Clary lay on the grass outside for a while, counting the stars. She wanted to try and pro-long the enevitible. Her back lay flat against the ground and her arms were crossed behind her head. She closed her eyes and the faces of all her loved ones flashed behind her eyelids. After Sebastian had went back into the house she had threw up until her stomach was screaming at her in protest and she cried until her eyes were dry and stinging.
She placed her hand over her stomach as it grumbled, Food was all she was thinking about. It felt like she hadn't eaten in days. she staggered to her feet, her legs nearly giving way due to being numb. Pushing her red curly hair away from her face she made her way to the front door and pushed it open. It hadn't been a cold night but after being soaked in the river she had been freezing, but she had been too stubborn to follow her brother inside.
When she walked into the hallway the heat hit her first and then the smell of pasta made her nostrils flare. Her stomach gave her another reminder that she was hungry as she walked along the hall. The main light wasn't on but the room was lit by candels. The scent that drifted from them reminded her of the ocean, it was a welcoming smell. Now that it was illuminated by the flames she could see the room more clearly than before. The walls were a light shade of blue and the floor was wooden. No pictures hung on the walls but a framed photo stood ontop a long table that was against the wall.
She picked it up and ran her fingertips over the circle design that surrounded the photo. She found herself blinking a few times to make sure what she was seeing was real. The photograph was a picture of her. She was maybe a year or two younger and she recognised it straight away. Luke had taken it even against all her protests, they had been at the beach and Clary's normally pale skin was a bright shade of red. Freckles covered more of her face than usual due to being exposed in the sun. She loved that day, it had just been her and Luke. he had bought her icecream and they had gotten burgers together by the seaside. Her lips tugged up into a smile as she remembered their day out, wishing her life was that simple again.
After a moment she placed the picture back down to where it had been sitting and walked along the hall and i to the kitchen. Her brother was no where in sight and she spotted the plastic container of food on the kitchen counter. As she got closer to it she noticed there was a note on top. 'You need to eat, S.' was all it said. She frowned grabbing the piece of paper and molding it into a crumpled ball. She tossed it aside and popped the lid off the container. Her mouth watered and she searched the drawers for the cutlery.
Once she found a fork she sat down at the table and started eating, barley chewing her food. "Try not to choke little sister." she shot out her seat at the aound of Sebastian's voice. "You don't have to eat like such an animal." The look he gave her was that of a playing grin, like a child who was going to go out into the garden and squish ants. She gulped down the food that was still in her mouth and glared at him.
"Maybe thats my plan." She said snapping at him. "If I choke to death then I don't have to be around you." She wasn't sure how he was going to react to what she said but when he started laughing she wasn't surprised. " Why am I here, Jonathan?" Her impatience was running thin and she knew using his real name would piss him off but she was past caring. His eyes flew open filled with anger. "You are here because I want you to be. You are mine and If you are here then that means the bratty angel boy can't get his hands on you" He spoke slowly, as if doing so would make Clary understand and come to terms with what he was doing.
She watched him as he walked casually over to the counter and grabbed an apple that was in a fruit basket. He tossed it between his hands then took a bite from it, the juice from the apple ran down his chin and he wiped it away with the back of his hand. "You cannot keep me here!" She blurted out almost shouting. "They will find me and kill you." She spoke confidently and calmed herself down by breathing deeply, she wasn't going to let him get to her. He couldn't be allowed to have that kind of control over her.
"They?" He questioned. "Oh, you mean the shadowhunters?" He smirked at her. "Sweety they can't kill me, and they will not find us. This place is surrounded with runes to stop them from tracking us." His stare hung on her, she shifted from one foot to the other uncomfortably. She couldn't listen to him any longer. Storming past him she made her way upstairs and into the room she had been asleep in earlier. She kept her clothes on as she slid into the spacious bed and curled up into a ball, hugging her knees. She had drifted in and out of sleep for about an hour, sleep never fully taking her. A noise woke her up this time as the bedroom door and then closed, she was holding her breath now scared too make the tiniest of noises. She released it quickly when she felt someone sit down at the foot of the bed.