Chapter Twenty-one: Raphael Lied.

'Dad? Dad!' Max yelled cheerfully, I didn't know he had followed us, 'Alec, I thought you said he wasn't coming home!' All I could do was stare at Dad. What is he doing here? I thought he was dead! He looked different somehow, not like Dad at all, his hair was a mess, and his clothes were dirty. Max started to run to him, but I stopped him. 'Let go of me Alec!' He yelled at me, but I didn't let him go. Dad had become a fledgling. Raphael stood behind him.

'Raphael, I thought we discussed this. Dad was not meant to be one of-of you!'

'This is Rafel? And what do you mean 'one of you'?' Max asked.

'He has my blood in him, I could not destroy him, he had to become this.' Raphael spoke calmly.

'Why!' Izzy screamed.

'Because it was meant to happen. Once someone drinks my blood, their future has been made, they must become a vampire.'

'What's going on?' Max asked me.

'You told us you would-would get rid of him.' I stuttered.

'I may have told a little lie.'

'A little lie!' Izzy exploded. I've never seen her this angry. 'I don't think this is a little lie! This is a massive lie! You told us you were going to dispose of Dad's body! But now he's a fledgling!' Izzy broke down and started crying. I looked over at Dad, he couldn't stand still. I leaned toward Magnus and whispered, 'Does Dad look like he's going to do something or is that just me?' Magnus looked at Dad and his hands started to spark. 'What are you doing?'

'I'm putting up a force field so if your father does do something that could hurt us, he won't be able to. Now be quite sweetie, I need to concentrate.' I kept my mouth closed and stared at Dad. He was starting to pace now, like a tiger trapped in a cage. He looked up a few times but kept his head down. 'It's now up.' Magnus whispered.

'Jace, what's going on?' It was Clary; Dad looked up and ran towards her. He knocked her to the ground and he unsheathed his fangs.

'No!' Jace yelled as Dad sank his fangs into her, I could feel my face pale. Raphael pulled him off of Clary, Dad's face was covered in her blood; it made me want to be sick.

Jace had taken Clary to his room; Magnus went with them, to see if he could help her. Max had taken off to his room; Izzy and I had been talking, well more like yelling at Raphael. He had sat there and listened to us for the past hour. Dad was sitting next to Raphael, looking like nothing had happened; the blood still smeared across his face. 'How could you do this to him!' Izzy screamed. 'You know he didn't want this! But you did it anyway!' Tears had silently been running down her cheeks as she yelled at him.

'I told you why I did this, he drank my blood, his future had been made, he had to become this.' Raphael said calmly.

'Robert?' It was Mum, I didn't hear her come in, 'is that you? Is that blood on your face?' I stood up and walked over to her.

'Mum you should probably go, I'll explain to you later what happened, ok?'

'No Alec, explain to me now.'