𝑶𝑭 𝑩𝑳𝑶𝑶𝑫 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑩𝑬𝑻𝑹𝑨𝒀𝑨𝑳

Ꮨ ᎠᏘRK RᏋFLᏋᏨTIᎧᏁ

"It's the Mortal Mirror." Clary said, making Alec, Antonio, and Jace's eyes widen in surprise.

"Jocelyn had it?" Jace asked.

"I know it's crazy, the Mirror and the Cup." Clary began to say.

"It's more than crazy, Clary. How did Jocelyn get her hands on the Mirror? The Cup I get, but how did she get the Mirror?" Alyssa asked.

"I don't know. Like I said, I know it's crazy. I guess my mom knew Elliot would do anything to keep it safe. As a warlock, he could protect it better than anyone, right? So she entrusted him with its location." Clary said, but Alyssa and Antonio weren't all that convinced.

"And Elliot entrusted it to me." Dot added.

"So you know the current location of the Mortal Mirror?" Alec asked.

"It doesn't work that way. If it did, there'd be no point to the protection spell." Alyssa said, stepping towards Dot and taking her arm, exposing the mark again. "See these lines? They correspond to specific ley lines in the city. What we have is the map to the location. We just have to figure it out."

"I can do that. I can figure it out, but it'll take some time." Dot said.

"We have maps of all the ley lines. We can help you." Alec offered, earning a nod from the female warlock.

"And we can protect you from the daddy and son duo." Antonio added.

"With those marks on your wrist, it's only a matter of time before they come after you." Jace also added.

"Meanwhile, Clary, Jace, and I will go to Elliot's shop and see if we can figure out what happened to him." Alyssa said.

"Why don't you let only Jace and Clary go and you stay here..." Alec was saying, but Alyssa interrupted him.

"Alec, I've been cooped up in the Institute all day, looking at reports and issuing missions. My skin has been itching for an opportunity for me to go out. I need to go out even if for a short while before I accidentally murder someone. So I'm going with them, end of story."

"Okay, okay." Alec said, raising his hands in surrender. "Antonio and I will stay here and help her."

"You'll be safe here." Clary said, taking Dot's hand in hers and smiling reassuringly at her.

"Be careful." Dot said, returning the smile.

With that, Jace, Clary, and Alyssa left the office.

Ouroboros

Clary, Alyssa, and Jace entered the shop to find it in a mess, with bits of broken furniture and glass scattered on the floor. Looking ahead, they found a man lying against a cabinet of drawers, with bruises and cuts on his face and blood running down from his eyes.

Clary gasped as she rushed to him and knelt next to him. "Oh, Elliot." Jace and Alyssa looked around, taking in the scene. They noticed ichor on the floor near the entrance and near Elliot's body and shared a look.

"A demon was here." Alyssa informed, walking closer to the body and crouching down beside Clary.

"How do you know?" Clary asked, looking at her.

"Besides what I can smell and see with my other eyes, look." Alyssa replied, pointing to the ichor. "That's demon ichor." Clary turned bak to look at Elliot and closed his eyes with a sad look on her face. "He was beaten up badly before he died but this wasn't murder. He killed himself." She said, rising from her crouch and moving towards Jace, still looking around for any more clues.

"What? How can you tell?" Clary asked, confused.

Jace was the one who answered her. "Blood from his eyes. I've seen it before. It's a warlock incantation. It's basically their version of a cyanide capsule. I'm sorry."