Dear Clarisse,

Dammmmn, and I thought MY dad was over protective! Okay, next questions! Since, ya know, we need to make up for all the previous chapters where you weren't sent a letter.

So, Clary, can I call you Clary? Clary, did you and Chris have a little hush-hush thing going on before he became a traitor? And how did you feel when you had to take care of him during those insane days?

And one last question. This has been really bothering me since your quest to the Sea of Monsters and to get your dad's Chariot. Is Ares- Did he ever... Did he ever hit you or your siblings?

Love,

Janet, daughter of Aphrodite.

Dear Janet,

First off, just so you know, don't call me Clary. That got Jackson into the infirmary for a week. Okay, so before Chris became a traitor, I absolutely despised him and his cabin mates. Now, I only dislike his cabin mates. I guess all that time spent trying to heal Chris kinda got me to have different feelings for him.

Now, what do you expect? Of course my dad hit us! He's the freaking war god! I wouldn't expect that from your mom, she's all about, "oh, your beauty has to attract as many guys as possible and then you have to dump them all for your rite of passage!" What the hell does that even mean? All my dad had to tell us was, "stay in line and don't get killed." That's like, the secret of life.

-Clarisse, daughter of the war god.