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Chapter 15

Anger:

*Jace POV*

Alec called Lucille to let her know she needed to meet him at my house along with Hadley. They were going to be staying with us, I couldn't just risk letting Alec being alone, what if he tried to leave again. Lucille certainly wasn't in a condition of being able to stop him. I drove as fast as I could, the music blaring to keep us distracted. By the time we made it to my house, Lucille and Hadley were already there. Hadley, Ethan, Noah, and Lil were playing in their rooms, which left us with the living room.

"Alec?" Lucille cried when she saw his ragged state. She cupped his face in her hands, and he closed his eyes against her touch, finally relaxing. Clary pulled me to the side, pulling me down so that she could whisper in my ear, "What happened?" She asked. Clary wrapped her arms around herself as she looked from Alec to me. She knew something was wrong, and I could tell she desperately wished there wasn't. I took up both of her hands, hoping and praying that she wouldn't get too mad at me for what we had to tell her. I led her over to the couch, setting her down before kneeling in front of her. "I'm sorry for keeping this from you, but I was under strict orders not to tell you," Clary's eyebrows furrowed in confusion, but she didn't interrupt me, "Alec and I are apart of a rebellion group against the Clave."

I could hear Lucille's sharp intake of breath from across the room and Clary pinched her mouth shut as her nose scrunched up in controlled anger. "Why," she managed to get out after a few deep breathes, "Why would you do that? After everything, everything we did to get out and stay hidden. Do you realise what they're going to do when they find you? When they find us? When they find our children?" Clary had started to raise her voice by the end, but caught herself at the mention of our kids. Clary shut her eyes tightly as she clutched her stomach, "No, you're going to drop out now. And don't you dare tell me its for the best, don't you dare."

*Clary's POV*

"They have my father," Alec said, his expression on filled with hate until he looked back at Lucille, "They took him, and they're torturing him until he gives them information about the Circle. He's been there for months now, and now we've lost connection with him." I couldn't help the pang of guilt in my chest, 'What if he was caught because of us?' My blood boiled as I thought of them hurting Magnus Bane. Kind, caring Magnus. He didn't deserve that, no one did, but that didn't mean I was willing to put my children in danger for this. Surely he would understand, right? I glanced back toward the hallway, if I listened close enough I could hear their laughter as they played on. They're lives would be ruined if they were brought up in war, but what about the children in the Clave. One part of me wanted to protect my children and keep them safe at all cost, but another knew how wrong the Clave was and that they needed to be stopped.

"What are you going to do about it? Do you have any plans, any solid plans?" I asked as I looked between Alec and Jace. They glanced hesitantly at each other, and then Alec spoke, "I have ideas, but we'll have to go over them and make sure everything could even be set up. It'll take a while, but I think if we hurry we could do it within the week." I clenched and unclenched my hands in my lap while I thought. "You have to fill us in on everything, and that includes everything you've kept secret until now. Then you run the plan by us, if even one of us rejects it then you don't go through with it. And most importantly, if any of those damn Clave members start to question about our family, if I so much as think someone is going to get one of them, the mission is canceled. You come back. Alive. Both of you have children, and Alec you have a baby on the way, you better promise me that if the two of you do this, you come back no matter what."

Alec's shoulders sagged in relief as he let out a breath, and Jace cupped my face in his hands and kissed me full on the lips. When he pulled back I slapped him in the face as hard as I could. There was a loud noise and a red hand print was left on his face, I almost felt guilty. He had a shocked expression in place as held his face. "I understand why you joined the Circle, but I'm still pissed that you didn't tell me," I said as I reached to inspect his wound. It was still red, but it was already starting to fade, he wouldn't have any bruises but it'll still hurt, "Now don't ever do it again. I didn't feel guilty about hitting him, but that didn't mean I wanted to do it again.

He reached for my hand that was still searching over his wound and kissed it gently, "I promise I won't ever do that again," His pinky wrapped around mine as he shook. "Tomorrow when the kids are at school, Alec and I will explain everything, but its getting late now," Jace said as he turned to look at Alec and Lucille and then back to me, "oh and Alec is going to be staying with us for a while." Jace met my eyes when he finished and I knew the reason for Alec's staying almost instantly. He didn't want his friend to be left alone, and honestly I didn't blame him. I smiled as I looked up at Alec and Lucille, "Just wait till the kids hear."

Author's Notes:

Okay, so I know this is short, and not extremely exciting but this is what I've got for now. This doesn't mean that I've gotten over this writer's block, its still pretty hard, I mean this is all I've gotten written, that didn't seem like total garbage since my last real chapter. I know. Urgh, hopefully I'll get to writing soon for you guys, I really miss it. Oh and another piece of bad news, sorry, but school is starting up soon so I'll have even less time to write. I'll try, I really will so please don't give up on this story just yet, I'm hoping to get to fights soon. And if anyone has any good fighting stories that they know of, that would be amazing! I've never written a fighting story, I think Ive mentioned this before, so ideas and different techniques and styles would really help. Did my other fights seem alright? I'm really not sure on those.

Oh and another thing, since I can't reply to guests I wanted to thank all of you here. I reply to everyone I can so I wanted to make sure you guys knew I was reading your comments, they really are lovely and the advice and support you give me is more than I could ever hope for. So thank you so, so much! Well by for now, and any and all constructive criticism is welcome. I love you all and thank you for reading!

-Haybell