Saving me

The darkness covered everything laying like a thick blanket over the world. The night was still and kept the secrets that resided there as Clary and Jace lay together in the greenhouse looking up at the night sky. The stars twinkled at them and Jace knew he had never been happier no matter what anyone else had to say about them. Jace pulled her closer to him and breathed in her scent knowing that nothing on earth would make him give her up, she was too precious to him.

Clary snuggled against him and wrapped her leg around him wanting to be closer. The scent of flowers swam in the air around them and she sighed as his hands moved over her back. She arched against him trying not to let the world creep in, trying to only live in this moment.

Jace's hands traced her back and he wrapped his hands around her shoulders tracing his lips down her chest. Clary moaned and drover her hands into his hair holding his mouth closer to her breasts. His lips closed over her nipple through the thin tank she wore and she moaned louder and wanted more than anything for him to pull her clothes off.

Jace's hands trembled as they met the edge of her sleep shorts and dove inside. He smiled as he found her naked beneath. His hands skated over her as she moaned beneath him. He felt her hands in his hair and felt his body tighten at the little noises she made as she pulled his hair. He loved it when she pulled his hair, maybe that made him sick but he couldn't help it.

He smiled and broke her hold in his hair gathering her hands in his and raised them above her head. He held them there in a playful grip as she pretended to struggle, but he saw the excitement in her eyes. Clary lay like a queen among the brilliant flowers putting them all to shame. Midnight had come and gone, revealing their otherworldly charms but they had nothing on his Clary's beauty. He leaned down to kiss her and she smiled up at him before she arched her body against his and flipped him off her and over onto his back. She grinned down at him as he looked up at her in surprise. He reached for her but she pushed him back down onto the grass with her bare foot.

"Not so fast" she commanded with an evil grin as her foot pushed him back. "stay right where you are"

Jace couldn't help the grin that spread across his face. He felt like a kid at Christmas as she stepped back and reached for the hem of her tank top. Jace growled and folded his hands behind his head getting ready to enjoy the show. He wanted to grab her and make the little witch pay for this torture but he would get his revenge later. Clary smiled and inched the green material slowly, too slowly for his liking, up her body. Clary hesitated right before revealing her breasts and smiled wickedly at him, loving the way he lost his ability to keep his casual pose and had begun to lean forward with every inch the material of her shirt traveled up her body.

She smiled again and was about to resume her striptease when the glass at the top of the greenhouse blew out. Clary screamed as she ducked to avoid the falling slivers. Time seemed to freeze as the glass flowing down, catching the light from the moon and glistened like starlight in the darkness. The dark mist swirled in the broken ceiling and surrounded her. She felt her feet lift off the ground and tried to scream, but her throat was covered in darkness that stole her breath. Clary raked at the sentient mist with her nails but it did little good, her vision was going dark and she knew she was dying. She was a shadow hunter and knew the risks of this life but she didn't want to leave Jace.

Jace stared at the falling glass and tried to get to her but he seemed to move in slow motion. Jace roared as panic raced along his veins. He pushed with all his might and finally broke free of the hold of the mist as he kicked his foot under the handle of the seraph blade lying nearby and flung it up into his hand. He swiped at the mist finding it like cutting through thick sludge as the wall between Clary and himself seemed to get thicker. He called his other blade forward and slashed with them both at once. The darkness slithered but gave as he hacked his way through. It reared back as if injured and shook Clary like a doll. Jace watched in horror as he slashed at the mist and she was slammed to the ground like a forgotten toy. The mist sucked back up through the ceiling and the regular night sounds returned leaving only the sound of Jace and Clary's ragged breathing in the silence.

Jace raced to her side and gathered her close stroking the fiery hair back from her forehead. He searched her face for damage and she gasped and grabbed her throat.

"What the hell was that?" Jace gasped loudly as he picked Clary up and raced with her to the elevator yelling for help as he went.

Clary tried to speak but could only manage a low gasp as he pushed inside the elevator and hit the button for the infirmary. "Demon?" she guessed softly " but you saved me from it, I 've never felt anything so strong before." She laid her head on his shoulder as he carried her to the infirmary her hands clutching his shirt.

Jace laid her down on the bed gently urging help to hurry. "I will always protect you," he said fiercely " with my life if I need to."

He pulled her onto his lap and wrapped his arms around her. She lay against his chest trying to breathe normally but her breath rattled in her chest in a way that scared her. "Thank you for saving me." She said in a hoarse whisper as she lay against him. She felt light headed and dizzy and knew it wouldn't be long before the darkness took over.

Jace smiled and pulled her closer but he missed the red that overshadowed her eyes before they slid shut.