• Chapter One •

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"What the hell was that? Who was that girl?" Alec asked clearly pissed. "How was she able to see us?"

"I don't know, Alec!" Jace said, frustrated.

"Things could have gone completely different. She shouldn't have been here." Alec continued.

"Alec..." Allison placed her hand on his arm. "It's over. The mundane is unharmed and we've slayed the demon." She reasoned.

"Yeah but we don't know who is behind it all" Alec muttered causing a sigh to slip from Allison.

"Enough." Aaliyah looked at them. "What's done is done. Let's go home and think this over."

Jace shook his head. "I'm going for a walk. I'll be back soon."

Aaliyah frowned as she watched Jace leave the club. Isabelle gently pulled her sister's arm.

"He'll be fine... Let's go." She reassured her.

And with that, the four Shadowhunters had gone back to the Institute while Jace went off somewhere else.

And with that, the four Shadowhunters had gone back to the Institute while Jace went off somewhere else

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It had been about an hour before Jace had returned but he didn't come alone. He held the red haired girl, who was unconscious, in his arms.

Needless to say, Alec was not too pleased but Jace wasn't in the mood for Alec's ranting again.

Instead, Jace asked Isabelle and Aaliyah to tend to the girl who had been injured.

In what seemed like hours to follow, the girl finally woke up but not without hitting Isabelle in the process.

"Ow." Isabelle smiled after reopening her eyes after the collision.

"Wait, I don't know you..." The girl said as she began to move away.

Sensing her uneasiness, Isabelle smiled at her. "I'm Isabelle." She introduced herself before grinning.

"I've never seen Jace so curious about a mundane" She tilted her head to the side. "Or distracted. And like you saw earlier, distractions are dangerous in our line of work."

"I have no idea what you are talking about." The girl said. "Who's Jace?"

Isabelle looked at her. "You dont remember much do you?" She asked.

"The mundane shouldn't even be here." Alec walked in with Jace right behind him and Allison trailing behind them. Clearly, Alec was still not happy about the situation.

"She's not a mundane, Alec." Jace replied to his best friend for what felt like the hundredth time since he's been back.

"How do you know that?" Alec countered.

"Because the seraph blade lit up when she touched it." Jace answered before getting Isabelle to move aside so he could speak to the girl.

"I'm Jace Wayland." Jace sat next to her and before the girl could introduce herself, he cut her off. "You're Clary. Clary Fray. We know who you are." He said.

"Am I the only one who finds this unsual?" Alec piped up and before Jace could answer, Aaliyah beat him to it.

"You find everything unusual, Alec." The dark haired male's younger sister responded with a small smile tugging at the corners of her lips.

"I have to report this to the Clave." Alec said.

Jace looked at him. "You know what? Just dial it down." He said.

"My brother doesn't have a dial." Isabelle spoke up and smirked. She looked at Alec teasingly. "I love you, Alec, but you have a switch that's always on."

"Love you too" Alec rolled his eyes and turned his focus back to Jace. "But this--"

Jace cut him off completely by asking him for a minute. Alec looked at his best friend in shock. "Alright, here's a word you'll never hear me say, please?" Jace asked.

"What is with you?" Alec asked. "Really, what is with him?" He asked the others and Allison stepped forward pulling him by his arm gently.

"Walk with me Drill Sergeant." She teased in attempt to lighten the tense atmosphere in the room.

Aaliyah, who had been quiet most of the time, excused herself along with Isabelle leaving Jace alone with Clary.

Allison, still holding onto Alec's arm as they walked through the halls into the main room, listened to Alec vent.

"We don't even know this girl. There's no such thing as new Shadowhunters." He said.

"Apparently there is." Allison replied.

"You dont find that strange?" He asked her.

"Trust me, I'm not happy about this but I'm happy that my brother is interested in someone other than himself." Allison looked up at him.

"I'm just pissed that she ruined the mission. We never found out who is buying the blood." Alec sighed heavily. "It was our one job." He moved to sit down in one of the chairs at the monitors.

"You need to stop stressing." Allison said, standing behind him as she began to massage his shoulders, working out all the tension he was holding.

She smiled to herself, feeling him relax slowly.

Letting out another sigh, Alec leaned his head back slightly, closing his eyes. "I still don't like it." He said.

"I know..." She replied softly. "Neither do I..."

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