Hello everyone! I have decided to put Alicante into three parts! I wanted to update so here is part two!
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The inside of the house looked very posh. All the furniture looked like antiques.
They all followed Maryse into the living room where Valentine placed Isabelle's father on the couch, after Maryse set a blanket down to stop the blood from ruining the cover.
"Thank you so much! How could I ever repay you!" she said, starting to draw Iratze on her husband.
Clarissa looked at her father. They didn't have long left till the rune disguising them wore off.
"There's no thanks needed. I was just glad to help." He said.
Maryse froze and tensed up. She stood up and looked at her father. There was confusion and recognition etched in her face. She just stared at her father.
"Is there a problem?" Said the man on the couch looking at his wife confused. Clarissa could now see his eyes were definitely brown.
"I'm sorry. You just sound like someone I knew years ago." Said Maryse to herself.
"No apologies necessary. We must get going." Said her father backing towards the door they came in through.
"I can't let you leave without giving you something" she said with a thoughtful look. "How about I make you all lunch? I have to make some anyways!" she said smiling.
Clarissa looked back at her father. She could tell what he was thinking. He was looking for some way to decline.
"Okay, why not?" he said, unsure.
"Excellent! Isabelle and…Seraphina was it? Why don't you help me? It's going to be a salad so you can help." She said smiling between the two girls.
They both nodded and followed her. Clary never helped prepare a meal before, and by the looks of Isabelle, neither had she.
She entered the kitchen which looked like a hospital room compared to the rest of the house. Everything looked sterile and smooth.
Clarissa followed Isabelle to the table where Maryse placed two chopping boards. Isabelle looked nervous.
"I want you both to slice tomatoes. I want you both to be careful okay? I don't want either of you to chop off a finger!" she said meaning it to be a joke but made Isabelle gasp at the cruel joke.
Maryse placed a knife on each chopping board and started washing lettuce.
Clarissa and Isabelle went to the nearest bathroom and washed their hands and returned to the kitchen. The picked up their knives and started slicing the way they thought they should.
Clarissa finished in just a few seconds. She was very skilled with knives. She looked over at Isabelle and had barely sliced the tomato and her hand was shaking.
"Let me help" said Clarissa stretching her hand to take the tomato from her before she ruined it. Unfortunately that was when Isabelle dropped the knife, and it nicked Clarissa's wrist. Just where her disguise mark was.
Clarissa gasped and could see her skin go pale and saw her brown hair turn back to red. Maryse turned around to check on them when she saw Clarissa and screamed.
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After Maryse left with the girls, that left Valentine alone with Robert, Alec and Jonathan. They just stayed in awkward silence till Robert cleared his throat.
"Thanks again for bringing me back. Didn't think it was going to get that rough." Said Robert.
"No problem. Glad to help." Said Valentine hoping something would come up that would let them leave. What was he thinking by getting close to the Lightwoods? Maryse was already suspicious.
"And I'm sorry about my wife. She never zoned out like that before." He continued on.
"There is really no reason to apologize Robert." He said staring shocked. He shouldn't know his name! It had slipped out!
"How do you know his name?" asked Alec glaring at him.
Valentine was about to say something when he heard a scream coming from the kitchen. They all ran (Well Valentine and Jonathan followed Alec and Robert who was limping) to the kitchen where they saw Isabelle and Maryse staring at Clarissa who was clutching her wrist and was now undisguised.
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Jonathan has the urge to start laughing then go to his sister to see what happened. But the look Maryse gives him and Father chills him to the bone.
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?!" she shrieked.
Maryse, I can explain…" pleaded father looking very distraught.
The women looked at father with disbelief.
"I knew it! I knew you sounded familiar! You may as well drop the disguises!" she said glaring at them.
Father sighed and took out his stele and drew a straight line on the mark Clary made, causing him to return to his original form. He passed his stele to Jonathan who did the same.
Robert gasped as he saw their true selves.
"I don't understand! They found all of your bones in that house…" said Robert.
"I faked our deaths. Jocelyn abandoned us and the clave was after me. I fled to give my children a life they deserved." Said father staring at Maryse and Robert as though challenging them.
"You fled and left the rest of us to be punished?"
"What are you complaining about? You have children and are allowed in Idris. Last I heard, Starkweather couldn't see the light of day without dying." Said father.
Jonathan was confused. What were they talking about?
"We are only allowed to visit Alicante on business! We have to run the New York Institute. Our loyalty is to the Clave now. I suggest you leave now before I contact them." Said Maryse giving father a death glare.
"NO!" cried Isabelle.
All the adults turned to look at the girl.
"Isabelle! You don't understa-"
"I DON'T CARE! I don't want Seraphina to leave!" she cried.
"Actually my name is Clarissa" said his sister blushing.
"Oh, well I don't want Clarissa to leave! Isn't there some way we can still be friends?" said Isabelle pleading.
Maryse looked at her daughter with a sad look.
"Come on Maryse. We can't hurt our children by separating them now." Said father smiling at her.
Maryse sighed and turned to her husband.
"What do you think?" she said indecisive.
Robert looked at his daughter who had big pleading eyes. He then moaned.
"Alright. The children can be friends. But I want them to only see each other at your home. I am not risking my family for you, Valentine." Hissed Robert.
Isabelle squealed and grabbed Clarissa by the wrist causing her to hiss. Isabelle let go confused then looked down at Clarissa's wrist. It was covered in blood.
"What happened?" said father rushing to Clarissa's, taking his stele back from Jonathan.
"It was an accident. I just got nicked with a knife." Said Clarissa nonchalantly.
"Show me." Demanded father. Clary raised her wrist to him. He took it and drew an Iratze. It immediately healed.
"Thank you." Said Clarissa blushing. She hated being helped if she was capable of doing something.
"While we're all here, we may as well have lunch together" said Maryse unsure if she should still continue with the idea. "All of you out of my kitchen while I fix up lunch. I don't need any more surprises." She said turning her back to them all and continuing with the salad.
Isabelle washed her hand covered in Clarissa's blood and then grabbed her other wrist, dragging her from the room.
Father and Robert walked back the way they came. That left Jonathan alone with Alec.
"Any good with weapons?" he asked bored. Alec blushed.
"Well I have practiced with a bow and arrow and I was told I was very skilled with it." he said rubbing his neck.
Jonathan didn't believe him. He had practiced with a bow before but wasn't that good.
"Show me" he demanded. Alec looked shocked at his straightforwardness.
"Why should I?" he demanded.
"Because a bow and arrow are hard to manage. Till I see it for myself, I don't believe you." He said crossing his arms.
"Fine. Follow me and prepare to eat your words!" said Alec smirking at Jonathan's confused face.
"How does one eat words?"
"It's an expression, idiot" said Alec walking towards another door.
"Alec…" said his mother in a warning tone.
Jonathan just found himself laughing at Alec's guilty face as they both left the kitchen. Alec soon joined in, surprising both boys.
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