~Magic, love and betrayal~
Lisa Cartwright's mundane life, as a demon-killing shadowhunter, was shaken at its foundations by a series of mysterious murders. As she starts her quest, determined to find the cause of these assassinations, she finds th...
"Marianne, why do I have to tutor Jonathan while Anna has better grades for Latin?"
Marianne hesitated. "Because I know Jonathan doesn't listen to Anna, but you do," she said and moved on. Lisa turned around, Anna pouted at her and Jonathan leaned casually against the wall.
"Good luck Archie!" he called after them, Arthur and Anna looked at him angrily.
Anna scraped her throat. "I'll go train some more and I think mom wants you to start too," she told Jonathan. He was leaning against the wall.
"Did you all hate this too? Mom is pretending to be our teacher." Anna glared at him. He nodded and walked over to Lisa. "Alright master, what are we going to do first?" he said dramatically. Lisa boxed against his arm as a teaser for what was coming. "Okay, then I'll just put on my gear." He left the hall. Lisa wanted to say something to Anna, but she had already left.
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Lisa laid on her bed and stared at the white ceiling. She just had to lie down for a bit. She didn't know why, but she was tired, even though she hadn't done anything yet. She felt her skin burning under her long-sleeved outfit. Lisa had pulled her hair back and looked around in her room.
She remembered Marianne let her decorate this room all by herself. Most of the furniture came from her room in the manor, but she also had pictures of her and the Starkweathers on a wall. Together with Anna and Marianne, she had painted the walls light-blue. The room in the Institute was slightly larger than her room in the manor, although she had had a view of the park and pond from there. Someone knocked on the door and Jonathan stepped inside, wearing his uniform too.
"Are you seriously sleeping?" he asked with an open mouth. Lisa jumped up.
"No, I'm ready." Jonathan glanced around her room with curiosity, then turned abruptly and walked down the hall. Lisa walked next to him. At first, she hadn't really known Jonathan, he had just been Anna's brother. Now she thought he was mostly annoying, but that might be because of Anna's input. He could be funny at times, but she still felt like she didn't quite know him. They arrived at the training room and he opened the door. An arrow landed right next to the door and Lisa almost jumped in the air.
"Alright Arthur, just a little bit more towards the goal now," she heard Marianne say hoarsely. Jonathan took her wrist and pulled her outside.
"Maybe we should practice elsewhere." She heard Arthur shout some more apologies to them. Lisa agreed, hoping Arthur wouldn't hurt anyone.
They arrived at the training room on the second floor, the sun was shining directly on the windows in the ridge of the room, it was sweltering. She didn't understand how it could be so hot here, while it wasn't even ten degrees outside.
"Okay," Jonathan started, standing in the center of the round room. "Try to hit me." Lisa took a deep breath and came standing in front of Jonathan. Her head barely reached his chin, let alone she could hit his head. She laughed.
"Seriously?" He nodded firmly. She lashed out with her right fist and he stepped aside in a flash, his hands folded behind his back. She remembered that Jonathan wanted to become a boxer when he was young. He had been so disappointed to find out that it was not possible.
She lashed out again, this time from the bottom, trying to hit his chin. He bent down and swept her legs from the ground with one quick movement. She slapped against the floor and looked up, Jonathan was standing up again and held out his hand. So that's how we're going to play it. She ignored his hand and leaned on her elbow. She turned around and took him down. Surprised it had worked, she got up again. He laid on the floor smiling at her, she asked what was so funny.
"I'm glad you didn't spare me." He got up again. "Get in position." She clenched her hands and held her arms out in front of her. "You have to spread your legs more and if you are going to hit, move from your hips, that's where the strength comes from." She did what he said, but he warded her attacks with his arm.
"I can't hit you anyway, you're way too big and strong," she sighed. He patted her head.
"Then you have to take advantage of being little."
She put her hands on her hips. "As a matter of fact, I'm not small. You're just a giant." But she did take his advice. She slid between his legs on the slippery floor.
"What the-?" Jonathan looked behind him in surprise. Lisa jumped on his back and put her arms around his neck. It was meant to be a stranglehold, but it probably looked more like a hug. Jonathan leaned forward and Lisa was catapulted, falling on the ground again. Her back cracked when she got up. Her ponytail had gotten loose and she threw the elastic band on the ground. Lisa glared at Jonathan, who gave her a crooked smile in return. She unzipped her uniform jacket and threw it on the floor, it was too hot in that sweater.
"Come on, is that all you've got? Half-blood?" he mocked. Lisa grunted, that was the last straw. She pushed herself off the wall and jumped on one of the beams. She dropped right on Jonathan's surprised face, he fell on the ground with a smack. Lisa landed on top of him and hit him in the face, as hard as she could. He looked perplexed for a moment, then rolled on top of her and pinned her to the ground, without crushing her under his weight. He had a red spot on his cheek, his lip was slightly bleeding, and he was breathing very shallowly. She knew she couldn't move so she stopped struggling and relaxed.
"Don't call me a half-blood," she snapped. His smiling face still towered over her.
"I know, but you managed to hit me nicely, didn't you?" Only now she realised he had said it on purpose so she would get angry.
"Sorry," she said, "for your lip." He opened his mouth to say something, but suddenly she heard someone laugh.
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