "Lily, its fine. I told her." My eyes widen. "What?!" Will sighs and pulls me to his chest. "Don't worry, I told her not to tell. Please, don't worry." I nodded and he kissed my forehead. "Fine." I brushed out my hair and left it down. We walked down to breakfast after Will had changed.

"Charlotte, Please? Can I please go to house? Please?" I wanted to go with Will and Jem to the Dark house, but Charlotte was against it. "Please?" I begged again. Charlotte sighed. "Fine. Be home before dark." I smiled. I would be going with my boys after all. I wanted too. I didn't want to spend the day with Jessie…or Tessa.

I walked up to my room and opened my box I kept my dagger in. I was a ten inch blade with a silver hilt. I also took out my stele, and witchlight. I put each into a bag and walked down the stairs. I found the boys at the door. Will held out his arm to me and I looped mine through it. We started the walk to the Dark House.

It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining, and birds were chirping. There wasn't a cloud in the sky. People were walking on the sidewalks like we were doing, and some were carriages. Jem had his walking stick, and it made a click as it hit the stone. There was a slight breeze that ruffled our hair and clothes. My skirt swished around my ankles.

A woman walked by Will and smiled. Will tipped his hat and I clutched his arm tighter. Jem laughed and smiled. "Lily, do not worry. No other woman will get close to William. He only has eyes for you." I smiled at my brother. "He's right you know." Will looked down at me. "No one is as pretty as you." I blushed as we turned down another street. "How far is the dark house?" I asked.

Will shrugged. "Only about half a mile from here. The carriage took this way. I'm simply retracing my steps." He said the words with his regular smirk that was always on his face. Jem and Will started to banter back and forth and I blocked it out. "We need to cross." Will pointed to the other side of the dirt road. We started to cross when we heard it. A carriage came running around the corner and it was going too fast to stop. We still had about another twenty feet to go. "RUN!" Jem shouted. Will slipped his hand down to mine and pulled me across. Jem was a few feet behind us. He made it to the other side and Will was laughing. Jem bent over laughing to. The boys composed themselves and we went off walking again. Soon we were standing in front of the Dark House.

It lived up to the name. It was dark and drab. Jem stared at it. "This is not what I expected at all." Will laughed. "What were you expecting? White marble statues?" Jem frowned. "I suppose something that wasn't so drab."

Will rolled up his sleeves. "We most likely will have to kick down the door." Jem reached forward and opened the door. "Or not." Will frowned. "That is just laziness." We walked inside and Will and I pulled out our daggers. Jem raised his witchlight. I walked forward into the slight darkness until an arm around my waist pulled me into someone's chest. Will pointed to where I just was. There was a giant hole.

Will kept a hold of my hand. "Nice place to live, isn't it?" Will murmured. Jem laughed quietly. "Yes. Perhaps we'll be lucky enough to catch syphilis." Will opened the door to the cellar. "Or Demon pox. There's always demon pox." Jem frowned in the glow of the stone. "Will, there is no such thing as Demon pox." Will smirked. "Ye of little faith. Lily here believes in it, don't you?" He looked to me. "Yes, I do. But I doubt we could catch it here, considering you are both well-bred gentlemen." Will laughed and Jem cast me a frown.

We continued our descent into the cellar. We searched there and the main floor. There was nothing. Our group moved upstairs and broke up to search better. I went with Will and Jem went on his own. We search one side. Before Will and I could enter the last room, Jem shouted at us to come quickly. He was in the middle of a big room that could hardly have everything lit by the witchlight.

But, he was not alone. There was a small chair that held a girl. She looked just a few years older than I was. She was in a cheap dress and had mousy brown hair. Will and I, still attached at the hands, crept forward. I looked to Jem. "Is she-"

Jem answered. "She's dead." Will let go of my hand and walked forward slightly. "Are you certain?" Will proceeded to check. Jem knelt down to check her pulse. "Miss?" Her head shot up. Jem fell back onto the floor in surprise. Will jumped back with a yell.

"Beware!" She yelled and lunged up from the chair, onto me. Her fingernails entered my forearm painfully. She went on talking. "Beware, Nephilim. As you slay others, so shall you be slain. Your angle can not protect you against what God or the devil has not made. Beware the hand of Man. Beware." She jerked to the ground taking me with her. Her nails cut stripes about three inches deep and half an inch wide from my elbow to my wrist, she cut open my veins. Will grabbed her, as I screamed in pain from my skin being torn open, and flung her to the ground. "BEWAREBEWAREBEWARE!"

My brother looked horrified. "BEWARE!" The woman shrieked one last time. Jem and Will examined her and then Will came back over to me where I was kneeling on the ground. "By the Angle, Lily!" He looked down at my arms. They were pouring blood. I looked up at him. "In my bag. Stele. In my bag."

Jem rushed over to were my bag had dropped to the floor. I fell forward into Will, who caught me and laid me in his arms. "Lily, don't go to sleep. Don't go to sleep." I realized what was wrong. I had lost so much blood in so little time with the veins in my arms being cut open, my body wasn't working. I felt the burn of runes on my arm as black spots ran across my vision. I met Will's eyes. He kept commanding me not to go to sleep. I tried to say something but the darkness overcame me.

Tessa PoV:

Jessie and Tessa walked in the park. As the couple went on, Jessamine looped and arm through Tessa's. "You know, it's nice to have a girl around." Tessa looked at her confused. "What do you mean? There's Sophie…and Lily." Jessamine shook her head.

"Sophie is a servant. Lily…well, she is a whole different situation. She loves being a shadowhunter. Showing off her scars. I hate it. And by courting William Herondale and acting like she does, her reputation is horrible."

Tessa gasped in surprise. "Lily and Will are courting?" The other girl nodded as they walked on. "Yes, it started about a year ago. Before you ask, her reputation is so horrible because of the rumors Tatianna Lightwood spreads. The worst one was about Lily and Will being caught in a…I shouldn't talk about such things. It's terribly unlady like." Tessa nodded, but she couldn't help but wonder about Will and Lily. Were they serious? Why was Lily so bad?

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