Hey guys so I try to keep everything I post super relevant to the chapter I am writing so that means that a lot of small details about how I moulded the universe to fit the story slip through the cracks and it might leave you wondering what is going on, so this will feature a combination of explanations and mini scenarios where you see how characters reacted to different developments in the story. Hope you enjoy.

*SPOILER ALERT* *IF YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED READING THE CHAPTERS I PUBLISHED BEFORE THIS IT WILL NOT MAKE SENSE AND WILL SPOIL THE STORY FOR YOU*

So, first things first, I wanted to give you an impression of the timing of everything. Clary, Jace and Sebastian are in the apartment in December of 2007 which is also when the dark war took place and Sebastian was defeated. In March Izzy had an early 17th birthday party because she was going to Idris the following week for secret business and she wouldn't be back til after her birthday. Clary announces her pregnancy (she is 3 months) at this time she is only 16 and 7 months and Jace is 18 and 2 months. Jocelyn and Luke get married a little over 2 months later in late May and Clary gives birth on the 10th of September, 2008, 2 weeks early. Harrison dies on the 23rd of November, 2010 (R.I.P Harry we all loved you.)

While Clary was in the dimensional apartment with Sebastian and he was being all weird and creepy he *did* do it with her, forcefully. After they defeated Sebastian the only people she told were Magnus and Jace (who threatened to kill Sebastian all over again.) She swore them to secrecy and when she announced it at Izzy's birthday party everyone she knew from the shadow world was there. Speaking of the shadow world, in this story Jordan didn't die because tbh when I read that scene for the first time I had to put the book down so I could cry for like five minutes and like Cassie that is not okay Jordan was like the purest soul ever.

If you were wondering about the rune Clary created that killed all the demons that entered through the wards, I mostly did that because

a) It meant I could make the story more my own and stray from the plot of the books so it wasn't too similar

b) It meant I could focus on the characters and all the stuff they were going through without having the added drama of demons

c) I wanted Nate to be the only antagonist or I guess future antagonist.

All in all it just made a lot more sense to me to make it so that demons weren't such a huge problem. That being said if anyone desperately wants more demon action I have a few ideas of how that could be arranged.

Anyway I think that's it. Oh, last but not least if you are reading this please please please just take a minute out of your day to review my story. It helps so so much because I only really write these stories for people so I want to know what you think.