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Over the past week, from when I first got Max, we had been training nonstop; getting Max familiar with my scent, coming when he is called, and learning how to change on point to an animal I might call out. I learned several things from Max in the short time, for example; he loved being a ferret and curling up in my shoulder, he loved to also be a jaguar though I was still wonder where he had seen one, Max also enjoyed sitting on my lap while I pet his head.
Max had given me new found relationships with the Lightwoods I was never really close to, so everyone besides Isabelle and Jace. For instance, the day after I got Max, Robert and Maryse had rushed home from there 'vacation', they had both almost fainted when they heard the news was true about the infamous Metamorphosi. Robert and Maryse would often sit in the training room and cheer every time Max would change into a new animal, it gave Max confidence that only Jace really had and that bothered me.
Also, my relationship with Alec was closer than I ever thought possible as Alec had instantly helped me with research about the animal, Alec had also surprised me with a collar for Max; that apparently switched to fit him no matter what animal he was at the time, Alec gave me a black choker necklace with a Angelic rune symbol to match Max's collar. I had smiled and given Alec an awkward hug.
Today, Jace and I devoted our day to the training room, mostly for Max but Jace and I somehow go to be punching and kicking at each other; to which Max would protect me from Jace, as if he would ever really hurt me. This was the one day of the week where no one was in the training room but Jace, Max, and I. It was a nice change.
Jace's arms around my waist from behind halted my thoughts, "What are you thinking about?" He asked kissing my shoulder lightly.
I smiled up at him, "I was thinking of this week and how great Max is doing, but now I am thinking of you." Faintly, I felt Max, in his cat form he had recreated after seeing Church, rubbing his head against my leg.
Jace grinned, "That is the way it should be, love. Only think about me, because I only thing about you." He kissed my forehead lightly.
"Well, look at this darling couple!" A happily excited voice emotion announced. I turned my head and saw that the glitter and spiky hair proved that it was Magnus Bane along with Alec at his side. "I have come to see the Metamorphosi, Max, is that it?"
It seemed that after that everything happened in slow motion, first off Max growled and suddenly was a black panther, where he has seen one I didn't know, and was in a position to pounce at Magnus. I tore out of Jace's arms and grabbed Max's collar before he could move. Jace was on the ground helping me keep Max back and Alec had jumped in front of Magnus to protect his boyfriend.
"I'm sorry, Magnus," I said still holding onto Max's collar as he growled at Magnus, "Max doesn't like new people very much." I shivered when I remembered that he had almost eaten Robert, come to think of it, maybe Max just didn't like men.
Magnus stepped around Alec with a hand on his shoulder, "Thank you, my darling Alec. Clary, my dear, are you sure Max just doesn't like warlocks?"
I felt myself flush, "It could be that too. Or just men in general."
"I guess Jace and I were lucky." Alec muttered still watching Max growl at his boyfriend.
"Max calm down," I pleaded, Max looked at my pleading face and sat down as he stopped pulling away but still resumed his growling.
"At least he will listen to you." Jace said slightly out of breath as he stood back up.
"Thanks," I said to Jace who nodded, "I am sorry about him, Magnus, Max will get used to you eventually."
Magnus raised a hand to stop my words, "I have already forgotten it, my dear. However, if you will excuse me I need to talk to my darling Alexander and Jace alone." He made a move as to leave.
"You can talk in here," I said, Magnus stopped, "Really you can. I have to go to the store anyway and buy twenty different pet foods because I think Max is getting tired of puppy chow." I rolled my eyes before starting to walk from the door; Max reluctantly followed me after a few steps.
"Wait ten minutes and I will go with you." Jace said as I walked from the room, I nodded.
As we walked past Alec and Magnus, Max made a move to strike but I quickly got in the middle of them and pulled Max from the room, deciding to go to my room and change.
It was early November, so it was freezing cold outside it even started snowing yesterday, so in my room I changed from my training clothes into blue jeans, a white and grey stripped sweater, black gloves, and black boots that had a heel so I would be taller than five foot. I finished off the outfit with a black long coat that hit above my knees; I loved this coat very much because it kept me warm and hid my weapons and stele perfectly.
I put some money in one of the big pockets, and was ready to go when Jace walked in. I gasped when he entered, because he looked stunning. Jace was now wearing a black coat that zipped not in the middle but at the right side of his chest, under it he wore a black turtleneck sweater (to hide his runes, I guessed), black leather gloves, and his blue destroyed jeans with brown leather shoes. His golden hair was pushed out of his eyes and his golden eyes were staring right back into mine.
"Listen, I know you are enjoying the view but I think we should get going." Jace grinned.
"You… you… Jace you look like a model." I stuttered hesitantly walking towards him and touching his chest, my hand over his strong true heartbeat.
"Don't I always?" Jace smiled, "You look very beautiful as well, Clary." He bent his head to kiss me, and I noticed that in this kiss, I didn't even have to get up on the tips of my toes to reach him. "You are taller as well," Jace said breaking the kiss, he looked down at my shoes, "Jesus, Clary, are you trying to kill me with those heels?"
I smiled at him before turning back around to the sleeping Black Panther on my bed, "Max, get up, it's time to go." Max's head lifted up and in a second he glowed blue before he transformed into a golden retriever. I rolled my eyes before grabbing the handy leash on my desk and clipped it to the collar which that matched my necklace, Alec had given him. "Ready to go?" I asked Jace and Max. They both nodded in their own ways.
"Max," Jace said as we entered the elevator a few moments later, "No changing in public or in the store, okay?" Max didn't seem to hear him; his tail was wagging excitedly because we were leaving the Institute.
"Max, Jace is right don't change into any other animal in the store or on the way there." I said, Max listened to me and licked my hand. Jace absentmindedly pulled me closer to him as he held me around the waist, the elevator opened and we all three walked to the Institute's garage to my car.
Somewhere between my training, getting Max, and Jace's kisses, I had gotten my driver's license along with a silver Lexus; it was a perfect starting first car. I pulled out onto the road, turned the heat up, and put Max in the back of the car.
"You know," Jace said after I got situated, "There is something very hot about seeing you do this."
"Do what?" I asked watching the road.
"Oh you know, driving a car." Jace replied.
"Oh really?" I asked glancing over at him to smile before I turned back to the road; I was still very paranoid I would get into a crash if I looked away for more than a second.
"Yes really, I am actually thinking about how much fun we can have in this back seat."
"I am flattered you think so high of me."
"I didn't mean like that-"
"I know, I know, I know you just wanted to break the rules without really breaking the rules."
"Something like that." Jace said as I parallel parked in front of the pet store. I pulled my coat tighter around me and prepared for the cold as I turned off the car.
"I get it, Jace, well kind of." I leaned over to kiss him lightly, which quickly turned heated before I pulled away to breath, "You are only a man after all." I winked at him, grabbing Max's leash as I locked the car, after Jace stepped out and shut the door, and walked into the pet store.
The pet store trip was worse than I had first anticipated, I thought it was going to be bad, but once I got there I realized that I was going to hate this trip.
Max wanted every food in the store, every dog, cat, hamster, rat, even snake treats, and I didn't even know snake had treats and come to think of it; I didn't think Max had even seen a snake of any kind… yet.
The food wasn't the worst of our problems, because, being a pet store, they had multiple pets. They had every kind of cats, dogs, hamsters, fish, turtles, lizards, and snakes… they had a huge brown python snake in the back of the store and I was terrified to see when Max would recreate that.
"I know this is a weird question," I asked the poor twenty year old lady that was helping us, "but what do jaguars, panthers, wolves… and lions eat?" I asked the thirtieth 'weird' question of the day.
Luckily, the lady who had a 'hello my name is Julie' name tag on was highly infatuated with Jace and he could pretty much ask her anything and she would give it to us, sometimes even half off. Jace stayed close to me, and I made a mental note to thank him later for that, because he stayed close to me and held me close to him as the name-tag girl was batting her eyes at him.
"They usually eat meat," Julie said after a second's hesitation, "such as sheep, cows, deer, excreta." Great, so I have to go out and kill a cow, skin it, and fed Max's its insides. Julie saw my look, "However, if they cannot find the meat, they will eat grass, berries, apples, lettuce, possibly even watermelons."
"Okay, thanks." I said, slightly relieved. "What about snakes?"
"Rats," Julie answered immediately, "Preferably live rats, because they like to suffocate and eat them whole."
"Wow that is detailed." I whispered, my eyes bugging out of my head a little. "Alright, well I believe that is all the food we need." I said glancing at the full two baskets we had.
"Really? Excuse me for asking but are you raising a zoo in your house?" Julie asked with a smile.
I glanced sideways at Max, "Something like that." We made our way to the cash register after that, buying all the food that turned out to be more than three hundred dollars, lucky I brought a lot of money and still had two hundred left over. Jace, however, paid two hundred and fifty of it, because he was a gentleman and didn't like me paying for my own things. We bickered about it for a minute before I paid the last fifty and gave Julie a fifty dollar tip, because she was amazingly patient with us.
We loaded the bags of food into the trunk and back seat of my car, before I turned on the car to let it warm up while I relaxed against my chair for a long moment. Then, I opened my eyes and looked over at Max, who had curled up in Jace's lap.
"You better be grateful for this." I said rubbing his head lightly. I ran my hand from the top of his head, to the top of Jace's thigh, up his chest, and to cup his face. I smiled when he shivered and leaned into my touch. "As for you, Jace, you shouldn't buy my dog's food."
Jace turned his head to kiss my palm, "I didn't pay all of it."
I rolled my eyes, "You shouldn't pay any of it."
"What kind of man would I be if I let my lady pay for everything by herself?" Jace asked turning back to face me.
I sighed, staring at his handsome face for a long moment, "I don't know." I took my hand of his face to place it back on the steering wheel, "Where to now?"
"How about Taki's? I'll let you buy me lunch." Jace winked at me.
"Great take me to the place where you told me where you only wanted to be my brother." I murmured the memory still making me sad.
"Oh," Jace whispered seeming speechless, "I'm sorry, we can go somewhere else."
"I was kidding, Jace. We can go wherever you want to." I said pulling out on the road and heading towards Jace's favorite restaurant. "Wait," I halted at a red light, "Do they allow dogs in there?"
Jace thought for a minute then he shrugged, "Werewolves are allowed, why not?"
I stayed silent, not knowing if I should be offended or find that funny.
"Listen, Clary, we don't have to go to Taki's if it makes you feel sad," Jace said quietly.
"Jace," I placed my hand on his shoulder, "It won't make me sad, just the last time we were there… well you know what happened, so maybe this time we could make better… happier memories."
"But if you don't want to-"Jace started.
"I do want to." I looked him in the eye, stroking his cheek lightly. Jace nodded silently and pointed at the road, the light was green and cars were honking at us. "Dammit!" I yelled tearing my hand away from his face and speeding through the green light and not taking my eyes off the road again until we parked at Taki's. "Police… The police… Jace do you see them anywhere?" I asked looking around in every mirror.
Jace chuckled, "No, Clary, the police are not following us. Come on, I'm starving." He picked up the leash of Max and opened the car door. I turned off the car and stepped out as well, locking the doors behind me, and linking Jace's fingers with mine when I got close to him.
"Max, don't change still." I said running a hand over his golden head.
Our lunch was great, as always Taki's food was odd but fantastic, as promised; Jace let me pay for it, but it still wasn't near as much as the food cost and he refused to take money from me, so maybe I would just sneak it into his room later. We drove home and unloaded the food into the garage as Max turned into a brown and black cat he had seen in the pet store and began eating the pet food.
The next few mornings, I was learning how spoiled Max really was… or really how I spoiled him. For example, the following day Max woke me up as the brown python Jace and I had seen yesterday. He hissed until I woke up and then when I did he opened up his mouth to show me his fangs and I knew that the python was about to eat my face whole. When I screamed, the Lightwoods all ran into my room Max turned back into a fluffy white dog that would never eat someone's face. None of the Lightwoods believed me about the snake until Max turned into the python while at the dinner table. To say the least, I rubbed it in all of their faces and left the room.
The day after that, Max recreated a white bird he had seen on our (Max and I) way to Luke's house. He had flown about me and then proceeded to poop on my shoulder. Needless to say, Max did not get into the house until he had changed from the bird and apologized, in his way, to me.
Today, Max and I were in the training room once again but, Jace was not with me because he was in his room, 'regaining his beauty from sleep'. was a ferret and we were practicing what we called the 'running technique', where Max would run up my body, while I was running, and get on my shoulder; this was just in case in a battle I couldn't stop and place him on my shoulder. It was going very well and Max was actually listening to me.
Until, Max had turned into a four legged brown muscular animal with a long face. A horse. Again, I had no idea where he had seen one but a horse could be useful. Unfortunately, I didn't know how to ride one, especially one without a saddle, actually the only time I had ridden a horse was when Sebastian/Jonathon had taken me on one. I shivered; thinking of Sebastian was not very comforting.
I was currently walking to Jace's room, hoping he was awake and also hoping Max would listen to me and stay in the training room until I came back, I was walking to Jace's room to see if he would help me with riding a horse. Since, I knew that he could ride one. I could only imagine what Jace would look like on a horse, very sexy and perfect I'm sure. When is he not, I thought bitterly.
I knocked on Jace's door twice.
"Come in," His perfect manly voice came from behind. I turned the knob and opened the door. I was about to ask him to help me, when I noticed Magnus and Alec in the room talking to Jace in a hushed tone. "What do you need Clary?" Jace asked with a smile.
I automatically smiled back, "I'm sorry to interrupt, but do any of you know how to ride a horse… without a saddle?"
Magnus and Alec turned to look at me, wide eyed, mouths open in shock. Jace, on the other hand, being Jace, was not shocked; he actually looked at me with a knowing smile, as if he knew Max would turn into a horse.
"Max?" Alec asked. I nodded ruefully, "Where did he see a horse?"
"I have no idea."
"I'll teach you, Clary," Jace said standing up, "I know it is probably one of your fantasies to see me on a horse." He walked over to me and pulled me close to his side.
"Jace," Magnus glanced at Alec before talking again, "We aren't finished speaking with you."
Jace didn't look at them, only looking down at me with a broad smile, "My lady needs me, I'm sorry gentlemen but I believe I must leave with her."
"Jace, if you need to talk to Magnus and Alec, go ahead." I said, motioning to Alec and Magnus still sitting by his bed.
"The only thing I need is you," Jace replied matter-of-factly.
I couldn't help but blush, "Why are you so charming today?"
Jace looked offended, "Aren't I charming every day?"
My eyes rolled, "You have your days." Jace chuckled low in my ear causing me to shiver again. He kissed the skin under my ear.
"Not to disturb," Alec said with a slight edge of anger to his voice, "but Jace we still need to talk to you."
"Send it in an email," Jace replied still not looking at them but memorizing my face, "I am off call right now." And with that he walked from the room, pulling me along with him, before I could apologize to Magnus and Alec.
"Jace," I said once we were out of his room, "I don't want to keep you from your conversations."
Jace looked sideways at me, some of his golden hair falling in his eyes in the process. Without thinking, my hand moved up to pull it behind his ear so I could see those beautiful tawny gold eyes. Jace was looking at me with an emotion that I could not place; adoration, desire, devotion… but no it was more than that… lust maybe?
Before I could ask, Jace placed his hands on my hips and pushed me up against the wall, trapping me against the wall and his heated body. Again I was about to ask what was wrong, but Jace's lips suddenly crashed themselves against mine. This was a kiss that belonged in the bedroom; the passion, warmth, and yearning of the kiss made me throw my arms around his neck and pull him as close as possible to me.
"I have wanted to do that all day." Jace whispered, pulling away only a centimeter away, his lips still grazing mine as he spoke.
"Then why didn't you?" I intended that to stay in my head, but with his closeness I could hardly think at all. Jace chuckled, brushing his lips over mine.
"I'll never leave you." Jace said suddenly holding my face in his hands. "You know that don't you?"
"I know."
"Say it."
"Say what?" I asked, my voice quivering, the passion between us right now was almost scary.
"Say you'll never leave me; tell me you love me, Clary please." Jace pleaded resting his forehead on mine.
"I'll never leave you, Jace Lightwood, I love you too much."
Jace closed his eyes for a long minute; it seemed he was letting those words settle in so that he knew in his heart they were true. "No matter what happens, whatever I do?" Jace asked opening his eyes again.
Where was this coming from? I wanted to ask, but "Never." Was all I said.
"Okay." Jace took a deep breath. "I love you too, Clary. So much. I will never love anyone else. You are mine and I am yours, forever."
"Jace," I whispered he closed his eyes again, I waited, stroking his cheek until he opened his eyes once again, when he did I said, "Why are you acting like this?"
He leant into my touch and sighed, "I just need you to know that I love you."
I became scared and hysterical, "Jace… why are you talking like this? You're acting like you are going off to war." My hands started to shake against his face and I dropped them.
Jace stroked my cheeks and smiled softly, "I'm sorry for frightening you. I just felt… like I needed… like I needed to profess my love to you."
My eyebrows scrunched together, "But why?"
"Why what?"
I sighed, his answering questions with questions always bugged me, I tried to talk but no words came out. So I wrapped my shaking arms around him and embraced him tightly. I placed my head on his chest, taking in his intoxicating scent, "Just don't scare me like that again." I managed to get out, putting my hand over his beating strong heartbeat.
"I won't." Jace whispered in my ear, hugging me back tightly. Slowly, but surely, we broke apart and made our way hand-in-hand to the training room. Remarkably, Max listened to me and stayed as a horse and in the training room. "Do you want me to show you first?"
I nodded seriously and then smiled brightly, "After all, it is one of my fantasies to see you on a horse."
Jace smiled back at me, "I knew it." He said; Jace's sarcastic and arrogant attitude was back and though it was familiar, I didn't know if it was welcome. He jumped on the horse with grace and then told me everything I needed to know about riding a horse, stopping a horse, and running a horse. He pulled me up with him after an hour of talking and then after another thirty minute he jumped off the horse and let me ride Max by myself. I wasn't very good, but okay was good enough for me.
Jace helped me off the giant brown animal when we were finished, "Good work, Clary. But I do believe I was better."
"You are still an ass, Jace." I rolled my eyes. Jace smirked before mocking hurt.
"After that wordy confess of my love you call me a nasty word like that?"
"I could do worst." I muttered, patting Max on his long neck.
Jace wrapped his arms around my waist and set his head on my shoulder, "Do your worst." He whispered placing a kiss on where my shoulder met my neck.
"Are you testing me?" I asked turning my head to look at him. Jace smirked looking over at me; his face was so close- I could lean forward and kiss him-
"I believe I am." He whispered lustfully. However, before I could say anything Isabelle ran into the training room; her five inch heels clanking against the wood floor.
"Clary!" Isabelle screamed her face an odd mixture of panic and joy. "Jennifer Jones!"
Those two words were all it took for me to spring into action. Jennifer was a girl I had saved once in a demon encounter, right after I had finished my training to become a shadowhunter. She and I had become close after that, but she still had yet to know about Jace or any of the Lightwoods, well except for Maryse and Robert but everyone knew them. Jennifer was a new, up and coming, shadowhunter who had requested me to teach her.
Before I thought about anything, I was across the room and in Isabelle's face… not literally because she still had about eight inches on me. Curse my shortness.
"Where is she?" I asked, not very kindly.
"The coffee shop, in Union Square-" If Isabelle said something else I did not hear it.
"Max!" I yelled hearing the horse's shoes clanking against the wood the same way Isabelle had, until Max ran up on my shoulder as a familiar brown ferret. I then started running down the hall, making sure I had knives; by the luck of an Angel I was wearing my shadowhunter all black gear, equipped with my stele, Sensor, knives, a whip, seraph blades, small bombs, and more.
"Clary, wait!" Despite my panic, that manly voice of my boyfriend made me stop at the elevator and turn around. Jace was running after me frantically, "Let me come with you!" Oh how I wish he could, but he was not wearing his shadowhunter gear and only a seraph blade as a weapon.
"Jace, I can't wait for you." The words stung coming out of my mouth as I pressed the elevator button, "I'm sorry." I whispered, pleading with myself not to cry.
"Clary, no," Jace ran into the elevator before it shut he grasped my shoulders, "I can't let you go alone."
"Jace, I need to do this." I whispered, bringing my hand up to intertwine with his on my shoulder, "You can't always be there with me. There are going to be times where we can't be together on missions… Please, Jace, I need to do this."
Jace stared at me and then hung his head, "I know your right, and I knew this would happen. I just didn't think it would happen this soon."
I wanted to touch him, to hold him and tell him everything was going to be fine. That I was going to be okay. But somehow, for some reason, I couldn't. The elevator doors opened.
"I love you." I whispered.
Jace's head snapped back up, as if I had called his name from a distance and he was responding to me, and he whispered, almost mouthed, "I love you too, Clary. Be careful."
I nodded, then I somehow, I retracted his arms from on my shoulders, and backed up until I was out the front door of the Institute. After that, I dashed along the maze of pathways that was New York. The Union Square wasn't very far from the Institute so I decided not to use my car. When I reached the coffee shop, I took a deep breath in an effort to clam mine down, and opened the door to the coffee shop.
Instantly, as soon as I opened the door, I felt out of place. Everyone in the shop turned to look at the girl with wild red hair in all black in the doorway, their mouths all opened simultaneously in shock. A man in a blue tie noticed Max and started to walk over to me, I sent him a glare that I hoped with frightening and not funny scary, but when the man took a step back I knew it was frightening.
I took a step into the shop letting the front doors swing shut behind me as I grazed the shop with my eyes quickly looking for Jennifer. I saw her dirty blonde straight hair head sitting with her back to me, talking to someone at a bar like counter. I nodded to myself and walked, my black boot covered feet not making a sound as I strolled to an empty booth, my back to the people in the store but sideways to Jennifer.
Feeling the need to keep moving, I pulled my legs up to my chest sitting them on the booth before me and leaning my back against the windowed covered wall behind me. The waitress walked over hesitantly. Poor girl, I thought, I probably looked like I wanted to rob the place but that was just the half of it, they couldn't see all of my weapons hidden in my belt, jacket, bra, and boots.
"May... May I," The girl stuttered bringing me back to the present, "Can I take your order?"
"Yes," I tried to say as sweetly as possible, "May I just have a dark coffee, please?"
She nodded looking surprised but still nervous, "Can I get you a… bagel with that, ma'am? It is two for the price of one today."
I shrugged, "I cannot resist that deal. Yes please, plain bagel with cream cheese."
"I'll get those for you." The girl smiled, looking partly crazed, before writing something down on a sketchpad and walking back behind the counter that Jennifer was at. Poor nervous girl, I thought, I would give her a good tip.
I waited for a few minutes, wrapped up in my own thoughts, before a body sat down in the booth opposite me. I looked up, surprised, it was Jennifer.
"Are you stalking me?" Jennifer asked eyeing my shadowhunter gear.
"You came over here." I replied shrugging easily, thinking of Jace and how he always looked bored. I decided to copy him.
"That I did." Jennifer nodded looking me over again, "Are you trying to look like you are going to rob the place and kill the innocents?"
I glanced down at my gear; it was normal boring all midnight black gear that all shadowhunters wore. I couldn't help but think that I looked exactly like Isabelle, from the neck down at least; what with my tight almost leather jeans, black boots that went all the way to my knees, my black belt (my pants hiding the two seraph blades in it), my top half had several layers, it firstly had a tight black cami tank top, a tight zip-up black sleeveless vest, black leather gloves with studded silver gems (small bombs), and my black leather jacket with multiple zippers all over to hold more weapons and poisons.
The waitress then returned with my two bagels and coffee, I paid right there giving her a ten dollar tip, but only because she was scared, and I passed a bagel over to Jennifer. She thanked me and started to eat it respectively. I tore off a piece of the bagel, smothered it in cream cheese, and ate it.
"No," I replied in an uninterested tone, "I just happen to be wearing my shadowhunter gear when I ran." To save you from the demons that are supposed to be in here.
That thought reminded me of the demons and I pulled out my Sensor and under the table I saw that the demon levels in here were at medium; so three to four demons. I looked around the shop and instantly spotted the demon; she had blue hair with pink tips at the end. She was at the counter looking pleasantly around the shop.
I then noticed that Jennifer was talking to me.
"-you run?" She asked. I was saved from responded when a dirty blonde haired man sat down beside Jennifer and lazily flung his arm across the back of the booth.
"Hey Jen, who is your attractive friend?" The man winking at me, my eyebrows raised.
"The attractive friend is not interested." I replied, my bored mask breaking for half a second until I regained my composure. "Now who is this person who knows nothing of a good impression?"
"I am Jennifer's twin, Ryan," Ryan said, "I'm sorry, Clary, Jennifer has told me much about you so I feel as if I already know you."
"Oh," I glared at Jennifer, "Have you?"
Jennifer looked at me sheepishly, "Yes, my brother has shadowhunter blood too and he is my twin and we are very close so I just thought I would tell him about the magical girl that saved me."
"Yes and might I say that you are quite amazing." Ryan said flirtatiously.
"No you can't say that." I replied looking out the window.
"Well," Ryan started awkwardly, "I was pretty amazed and disgruntled that the real world I thought I knew was inhabited with demons and vampires."
"There is no such thing as the real world, just a lie you have to rise above." I replied still holding up my bored act. The two were quite for a long time so I took the time to point at the demon inconspicuously, "Do you know that woman?"
They glanced over at her, Jennifer responded, "No. I have never seen her before."
"I haven't either." Ryan nodded agreeing with his sister.
"No relations to you at all?" I asked looking over at the demon who was staring at the twins in a hungry glare.
"None."
"Right." I turned to Max on my shoulder, "Hold the fort." Max immediately jumped off my shoulder and ran into an open janitor's closet.
"Umm… Clary," Jennifer said, "I don't think the workers are going to like that a ferret is running lose in their coffee shop."
I made a shooing motion in Max's direction, "Oh don't worry about that. He will be back."
"He is going to turn into something awesome isn't he? Watch Jennifer, this is going to be amazing!" Ryan sang looking at the janitor's closet Max had run into.
As if on cue, Max came back out as a new beautiful black leopard and started growling loudly. Then, everyone in the store started running and screaming, dashing towards the door and screaming their way out.
The leopard jumped on the demon as soon as everyone, aside from Jennifer Ryan and I, were out of the store. The demon was thrown on the ground with a blood curling scream as Max bit into her shoulder. I stood up and ran over to where Max and the demon were. As I stepped up to them, the demon threw Max off of her body and Max went flying threw the store before hitting a wall and going down with a whimper.
"Max!" I yelled, scared at his slowly moving form. I turned back to the demon that was bleeding black liquid from her shoulder heavily. "Now it's my turn."
We then erupted in a hand-to-hand combat war which left me in a broken wrist and the demon in a black eye, dislocated shoulder, and several 'blood' wounds. With the momentum I had going, I grabbed her arm and threw her over my body and onto a table, which collapsed on impact, the demon screamed again and grabbed onto my clove possibly to pull me down with her, but she grabbed hold of one of my small bombs and it started ticking, I pulled my arm out of her grasp and took a giant step back as the bombs fell onto her chest and the bombs blew up, the demon screamed again and started folding in on itself to return to its own dimension. But it wasn't over then…
"Clary!" A cry called in absolute horror. I looked up; there was a worm like black demon with red teeth slithering towards Jennifer and Ryan. Ryan, bravely, ran in front of his sister in an effort to protect her. The demon stood in a way, like a cobra would about to attack a mouse, and was about to strike when I threw a knife which landed in the demons black eye and it fell over screaming in pain.
I was about to advance again when a single Forsaken, odd it was alone, ran into the shop and hit me into a window, before I even got to think. I fell forward on the booth table momentarily stunned before I stood up holding a knife in my hands sideways.
"Come on, big boy." I whispered as he started running at me again. I started running as well, seeing an opportunity; thank the Angel for my perfect timing and balance, I thought, as I saw a pushed out chair and table zigzag of it. I jumped, placing one foot on the chair and then jumped over to the table and then jumped up on the Forsaken, driving my knife into its neck area. It screamed a scream that could leave me deaf and then turned to ash under me.
I took a deep breath as I threw another knife at the snake-demon that was still yelling near Jennifer and Ryan. The demon was motionless as I walked over and pulled the knives out of it as the demon folded in on itself until it disappeared.
"Are you two alright?" I asked breathlessly. They nodded vigorously but silently. I nodded before running over to where Max was still whimpering, I quickly drew two iratze on him and he jumped up, back as a ferret suddenly, and onto my shoulder. I rubbed his head affectionately. "You did great, Max." Max rubbed his head against my jaw in reply.
After I knew Max was fine, I decided to heal myself with a rune on my broken wrist along with any bruises or small wounds. Then, I thought myself over, I still had knives that I always use, serpah blads that I never use, a whip that I almost never use, and still multiple small bombs on my gloves that I try to use. Overall, I was alright on weapons, given I had just fought two demons and one Forsaken.
"What…What now?" Jennifer found her voice first. I thought about that; Jennifer told me once that their parents had both been murdered from Valentine's army; they didn't know that I was his daughter yet and I want to keep that hidden, and that she and Ryan live in an apartment by themselves, they were both eighteen so it was legal.
"I think," I whispered pausing to turn back to them, "That we need to move you two into the Institute."
"The Institute? Where Robert and Maryse Lightwood live?"
"Yes, along with their kids."
"Their kids? They have kids?"
"Yes, three… I mean two of their own and one adopted actually." I nodded, trying to hide my blush. Jennifer and Ryan didn't see.
"Wow, we didn't know that." Jennifer whispered, looking around at the shop, still clutching her brother's wrist. "Okay, I guess if you think that is best. Ryan, what do you think?"
"THAT WAS AWESOME!" Ryan shouted suddenly. "The way you jumped from there to there and drove your knife into that… that things neck! Wow! Then you threw two knives who hit their target perfectly from across the room! I am completely amazed!" Ryan started jumping up and down, and I could help but be reminded of a twelve year old fan girl raving over Harry Potter. "And who could forget about you, you little ferret slash leopard animal! That was incredible! Will I be able to learn how to do that?"
I ignored his yelling and turned to Jennifer, "I think he likes the idea. Now, come, take me to your home." I felt bad about not cleaning up the shop as we left and they started walking me towards an apartment complex. When Jennifer opened the door, I whispered, "Let me go in first." I said as we all walked in quietly.
I knew immediately, given my vibrating Sensor, that there was a demon in their apartment. I pulled it out of my jacket pocket and saw that they were minimal; only one demon in the apartment. I pulled out three knives as the demon, coming out of the shadows, jumped up on their kitchen table and started hissing.
"Eat… yes… fun meal… shadowhunter yes… she will be… delicious." The demon started to make its decent of the table. I threw a knife in its head and its red eyes flashed. "She wants to play… I will kill her now… Eat her… Devour her… yes." As it came towards me I stuck another knife in its eye and then it scream, blood curling awfully familiar scream, and fell over. It went back to its own dimension after I pulled my knives out.
For a long time, I stared at the place the demon disappeared. Suddenly, I turned around to face them and began to give them orders. "Go pack a bag, put in enough clothes for a week and don't stop there." They nodded vigorously again and seemed reluctant to leave me. "What?" I asked my impatience growing.
"Are there… you know, anymore?" Jennifer asked.
"No, they are no more in the apartment." I said nodding truthfully; they nodded before running to their rooms and packing their bags. I glanced down at where the demon disappeared again before my phone buzzed in my pocket; I knew it was my phone and not my Sensor because my phone's vibrated multiple times where the Sensor only did once. I pulled it out saw it was Isabelle and opened it up. "Hello?"
"Clary, it's me," It was Jace asking my name frantically, "Clary, are you alright?" I knew instantly that he was watching me by tracking.
"I'm fine, Jace." I rolled my eyes at his over protective nature towards me, "You have such little confidence in me." I muttered trying to make a joke.
I could almost see Jace smirk, "I have only confidence in you, but I would rather you be here with me or me be there with you."
"Well, you are tracking me so I guess you could come to me whenever you wanted to."
"How did you know?"
"Did you think I wasn't going to figure out?" I asked this why I found a towel near the oven and started to wash off the goop that was on my knives.
"No, but I just wanted to tell you in a softer situation, preferably over a candlelight dinner after I had been kissing you for awhile and before I told you we would have a night together of passionate love making."
"Jace, I am smarter than that. I would have found out before you took me to dinner."
"This conversation is going worse than I first predicted." As he said this I heard the twins coming down the hallway.
"Jace, there coming I have to go. I love you, I'll see you later."
"I love you too, Clary," Jace whispered passionately, "Please keep yourself safe." I heard him say before I snapped the phone shut.
"Ready to go?" I asked sliding my phone into my pocket, in which I hope, was a casual way.
"Yes, I think we are ready." Ryan said nodding. Then he added, "After I filled my bag with personal items, I hardly had any room for clothes so I believe you will have to take me dress shopping or I can just go without clothes, whichever way you prefer."
"You know I am still armed right?"
"Right."
"Good. It might do wonders for your health to keep those comments until I am not."
"Message received. When are you not armed?"
"Never."
"Then when am I going to make those comments?"
"Never." I repeated. Ryan pouted, "Now you are getting it. Anyway, ready to go?"
"Yes, let's go." Jennifer responded before Ryan could. We started to walk back to the Institute in the darkness of the night, but when my Sensor went off showing there were minimal demons in the area; two to three. I pulled out a few knives and followed the Sensor into an alley way.
There were two ravener demons; there spider legs but snake-y bodies sliding down the alley towards us. I threw a knife at one and injured his eye again, what is with me and hitting demon's eyes I thought, before I went after the other and killed it quickly. But not quick enough as the other ravener demon had bitten Jennifer's neck before I could throw it off and kill it.
"Jennifer! No!" Ryan was yelling, I laid Jennifer on the ground and looked at the wound, it wasn't good at all. We were in trouble the last time I had dealt with a ravener demon; I hadn't even dealt with it because I had been the victim. "What did that thing do to my sister?"
I looked at him but could not form any words, Jennifer was slipping away quickly and I did the only thing I could think of, I looked towards the sky, "Jace! Help us! Please!" I screamed up into the starry night sky, praying to the Angel that he was still watching me and maybe he would bring Alec and maybe Alec would bring Magnus and Magnus would heal her. "Please Jace! Come help us!"
Ryan fell to the stone alley floor on the other side of Jennifer as I tried to draw a healing rune on her several times… but that did nothing. Jennifer was turning white, her eyes darkening and becoming droopy. Ryan shook her, screaming in her ear for her to stay up but Jennifer was slipping away.
"No! Jace! Help!" I yelled again only looking down at Jennifer.
Then, a set of arms were around my waist, pulling me back as I kicked halfheartedly then I became motionless when a glittery tall warlock kneel down beside Jennifer; his large hands already glowing with the healing blue fire as he tried to heal the motionless girl.
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