Chapter 13:

Sebastian felt himself start to fade. He guessed it was time for him to recharge. He had hoped his time between recharges would have been longer, but at least he was here.

"If Clarissa comes home before I am completely recharged, distract her until I come back," Sebastian instructed.

"OK," Jax confirmed.

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"Tag! You're it!" Valiant shouted, slapping Jace across the back as he ran past.

Jace looked around and spotted Clary. She was looking at him. Jace grinned and started in her direction. Clary turned and bolted. Jace quickly caught up to her and swooped her in his grasp, spinning her around so she was facing him. He planted a kiss on her lips.

"Tag. You're it," Jace told her, breathlessly.

"Hmmph. How come you couldn't have tagged someone else," Clary complained.

"Would you have rather I tagged someone else like I tagged you? And here I thought our kisses actually meant something!" Jace's tone was full of mock hurt.

"Of course our kisses mean something," Clary giggled at Jace's antics. "It's just since there are no tag backs, now I have to go and tag someone just like you tagged me," she teased.

"Oh no, you don't," Jace growled, and started chasing her when she wriggled out of his grip and started chasing Alec.

Jace caught up to her just as she was about to reach Alec. He grabbed her around the waist and kept running until he had gotten a few feet away from the group. He then proceeded to kiss the living daylights out of her.

"Tag. You're it," Clary breathed.

"What?" Jace was confused.

"In order to tag the person who tagged you, you have to chase at least one person before trying to tag the person who tagged you," Clary explained. "I chased Alec. Then I tagged you."

"Are you two done?" Magnus called. "I thought we were supposed to be playing tag!"

Right then Clary's cell phone rang.

"Hi Mom," Clary answered after looking to see who was calling.

"Sure," Clary replied to something Jocelyn asked.

"OK. Love you too, Mom. Bye," Clary hung up. "Mom wants us to stop at the store on our way back home," she told Jace.

"Then we better get going," Jace said, looking at his phone for the time. "We promised Jax and Jude we would be home by six and it's already almost five."

"Let's go then," Clary put her phone back in her pocket.

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With V & S dead and gone

Shadowhunter lives are peaceful and long.

But that's just boring,

So to add some spice,

Let's bring villains back,

Cause they're rather nice!