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AU: I edited this chapter a little bit to clear some confusion I had in my timelines. Thank you AJ Granger for pointing this out to me. Sometimes you get so wrapped up in what you're writing that you forget a little detail from the last chapter. Thanks again for reviewing and letting me know. These events are taking place simultaneously as Chapter 12 - just from Clary, Izzy, and Alec's POV. XO

Jace In Exile

Chapter 13

Izzy lunged at Clary with both hands extended, grabbed her by the shoulders and threw her down on the mat. Clary rolled around on the mat and moaned in pain fighting back the pinprick of tears that dared to well up in her eyes.

"Geez Iz take it easy on her, its only her second day of training," Alec stood up and swiftly moved to Clary's side on the mat. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," she jumped off of her back and rubbed her shoulder, "grappling with Iz is like wrestling a freight train. You'll never have to worry about male suitors trying to take advantage of you or steal your virtue, and good thing Simon is durable with vampire strength." She winked at Izzy and resumed her fighting stance.

Izzy's face grimaced at the mention of Simon's name.

"Try to keep your weight on the balls of your feet, aim for sensitive points, eyes, nose, ears, stomach or groin if it's a guy." Alec pushed down on Clary's shoulders, "Bend you knees a little more and rock back and forth on your toes, that will keep your weight behind you when you strike out at your opponent."

Alec was a good teacher. He was patient with Clary unlike Izzy had been this morning or Jace on most days. Izzy's attitude was off today, she was worried about something or holding in some emotion or feeling. Her body language was stiff and she had avoided looking Clary in the eyes since they started training, about two hours ago. Clary assumed she was angry with Simon for giving her the cold shoulder. Clary didn't blame her for being upset; she was pretty annoyed with her best friend's inability to return phone calls as well.

Clary figured Izzy's bad attitude was in response to their attempt to surprise Simon at his apartment last night. They spent the day shopping for Izzy's perfect vixen outfit and then trekked to Simon's to see if he was still physically present in this world (she tried not to use the word alive when thinking of Simon because he was a vampire now), but their plan didn't pan out as expected. He wasn't home and his ex-girlfriend answered the door, not a good combination for a distraught female.

Izzy was less than thrilled to run into Jordan's girlfriend Maia at Simon's apartment. It was obvious Maia and Jordan were together again, and her history with Simon was just that - history, but when Izzy realized Simon wasn't at the apartment she morphed into the jealous girlfriend. Maia didn't take it personally, Clary found Maia's confidence refreshing, it was silly for girls to fight over guys.

Clary set for another round with Izzy when her opponent burst out in anger, "Look I heard some information about Jace this morning when I was eavesdropping on Mom's phone conversation. I've held it in because she insulted me and I'm pissed about it, but I should share what I heard with you guys."

Clary's face fell flat and her lips were pressed together in a hard line. "Iz we've been training for two hours, and you've kept info about Jace from us?" Clary pointed at herself and than to Alec. "Why would you do that, you know we feel helpless about Jace's situation. We are racking our brains to find out where the Silent Brother's are holding him. I haven't talked to him since the sentencing and the separation is tearing me up inside."

Clary was dumbfounded, she felt Izzy and her were getting closer over the past two days, but holding out on her with Jace's whereabouts almost put her over the edge. She plopped down on the mat and motioned for Alec and Izzy to join her.

"Okay spill because you may fight like a freight train but I'm on the verge of turning on my raving, red-headed fighting bitch mode, so I recommend you start talking." Clary glared at Izzy with daggers in her eyes.

"Its been tearing me up not to tell you what I found out, but then again it wasn't much. Mom called Imogen Herondale this morning." Alec looked at Izzy in confusion.

"I know I thought it was weird too, that's why I listened in when I realized who she was talking to. I guess she was trying to talk to Imogen on a parent-to-parent level in hopes to get Jace some leniency with the Clave. It backfired though because Mom cried out in frustration at the end of the call. All I heard was the reversal ceremony for Jace has been delayed, why I don't know. I also know that Jace isn't being held in the Silent City," her voice trailed off and she looked at Clary with gentle eyes.

Clary put her hand to her mouth in shock. "We've been worried about Jace and his treatment for the past two days, and he's not even in the Silent City? So where are they holding him? Can we see him?"

She wasn't sure if she was angry or relieved about Jace's circumstances. She was pissed because he was free and didn't bother to call her; on the other hand he wasn't being tortured in the dungeons of the Silent City.

Izzy shook her head in frustration, "that's the problem Mom wouldn't tell me where he was staying. Just that he has someone watching him 24/7, and that I shouldn't try to rescue him on a whim."

So that was why she withheld the information, Maryse spoke to her like a child and Izzy had been through so much, really all of them had proved to be anything but childlike in the past two weeks. Forming a plan to take down Valentine on his dark ship, fighting in the battle, saving people's lives, Maryse didn't have a problem treating Izzy as an adult last week. She knew Izzy felt Maryse had slapped her in the face.

"Iz - I understand your aggravation with Mom and all, but don't you think this was a little more important to share with us?" Alec raised an eyebrow at her.

"I know I should've told you right away. So the ceremony has been postponed, he's not in the Silent City, but there is more you should know." She avoided Clary's face.

"Mom told me the ceremony may include an exchange of Jace's blood," the words poured out of her at a rapid pace, "if that happens Jace will lose his sight and no longer see past glamour."

"Would he remember being a Shadowhunter at all?" Clary felt sick to her stomach again.

Imagining Jace without any recollection of his Shadowhunter abilities and victories - was like looking at a painting without any paint, an empty canvas. Clary understood now what her Mom was trying to explain to her at Magnus'. Jace needed time to figure out who he was, what he was going to do as a mundane, he would be starting over his life, a clean slate. Would "they" exist in his new world, would he even want her?

"I don't know about his memories, but Mom said he may not be able to be around us, have a relationship with us because he won't be able to physically see us anymore."

Alec let out a whistle between his teeth. This scenario just went from bad to worse in sixty seconds.

"I've got to get back to Magnus, he's trying to find a loophole for Jace. I need to talk to him. Maybe he can reach out to his contacts and see if they know where they are holding him, if we can see him. I'll call you when I know something."

Clary watched Alec jog out of the training room.

"I'm sorry Clary. I should not have kept stuff about Jace from you. Will you forgive me?" Izzy said pleadingly.

"Yes I'll forgive you, but don't ever do that again Isabelle Lightwood, or I will turn on my raging red-headed bitch mode on you."

"Understood." Izzy stood up off the mat and held her hand out to Clary to help her stand up.

Clary took her hand and they walked to their separate rooms. The plan was to shower, change and meet downstairs to determine how they were going to find out where Jace was being held. Clary had a bad feeling Simon might also be involved in this secret agenda. Not to mention the anger building up under her skin that Jace hadn't reached out to her. He was probably doing the whole "I'm an island and I'll put my life in danger, but not yours" thing. She sighed in frustration.

Alec ran up the flight of stairs to Magnus' apartment. He was a little winded when he hit the final step. He felt weak the whole time they were training this morning with Izzy and Clary. He thought it was due to Jace's absence. Jace was the runner of the two and motivated Alec to run with him as part of their training ritual. As Shadowhunters they really didn't need the extra cardio because they could apply runes, but it never hurt to be physically fit without them.

Magnus opened the door before Alec could reach for the handle. He drank in Alec with his eyes; saw him breathing a little hard and with beads of sweat at his brow. "Are you okay, I heard panting and heavy breathing? Need to relieve some of your pent up frustration," he raised his eyebrows suggestively and licked his lips.

Alec actually smiled, which was something he hadn't done in two days. "You're a hard offer to refuse."

"Don't refuse than, come in let's take a bath and recharge ourselves," Magnus grabbed Alec's hand and guided him into the apartment.

Alec followed obediently, "I'm fine with the bath, but let's postpone the release of frustrations for later tonight."

Magnus pouted and turned on the water, summoned candles, and sandalwood bath oils with a flick of his fingers.

"I promise we are just postponing the release of frustrations until later. I need your help with something, Jace isn't being held in the Silent City, he's somewhere else, and well…I thought you might have some contacts that could tell us where he is."

"I may have some people I can reach out to and find out where they are holding him. Why isn't he in the Silent City?" Magnus had a bad feeling about this change in protocol. The Silent Brothers were very traditional, and to allow Jace freedom so soon was completely out of character.

"Well they delayed the reversal ceremony, we don't know why, but Izzy heard my Mom talking with Imogen Herondale this morning on the phone." Magnus gave Alec a vexed look.

"I know I think it's strange she would reach out the woman who loathes Jace with the fire of thousand suns, but I suppose she had her reasons. Anyway, with the ceremony delayed and Jace not locked in a dungeon in the Silent City, we need to find him."

"My Mom also told Izzy they might take his Angel blood, which would cause him to lose his sight." Panic set in as Alec's breathing started to quicken.

"By the Angel, are you serious?" Magnus was shocked. "Let's take a bath, try to ease some of this tension," he touched Alec's shoulders, "and when we're finished I'll call some people."

Alec walked into the bedroom and peeled the sweaty clothes from his body. His cell phone rang, he padded across the room, and picked up his phone, he didn't recognize the number.

"Hello, who is this? I don't recognize this number."

"Hey Brother."

It was Jace, Alec let out a sigh of relief.

Simon finalized the modeling portfolios and emailed them to Camille. She responded almost immediately and said she booked a job for Jace on Monday at 6:00 AM at a studio in Manhattan. Jordan said he'd cover Jace's shift at TDA deliveries. Jace wasn't ready to work at TDA anyway, the whole learning to ride a bike at seventeen turned out to be more difficult than anticipated.

Jace was sitting on the couch staring at the T.V. screen, a game of Halo paused, the controller hanging limp in his hands. The dude needed some serious sleep. He had dark circles under his eyes and his skin looked pale, and for a vampire to think someone was pale, than they were really pale.

"Hey man if you're going to do this modeling thing tomorrow morning, you need to get some sleep. Have you looked at yourself in the mirror lately?" Simon asked.

Jace shook his head to come out of the trance, "Nope, trying to avoid the arousing affect my reflection has on my libido."

Simon could see right through his cracked exterior. "I don't want to hear about your pent up teenage sexual angst. It was your idea to keep the girls at a distance, not mine."

Simon tried to lighten the mood, but it didn't work. Jace just hung his head, waiting for Simon to berate him again for not calling Clary, but he didn't.

Jace looked at his watch it read 6:30 PM, he was meeting Alec at 7 in the park.

"I'm going for a walk, clear my head and all that." Jace stood up, grabbed his jacket and left the apartment.

AN: So thirteen chapters in and still no CLACE. Hang in there Clace fans the next chapter is promising, but is Clary angry with Jace or just happy he's free? And the modeling job…he's a natural of course.

Thanks for reading XOXO