• Chapter Five •

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"Did she really?" Allison formed her fists with Aaliyah glaring.

Alec gave them a look before looking down at the red head. "If I had to guess, for a start, all those unsanctioned missions on your behalf that weren't reported to The Clave." He glared, leaving the room.

Allison frowned at his retreating figure and felt Aaliyah touch her shoulder. She looked at her best friend.

"Go." Aaliyah said with a small smile. The blonde girl smiled gratefully and followed the eldest Lightwood sibling.

 The blonde girl smiled gratefully and followed the eldest Lightwood sibling

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Jace stepped out of the elevator only to be stopped by Aaliyah. "Hey... Do you mind if I speak with you for a minute?" She asked.

"Sure." The blonde male agreed, following Aaliyah as he adjusted his gloves.

They walked to the passage where they faced each other. Jace noticed that the youngest Lightwood twin wasn't trying to make eye contact with him. "Liyah?" He frowned. "Are you okay?"

"I..." She sighed heavily before looking up at him with nervous eyes. "You have every right to be mad at me." She said softly.

Jace frowned softly before smiling. "It can't be that bad unless you put my favourite leather jacket in the washing machine." He joked.

"Jace." Aaliyah closed her eyes and sighed again. "Back at Magnus'," She reopened her eyes, looking up at him again. "The demon, the image of you..." She trailed off.

"Is it about that?" Jace caught on to what she was trying to say. "What happened back there, is that what you want to talk about?" He asked with a soft smile.

Aaliyah bit her lip nervously and nodded her head.

"You love me. So? I love you too, Liyah." He smiled at her. The short, dark haired girl looked up at him with a glimmer of hope but his next words hurt her to the core, all hope gone. "You're my sister."

Tears threatened to fall from her eyes but she held them back.

"We've spent almost our whole lives together. How could we not love each other?" He continued. "Was that really bothering you?" He tried to make eye contact but Aaliyah looked anywhere but at him.

Finally looking at him, she forced her bright smile. "Yeah. I just thought that you'd think..." She trailed before shaking her head.

"Nevermind. Uh, Izzy is probably waiting for you..." She made a move to walk but Jace caught hold of her hand.

"Hey, we're okay right?" He asked.

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