Chapter 13:

City of Demons

I do not own anything of Cassandra Clare or any of the characters mentioned in this fan-fiction from the Mortal Instruments. The only thing I own are their actions and speech.

This is set after city of heavenly fire Jocelyn and Luke are on their honeymoon and Clary has the house to herself... What will happen?...

Chapter 13 -

Cary's Point of View

Afterwards Jace and I fell asleep on the bed out bodies still intertwined. This was the calmest I had felt since the attack at my mothers house. For a moment I could lay here in Jace's arms and forget about everything else in the world around me. This was abruptly interrupted when Izzy after banging on the door a couple of times managed to break the lock and strut into the room throwing a discarded pillow at Jace making him jolt upright in the bed. I groggily woke up pulling the sheets more tightly around me, suddenly very aware that I was still very much naked.

"Good morning sleepy heads. Maya called not much to report, though there was some increased activity last night but not anything unusual." Even though I wasn't looking I could tell she was smirking at what she found. I could feel that Jace was tense next to me and I was still hiding under the covers. "Oh and if you're quite finished, everyone's waiting in the kitchen. Clary you should brush your hair your parents are already down there." I could feel my face flushing red as Izzy chuckled and walked out of the room closing the door behind her. Jace sighed and fell back onto his pillow, turning to me and pulling the sheet away from my face. When our eyes met we both burst into a fit of laughter.

"I actually glad it was Izzy and not my mother. God that could've been so much worse". I sat up and swung my legs over the side of the bed. My clothes and Jace's towel were still discarded on the floor, a not so subtle hint of what had occurred the night before. I grabbed the bag that Jace had brought from my house and pulled out some underwear, jeans and a baggy sweater. I still think that I'm not showing but I just don't want to risk anything at this point. As I was getting ready I could feel Jace's eyes on my following my every move. I pulled on my sweater and turned to him.

"Come on get dressed before my mother really does start to come looking." At this Jace sprung to his feet and started grabbing clothes out of his dresser, clearly deterred by the idea of my mother walking in to find Jace lacking in clothes. While he dressed I went to freshen up in the bathroom. I was feeling better today, my stomach not so queasy. By the time I was finished Jace was dressed. I said I would meet him in the kitchen while he freshened up.

As I was walking to meet the others I walked past the library. The door was open so I looked inside, it looked empty except there was parchment on the floor. It was torn and folded in half. I bent down to pick it up and when I infolded it there were only five words inside.

We Will Be Together Soon

It felt like forever before Jace walked by. I could tell from his walk that there was a slight spring in his step from our previous joy. He must have seen me in the library as he stopped and followed me in.

"Clary? Is everything okay?" He came up beside my searching my face attempting to deduce my emotions. I handed him the again folded slip of paper and felt him tense as he read the words.

"Where did you find this?" I told him that it was on the floor in the library as I came by. Jace took my hand and we walked across the institute to join the others. We walked into the kitchen where everyone was eating.

"Ah lovely of you to finally join us" Izzy said with a suggestive smirk as she did so, luckily no one else seemed to notice. Each began to look more concerned as they looked at me and Jace realising something was wrong.

"Jace? What happened?" Alec pressed. Jace responded by simply placing the paper on the table and Alec grabbed it and read the message. He simply placed it in Magnus' hand who passed it to my mother and Luke, Simon and Izzy reading over their shoulders.

"Sounds romantic, why are we all reading this again" Simon spoke after glancing around the letter. I felt Jace tense more at these words, I couldn't help but think back to Alicante when I had told Jace about the exact nature of Sebastian's infatuation with me and the things he had tried to do to me before. Of course no one else knew this but mine and Jace's general manner, pretty much insinuated that we thought is was a message from Sebastian, even if they didn't know the exact nature.

Izzy elbowed Simon, and he seemed to realise he wasn't just reading someone's sweet message, but rather a threat... a promise. To take me. While everyone sat for a moment taking it in, I took a seat next to Alec, Jace sitting beside me. Alec gave me a supporting smile, I couldn't help but think back to a point where he had hated me, we Had come a long way. We bonded over our love for Jace, both fighting for him and eventually along the way all fighting for each other.

"Simon's right though. I would almost expect a threat to kill or hurt us from Sebastian, at least an ultimatum. It almost sounds longing." I couldn't help but let a shiver roll down my spine at the word longing. I looked at Jace he seemed conflicted to say something, there was quiet discussion around the table when Jace lowered his voice and said to me.

"You should tell them you know. About what happened with Sebastian. They need to understand how he thinks why he does what he does. It might not make a difference, but I think at this point we all need all the information" I knew what he was saying but I couldn't bring myself to discuss with those closest to me the exact nature of Sebastian's desired relationship with me. His wish to carry on the Morgenstern name in a 'pure' family line like royalty in ancient times. I didn't get the chance to answer when Magnus addressed Jace and I.

"Care to share with the class?" he had picked up on our whispered discussion across the table, through the conversations of the others discussion his motives, what he possibly want to use me for, how he could use my powers. The chatter quietened while faces looked between me, Jace and Magnus.

"I think you should tell them Clary." Jace said looking at me sympathetically as he did.

"Tell us what?" protested Izzy. I looked at Jace pleading with my eyes. I just couldn't do it I couldn't make my mouth form the words. I still had nightmares about the things Sebastian has said and done, I don't want to add to anyone's else's.

"Jace, I can't. You can tell them. I just can't" Jace kissed my forehead and held onto my hand tight. with one last assuring look at me he started talking about the apartment before we went to the Burren, how Jace had left and when he had Sebastian had attacked me. He told them how I couldn't fight back because of his bond with Sebastian and he had taken advantage of this.

At this point I couldn't sit at the table anymore I pulled my hand free of Jace's and went to sit on a window ledge looking out onto the street a few metres away from the others, I could still hear everything but at least now I couldn't see their faces.

Jace continued after I left telling them how Sebastian had told me about brothers and sisters being together to keep bloodlines pure, and because of my blood I should belong to him in every way. I could hear my mother gasp and Jace very quickly proceeded to tell them that nothing else had happened, he had stopped. The room was really quiet afterwards, I couldn't bring myself to look back at the table, I didn't want to know what they were thinking. Did they think poorly of me for letting it happen? Did they think that I could've fought back harder? After a few moments Jace walked over to sit by me, he gave me space and didn't touch me, I thinking he was thinking back to when I had told him, how at first I had flinched away from him, the memory still too fresh in my mind.

This time I didn't want space I leant into him still facing away from the others, not wanting to see their faces. Jace realised that I wanted him to hold me for comfort and pulled me in close resting his chin on top of my head, which in turn rested on his chest. I didn't cry but a single tear fell down my cheek, Jace moved to wipe it away with his thumb, I'm not sure anyone else would have realised, I really did not want to appear weak at this point.

"Okay we can use this" Alec spoke up from the table. I felt Jace's head shift as he looks towards him. "I mean we've always struggled to find a weakness for Sebastian, it seems like Clary might be it". Jace's arms tightened around me.

"We aren't using her to bait Sebastian Alec." Jace responded sternly to Alec's revelation.

"I wasn't suggesting we do. I'm just saying he could have gone weeks probably longer without making himself known to the people who want to stop him, but he didn't. Because he couldn't resist trying to get to Clary. How ever he feels about Clary it's not rational, we should try and find a way to use that against him". He was probably right the only way we got close enough to let me 'kill' him before was because he had wanted me and believed we gave him what he had wanted.

My mom hadn't spoken the whole time Jace was talking. While I was looking out of the window I heard someone stand, then I recognised my mom's footsteps walking across the room, I thought she was coming over to me, maybe to hold me, comfort me. Then I heard the footsteps walking out of the room and down the hallway. Followed then by who I was assuming was Luke.

"She blames herself" I said still watching out of a window. There was a small child walking hand in hand with their mother in the street. I looked up at Jace and could see the pain in his eyes the same pain he had when I told him the first time. He pulled me closer to his chest until my back was tight against it, he was mindlessly stroking his thumb over my stomach, tracing circles where our baby would be. I could feel the others cautiously watching us waiting for someone to break the heavy silence hanging in the air.

"So any ideas?" Magnus broke the silence. I honestly felt so drained I couldn't think of a single idea.

"It's hard to use me against him without actually using me" I know everyone want to protect me but at this point I don't see how I'm going to continue sitting out. All the leads that we get go back to me, or at least that Sebastian wants me.

"Clary we can't, do you think he'll stop at you. Once Sebastian finds out your pregnant you aren't going to be the only one on his list anymore."

"Exactly Jace do you think he'll stop at me? No he knows how to use people against me he's done it from day one. What's stopping him from taking anyone of you to use against me. It's not so simple as for me to just sit in the library, how would you like to sit back and wait for everyone to fight while you were safe." I knew I was being irrational and emotional, but in some ways it was rational. The quickest way to put an end to this was to get me close enough to Sebastian to take him down. No one else is going to get close to him.

"For now that's the only option we have Clary. I will not let him take you from me. Not ever again." I could tell at this point that our argument was making everyone uncomfortable, but we were constantly going around in circles, every time it coming back to me but I can't be involved so we need a new plan which comes back to me again. Over and over like clockwork.

"Really we just need to carry on with what we're doing. We need more information, right now we still don't know anything. While we have no information Sebastian still has the upper hand." Alec was right of course. There's obviously more to his plan, we really are going to need help.

"I think we should go to the clave. If this is anything like last time we aren't the only ones in danger, and we all need to be prepared." Magnus suggested. The thought of us going back to Idris facing the clave to tell them everything that had happened. Every time the clave got involved so many bad choices are made, and we often end up having to make our own plan without the knowledge of the clave anyway. In spite of this it is right that others could be in danger, we are not the only people Sebastian has a grudge against, and we aren't the only ones potentially in danger. Everyone around the table seemed to be coming across this thought process before we all agreed it was what needed to be done.

"Okay I will make arrangements" said Alec standing from the table Magnus following suit. As he walked pass me Alec gently squeezed my shoulder. A subtle reassuring gesture of support, which took me by surprise at first Alec rarely one for emotion in these situations and we have never really been the closest out of the group.

Short Chapter I know Thanks for your patience.