Jace was running faster than he had ever run before.
His breath was burning in his chest, his mouth dry from it hissing in and out of his lungs. He had to get there. Something was wrong, something about Clary, and he had to get to her room. Fast. He couldn't lose her, not after getting her back so recently. The library was only on the second floor of the Institute, and her room was several flights up, near the green house, and it took forever to run there, but he couldn't take the elevator. To take the machine and just stand there, waiting, was not something he could handle.
Finally, he was on the right floor, outside her door. It was slightly ajar, and there was no light inside, only a thick darkness. There was something glittering on the floor, rubbed into the carpet. He caught a scent from the room: it reeked of magic.
He didn't like this. Pulling out a seraph blade, he thought he smelled… hair product… and… a smell that was getting familiar… but he couldn't quite place it—
Then the door swung open and everything went dark.
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When he awoke, he didn't open his eyes immediately. He didn't want his captors to realize he was conscious yet, so he could take stock of his surroundings as best he could. It was obvious he was sitting, tied with a fine rope, smooth and soft like silk, to a hard chair, possibly one from the kitchen. His skin felt stiff, like something was sticking to it like a second layer, or a mask, bur he could still see the redness of the light from behind his eyelids. He twitched his hand, just a very little bit, and felt the warmth of a very familiar pair of hands, bound much like his. Alec. They were tied back to back on chairs. And the smell, the same one he had caught outside the room, that was oh-so familiar, filled his nostrils. A soft murmuring could be heard in front of him.
Suddenly, he sneezed.
Slowly, he opened his eyes. He was in Clary's room, he had no doubt, as he had spent many days (and a few nights) there. He was indeed on one of the kitchen chairs.
In front of him was Magnus.
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