OK so I got the reviews I wanted so here's the next chapter. I guess I should explain that they still believe they are related in the story so just to put that straight. OK so let's continue...

An hour later she was lying on her bed after pulling herself together to shower and change. She hadn't heard anything about Jace, and it was tearing her apart. She couldn't wait anymore for information. She pushed herself off the bed and walked out the door. She walked quickly towards the infirmary. She wouldn't be sent away this time; she had a right to know what was going on. After all Jace was her brother and he had jumped in front of the knife to protect her. She braced herself for what was to come then pushed through the infirmary doors.

The stench of antiseptic ambushed her nose as she located Jace with her eyes. He was in the bed furthest from the door and Alec was standing over him with his back to her. She walked towards him but stopped abruptly when Alec turned to face her.

"Clary," He said in warning, "You shouldn't be here."

"Why not? I have every right to be here." She said, annoyed that Alec was treating her like a child.

"I...I guess you do, but it's not something you should see."

"What's wrong?" She asked timidly. Alec bowed his head slightly then put his hand on her arm.

"Normally we could just stitch up the wound and the only issue would be his blood loss, but it's different this time. The Iratze is healing his broken shoulder blade and we stitched him up and replenished his blood but there another problem. When he was stabbed there must have been d..." Alec stopped briefly to take a deep breath, "There must have been demon blood on the knife and it has entered his blood stream. It's hurting him Clary, and unless we get it out, it will kill him." Clary stood in shock. Demon blood? She had saw the stains on the knife and thought nothing of it, admittedly because it was heading right for her chest at the time, but she didn't even know demon blood could do this. She hid her eyes for a moment as tears threatened to fall, then looked up at Alec.

"I want to see him." She said with a quiver in her voice. "Please Alec."

He nodded but said, "Just prepare yourself. It... Well just look." He moved aside so Clary could see. She stepped forward slowly and saw Jace laying on his stomach his head facing away from her. Alec turned and lifted the blanket that was covering Jace's wound and moved it down to his waist. Clary gasped. She didn't know what to expect but in no way could she have imagined this. Thin black lines snaked away from the stab wound on Jace's shoulder, stopping about two inches out at every angle.

"Is that...?" She begun to ask, but couldn't bring herself to say the words.

"The demon blood. It's tainting Jace's blood. It's affecting his cells and in turn, affecting his veins and arteries. See how it's turning them black? It's slowly contaminating them. He'll be OK, well kind of OK, until these lines reach his chest. Once they reach his heart he'll..." He stopped seeing how upset Clary was and couldn't finish that sentence. Saying that he'll die would destroy her. Not just her but him too, his whole family would hate to lose Jace. He was a member of their family, always would be. He put his arm around Clary and slowly pulled her into a hug. He rested his chin on her head and said softly, "We won't let that happen. We won't let it get that close."

The door opened and Isabelle walked in, her eyes red and puffy. She saw Alec and Clary and dashed over to them.

"Oh Clary." Was all she said as she took her off Alec and hugged her tightly. A few more tears fell from her eyes into Clary's hair. "Clary, it's gonna be OK," She said softly into Clary's ear, "We'll stop it, get it out. He'll be back to his normal self soon enough." She pulled away and looked into Clary's eyes. "OK?" She said. Clary nodded in response.

Clary wiped her eyes on her sleeves then turned back to Jace. Alec had covered his shoulder back up, and for this she was grateful. She walked around the other side of the bed and looked at Jace's face. His face was white as a sheet and was covered with a sheen of sweat. She pulled a chair around the bed and sat down beside him. She put her elbows on her knees and stared at Jace.

This was her fault, she thought. If only she had run, if only she had moved, Jace wouldn't have had to protect her, and he wouldn't have been stabbed. She remembered clearly the noise he made when the knife pierced his shoulder, the scream that he let out. She had never heard Jace make a noise like that before; she had never heard anyone make a noise like that before. She had watched him stand off against that demon with blood pouring down his back; even injured like that he was able to fight like a pro. Then, when Jace leapt at the demon, when she thought it was all over, she heard that crack. That horrible, gut wrenching crack, followed by the scream she never wants to hear again. Jace may have won then, but he was losing now. She looked at his face and saw his eyes moving under his lids. She wondered what he was dreaming about. Whether it was a good or bad dream. Whether it was about the demon or about her. She was glad that he was asleep though, he shouldn't have to be awake through the pain that Clary was sure was there. At least for now he could sleep, dream maybe. Clary then realised how tired she was and closed her eyes. A little nap couldn't hurt and she knew that someone would wake her up if Jace woke up. She thought once more about that horrible crack and the scream that followed before drifting into sleep.

So what do you think? Reviews make me happy so don't let me be sad please! I hope you are enjoying the story and I'm gonna start writing the next chapter after uploading this. OK thanks to everyone that has read so far! Oh and just remembered. It may not be mentioned in the book whether demon blood does this(I can't remember and I've lost my copy of the book lol), but it's an idea that came to me and I really liked it so I thought I'd write it to see if it worked and if people liked it. If you don't like the idea of what the demon blood does, let me know! OK so thanks! Taryn x