Clary Pov:

She could feel the exhaustion run through her, and decided she would only be a burden of she came along. The other were going on a mission, because there had been reports of demon activity in the area, and they had been put on it. but she had been too tired to tag along, and had decided to stay home and sleep. Before they went, she walked to Jace's room, and gently knocked on the door. "Jace? Are you in there?". The door opened, and Jace stood there, dressed up in full Shadowhunter gear, the all black, stiff clothing made him look good as always. "hey, yeah, whats up?" she smiled at him, and took his hand. "im not coming with you guys tonight. Im too tired, I will just be a burden." His look changed form careless to worry. "are you okay?" he gave her hand a squeeze, and she nodded. "yes. Just tired." He relaxed again, and a sudden impulse made her rock onto the tip of her toes, and kiss him. it was a sweet, warm kiss, and she ran her finger through his hair. He gently put his arms around her waist, and it wasn't before they were both gasping for air, that she broke it off. He looked at her with love and confusion. "what was that for?" he asked in a light voice. She smiled "nothing. Just, be safe, okay. Don't do anything I wouldn't do" she blinked, and then walked back to her room. Her muscles felt heavy, and she threw herself onto the bed. Her eyes closed immediately, and fell asleep.

3 hours later, she woke up to the sound of the Institute doors closing. A smile crept onto her face, Jace was back. In eager, she got out of bed, and almost ran to the door of her room- but quickly stopped. There was something that was off. Clary backed up, and got her sword from the locker in her room, now cautious and up on her toes. Every muscle in her body was tense, as she looked out the door. In that exact moment, something hit her in the chest, and she flew backwards. Clary hit the floor hard, and all the air was knocked out of her lungs. A tiny wimp escaped her lungs, but she stiffened herself off, and got back up on her feet. Her back was burning, but she ignored it. The thing that stood in front of her was obviously a demon. How did it get in? The thought shot through Clary's head, but she didn't have time to pick it up. The demon circled around her.

Next thought. What did it want from her? That thought somehow made it out of her mouth, and luckily, it sounded braver and fiercer than she felt. The demon smiled a disgusting smile at her, and took a step closer. "I want to show your little friends that you cant mess with me, without paying. I am truly sorry dearie that it had to be you, but you seem to be the one the blonde one cares about the most. So, you must understand it has to be you." It repeated the sickening smile, but then it hit her. The blonde one the demon was talking about, was Jace. Jace had fought this demon, and it had gotten away from him. As she realized that, hope and anger left her, and she was standing there with nothing left but an empty feeling of hopelessness. If he couldn't, she couldn't either.

Clary felt like sitting down on the ground, giving up and letting the demon kill her, but then she remembered something. The look in Jace's golden eyes, that day they had been walking in the park. She couldn't describe it, but she felt like she had seen how he felt. Truly. There had been love, that was for sure, and wonder, and admiration too. He had looked like she was a goddess on earth, and then he had kissed her. His strong arms had held her, and for the first time in weeks, she had felt completely and utterly safe.

She got back up on her feet, determined that she would see Jace again. She had to.

Suddenly, using the element of surprise, she attacked the demon. It wasn't ready, and she got a pretty good hit in on it. the angelic blade cut through the demons skin like it was made of air, and she creature hissed in pain. "foolish little girl" it hissed through it's clenched teeth. But she ignored it, and attacked again. This time though, it got her, and with a speed she had never seen before, it swirled around, and caught her by the neck. She felt it as if she was going to die from suffocation, and then it hit her. Maybe she was. Maybe this was the end, and she would never get to see Jace again. And that made her more sad than the fact that she was going to die. That made her devastated. Suddenly, she felt a sharp, intense pain in her stomach, and looked down. Out her stomach, was sticking a huge claw from the demon, and tiny coughs escaped her as her lungs tried to breath. The pain was overwhelming, and she couldn't hold it in anymore, so she screamed. Then the demon pulled out the claw, and she fell to the ground, with hair leg pointing in a broken direction. She tried to grab a hold of her sword, but the demon kicked it out of her hand, and then she finally laid still, the light coming towards her. Her chest stopped moving for good.