City of Undisclosed Desires
Chapter 1
They had been waiting in front of the Portal for over fifteen minutes before they saw Lucy step out of it. Isabelle immediately ran to her and squeezed her tight, until Jace came forward as well and pat Lucy's head, earning himself a playful punch in the guts from her.
''That hurt!'', Jace pouted. Lucy gave him a mischievous smirk.
Then her glance turned to Clary, and she stepped forward, towards her.
''Hello! You must Clary.'', she said in her thick british accent, ''I'm really happy to finally get to know you after I've hear so much about you!'' And against any expectations, Lucy hugged Clary awkwardly.
''Yeah, me too.'', Clary tried to sound cheerful but didn't bother to hug Lucy back.
After this awkward first encounter, Lucy turned around to face Isabelle and Jace.
''So, what are the plans for tonight?'', Lucy clapped her hands while looking at Isabelle and Jace expectingly.
''Well,'' Isabelle began ''mom's already left for Brazil. That means we have no curfew. We could co to a new place I've heard about, I'm growing tired of Pandemonium.''
''That's great! Are you guys coming?'', Lucy asked, her gaze going between Jace and Clary.
''Yeah, su-'', Jace agreed, before being sharply interrupted by Clary.
''Actually, we've already got plans, but thanks for the invitation'', Clary announced. Jace looked at her questioningly, obviously not aware of their ''plans'' but didn't say anything.
''Oh, okay.'', Lucy said in a disappointed voice, ''Maybe next time.'', she offered.
''Sure!'', Clary lied in her most sweet voice.
''So, what are our plans for tonight?'', questioned Jace, later that evening while sitting alone with Clary in the library.
''We don't have any'', admitted Clary, her cheeks blushing ever so slightly, ''I thought we could maybe just be alone.'' She shifted on her armchair so she could look directly into Jace's golden eyes.
''Are you offering?'', Jace asked while waggling his brows seductively.
Pleased with his reaction, Clary stood up and walked seductively towards him. She thought she was probably looking stupid, swaying her hips more than necessary, but Jace seemed to appreciate.
''Maybe'', she purred before going to sit on his lap, creating a very light friction. She placed her hands on the nape of his neck, and drew her face closer to his, her breath caressing his lips.
''Clary,' 'he roared, ''you know we can't.'' Jace slowly drew Clary's face away from his own and stared into her eyes lustfully.
''Like hell we can't!'', Clary retorted and before Jace could refuse, she shifted, so that she was now straddling him and captured his lips passionately. They were frozen at first, but he gave in to the kiss soon enough, and placing one hand on Clary's neck and the other at her waist, he drew her closer to him, if even possible. She moaned against him and one of her hands slid off his neck and made its way through his torso, moving south. A groan escaped Jace's mouth and he squeezed Clary's waist stronger, his thumb lingering over the swell of Clary's left breast.
Then, it happened. His skin started glowing in an unnatural way, growing warmer when Clary swore. Jace's skin was literally on fire, burning Clary where their bodies had been touching.
He immediately jerked away from her, looking horrified.
''I'm sorry, Clary. I'm so sorry.'', Jace apologised, disgusted with himself.
''So, do I look hot?'', Lucy asked Isabelle, looking appreciatively at her reflection on the mirror.
''You must certainly do.'', said Isabelle imitating Lucy's accent. ''I must admit there are beautiful dresses in England'', Isabelle looked jealously at her dress. It was a matte black strapless dress which barely came under her backside.
''I know!'', Lucy shrieked looking proud. ''And because I knew you would like it, I brought you the same dress in red.'', she announced before taking the piece of clothing out of her luggage bag. Isabelle looked at her, wearing one of her biggest smiles and hugged Lucy tightly.
''You are the best friend!'', Isabelle admitted when drawing back from her to admire the dress. Lucy gave her back a somewhat stern smile. ''Something wrong?'', Isabelle asked in a concerned voice while putting on her dress.
''Clary. She doesn't seem to like me much, does she?'', Lucy answered, applying her last touch of make-up.
''You can't blame her, you know. They only just got back together and well, she's jealous of you. After all, you were his first.'', Izzy explained. She was now concealing some weapons under her dress, as was Lucy.
''Yeah, I get it, but there's nothing I can do about that, either. As long as she makes Jace happy, I'm okay with it.''
Isabelle looked at Lucy, studying her and thinking that maybe, Lucy would be better for her brother. But her thoughts were quickly put in the back of her mind when Lucy announced she was ready to go.
Jace and Clary were now entering the Pandemonium. After the incident, they both decided it would be better if they weren't completely alone.
Inside, the music was loud, the air warm and the place crowded. They decided to have a drink before hitting the dance floor.
''This remembers me of when we were in Venice, the night you weren't being controlled by Sebastian.'', Clary said before taking a first sip of her Bloody Mary. Her face suddenly contorted and she tried not to spit out the sip she had taken. ''How can you drink this?'', Clary asked Jace, looking at her glass disgustingly.
Jace chuckled. ''I don't know, it tastes good to me.'', he admitted, then drank the rest of his own cocktail and took Clary's hand. ''Let's go dance!'', he shouted in order to be heard over the loud music and dragged her toward the dance floor.
They had been dancing and kissing for what only seemed some minutes, but probably was more than an hour, when Clary saw something behind Jace.
''Jace,'', she whispered into his eyes, ''there are demons behind you. I think they're Moloch demons. They're going inside the boy's bathroom.''
He turned around and saw, indeed, Moloch demons entering the bathroom. It was a large group, which was not surprising as they usually preferred to fight in groups. There were probably ten of them.
Jace hissed disapprovingly and turned towards Clary. He then grabbed her by the shoulders firmly and told her: ''You stay here, understood? I'm going to take care of them. Call Isabelle or Alec or something and tell them to get their ass here.'' He kissed Clary's forehead and placed his phone on her hands before following the demons.
Clary searched through his contacts and called Alec first, he didn't answer. She cursed silently and tried calling Isabelle instead. The phone kept ringing.
''Please, Izzy. Please answer.'', Clary murmured to herself.
The call went to voicemail, and Clary tried calling her again but Izzy didn't seem to get the phone call. Someone else then came to Clary's, and she promptly looked for the name in Jace's contacts. She pressed the green button, but it wasn't until the last ring that someone picked up the phone.
''What?'', Lucy groaned. Apparently Clary had interrupted something important, but she didn't care.
''We're at the Pandemonium, and there are demons here. Jace went to fight them but I don't know what do to, I haven't got any weapons!'', Clary stammered.
''I'm coming.'', Lucy promised before hanging up.
Clary sighed in relief before making her way to the bathroom.
Soon after they had gotten inside the nightclub called ''Cluster'', Lucy realised she would be the third wheel for the night when Izzy hugged a good-looking boy, no, a good-looking vampire.
Lucy decided to leave them alone, and went to sit at the bar ordering a single malt. The barman smiled questioningly at her choice of drink, obviously not used to gals drinking that sort of alcohol.
After what must have been her second or third drink, Lucy started feeling bored and turned her stool around, now facing the crowd. She scanned it, looking for someone to entertain her, when a handsome man caught her eyes. He was looking at her as well, and with the alcohol making its effect, Lucy smirked at him and gestured for him to come to her. He did.
''What is a beautiful woman like you doing alone in a nightclub?'', the man asked her. He was seriously dashing, his hair black and his eyes blue.
''Waiting for someone like you'', Lucy teased and gave him a wink. That was enough chatter, none of them seemed to be looking for a proper conversation.
They made their way together to a private alcove. During the path, Isabelle saw them and gave Lucy a proud look. Lucy smirked back.
The man was now holding Lucy against a wall, ravishing neck when Lucy felt her phone vibrate against her thigh. She groaned, but decided to ignore the call. Capturing his lips and playing with the buttons of his shirt... But her phone wouldn't stop ringing. She sighed and decided to take the call.
When she saw the caller ID displayed on her phone, she pressed the green touch and took the phone to her ear.
''What?'', Lucy growled.
Ending the call after some seconds, she went to retrieve Izzy.
Clary had been on the phone with Lucy only minutes ago but it seemed like hours. As she didn't have any weapons on her, she was left to look at Jace, who was fighting the demons. Every time, the seraph blade cut through one of the demons it died, but the body wouldn't disappear, and after some minutes they would resuscitate.
Jace was now covered in his own blood and well as the demon's. He had a deep cut on his shoulder, through which blood flowed out, dripping on the floor. Panicking, Clary went to him.
''Clary, go! Go!'', Jace yelled at her while aiming his blade at the demon's throat.
At that moment, Izzy and Lucy appeared at the doorstep of the bathroom. While instantly Isabelle drew out her whip at the demons, Lucy leaned against the wall, a thoughtful look on her face. Clary looked at her in disbelief; Lucy was there, she was trained and armed, and yet she wasn't doing anything.
Angry, Clary went towards Lucy to take one of her blades to fight as well. If the British girl thought she was too important to help them; fine, so it be, Clary thought.
Just when Clary had taken a dagger from her, Lucy spoke:
''Moloch Moc Og Na''.
Suddenly all the demons disappeared, going back to their dimension.
So what do you guys think of this chapter? Is it worth continuing this story or should I spare you from this abomination? :P
I hope this chapter doesn't feel too rushed, but I didn't want to linger on any scene as it's all supposed to happen in less than 3 hours.
Please review!
Xoxo, Louise.