"In the Night."
Chapter 3"A Mothers Instincts "
Jace POV
Jonathan hit the girl on top of the head with the handle of his blade, making her fall forward. I lunged forward catching her in my stride nearly tipping myself over. I picked her up in my arms smelling the faint smell of maple leaves and honeysuckle, I walked with her and Jonathan to the black Cadillac.
Jon popped the trunk and I placed her in there graciously as possible all considering that she was actually in a trunk. Jonathan was laugh when I got into the passenger side of the car and put my seat belt on still fuming over the situation that just occurred.
"What is so funny Jon?" I asked looking out the window.
"Oh nothing I was sure that she was a werewolf, just by the way she like stalked out of the building and the way she handled that knife, only a werewolf has those kinds of qualities." Jon mused and kept driving down the street.
"I feel bad because if we hadn't shown up she could still a normal life." I answered.
"Not with the Accords broken she couldn't, maybe some of her friends would go missing. She'd notice and whoever's been harbouring her would start to train her or whatever." Jon answered and turned a corner.
"But still Jon, she seems so innocent." I said and raked my hands through my hair.
"Well my father will just want to speak to her about the basics and one of us will have to train her to fight and so on. With the Accords broken we will need all the Shadow hunters we can get." Jon smiled and pulled up in front of the institute. He popped open the trunk and I got out and pulled the girl out trying to be gentle.
I followed Jonathan into the church and up to his fathers study to present him with the newest member of our team. I placed the girl on one of the couches in the study and backed away from her giving Valentine room to examine her.
"Jonathan I told you no more prostitutes in the institute." Valentine said signing a paper not really paying attention to us.
"Father we found you another recruit." Jon smiled brightly.
Valentine looked up and saw the girl lying on her back, he stood up and walked over to her and touched her face. "She looks like she's been living with wolves half her life and she smells like it to."
Just before we were about to answer Valentines wife entered the study. "Valentine darling I must speak with you about—." She was cut off when she looked at the couch and saw the girl. Her face turned from busy to sorrow, as if she knew the girl from before. She swallowed and looked at Valentine. "Who is this child?"
"Jonathan and Jace brought her in saying she's a new recruit, although I would love to know why she's unconscious." Valentine said crossing his arms over his chest.
"She wouldn't have come any other way father. Isn't that right Jace?" I rolled my eyes and nodded my head not looking away from Jocelyn who was weeping inside for the girl.
She sniffled and began to talk. "Well in that case bring her to the infirmary and I will give her an exam myself just to make sure she is alright." Jocelyn said and snapped her fingers at me to follow. I did as followed and picked the girl up and carried her through the institute to the infirmary.
I placed her down on the white linen sheets and fluffed her pillow just right and watched as Jocelyn cleaned her face with a white wash cloth as tears rolled down her cheeks. "Why are you crying?" I asked concerned for the woman, who I've never seen show an emotion for anyone in this entire place.
"She reminds me of a little girl I once knew." She sniffled loudly this time and pushed away her tears.
Interested I asked for more. "What happened to the little girl?"
"This was not a world she needed to grow up in, so I gave her to someone who could protect her from the dangers of the world. The last time I'd heard about the girl she had scraped her knee when she was ten from falling off her bicycle." She laughed and stroked the girl's hair.
"This Childs life would've have been perfect. But instead you and my no good of a son had brought her here." She sighed and started to wash the girl's hair with water droplets. "I bet you her life was as normal as possible, now it will never be the same."
The whole time I watched Jocelyn clean and take care of the girl, I couldn't help but feel that Jocelyn loved the girl. She showed her so much compassion, much more compassion than I've ever seen her give Jonathan her own son for a matter of fact.
"Mother give the girl an awakening rune to hurry up the process, father wants to question her." Jonathan said as he entered the room rather loudly.
"Now Jonathan I am your mother, you will not talk to me as if I am your servant. The girl needs rests and when she awakens tomorrow she will be able to have a bath and a warm meal, by the information we are going to give her Angels know how much she going to eat afterwards." Jocelyn said and folded clean women's clothes on the end of the bed and placed them on the cart.
"Now the two of you scat, go do something teenagers do on a Monday night. Don't worry I'll watch over the girl and once she awakens I'll send for your father or you Jonathan." Jocelyn said kicking us out of the infirmary, I shut the door behind me and stood there for another minute or so. I pressed my ear to the door and I swear I could hear the sound of sobs but I figured it was all in my head.
Why would Jocelyn weep for a girl she barely knew?
A/N: I know its a short chapter but I wanted to get another perspective in on the situation at hand. Alrighty Chapter 4 is headed your way so stay tuned and please don't go anywhere!
Love ForeverNicole
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