𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐄 | 𝐁𝐀𝐃 𝐕𝐈𝐁𝐄
𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄 | 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐌𝐀𝐍'𝐒 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐘
❀𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐕❀
Isabelle's phone beeps. "Excellent. He's home. I'm outta here." Isabelle says turning around.
"Wait, aren't you coming with us?" Clary says.
"Oh, I wouldn't miss it for the world, but I gotta find out how to get into the vampires' lair." Isabelle says all giggly.
"Wait can I go?" Liv asks Isabelle. Isabelle looks at Liv up and down.
"Sure." She replied smirking.
"Izzy." Jace says in a warning tone.
"What? She want to go." She says to Jace. She looks at Liv. "Come on." She says to her.
"Don't do anything I wouldn't do." Jace says to them. Or rather Isabelle.
"Jace... over here." Alec says calling out.
"Yeah, coming." Jace says. "Yeah?" He approaches us.
"We're crossing a line into vamp territory." Alec says.
"That's the point. Come on, Alec, cheer up. It's going to be fun." Jace says.
"Don't think he can with the stick so far up his ass. He probably likes it that way." I say. Alec gives me a deadly glare but ignores my comment.
"Damn it, Jace, just... think this through. You don't even like this guy." Alec says.
"Damn Jace, you be jealous." I tease him.
"I'm not. This isn't about the mundane, this is about Clary." Jace says.
"You got that right." I mumbled.
"What, are you so desperate to get laid that you'll risk killing us?" Alec says to Jace.
"Wow." I say chuckling.
"Wow, um, there's so much in that that was wrong, I'm going to pretend I don't hear it." Jace says.
"You will when I mention it to you everyday." I tell him. He glares at me. Alec rolls his eyes.
"That the problem. Your not listening. Not to this or anything else I've said tonight. You don't even know this girl. Why do you trust her?" Alec says to him.
"Is this about her being Valentines daughter. Haven't we been through this? Alec, look at me. You can trust her, or not. I don't care. That's not my business. But if you don't trust me—" Jace says until little miss perfect interrupted him.
"Jace! Alec! I think I found it! Mary Milligan!"
Clary says. We walk over to her. "Beloved servant?" She says. "Who want that on a headstone?"
"Someone who is in service to a cause greater than themselves." Alec says.
"At least she is not." Jace says dusting dirt off the headstone. "Abracadabra." Jace says.
"Wait you guys actually say that?" I ask in excitedly.
"No, Ariel, we don't." Jace says. I scoff. He puts his stele over a symbol and it shines.
"Wow, gonna disturb her beauty sleep." I say sarcastically. As they open the 'coffin' .
"Where's Mrs. Milligans body." Clary asks. I look at all the weapons.
"Don't touch that. You don't know how to use it." Alec scolds Clary as she hold a glowing sword.
"What, like at Pendemonium when I killed that demon?" Clary says.
"You didn't kill it." Alec says but is interrupted by Jace. I see a butterfly fly around. I put my finger up. A few moments late it lands on my finger.
"Alec. I'm gonna show her they right way to use it. Do you see what you need in here?" Jace asks Alec.
"No. There's no bow here. I need one. I have to rune some arrows. That's back at the institute. I gotta go." Alec says to Jace.
"Well, how are you gonna go back in the institute?" Jace asks Alec. The butterfly flies off.
"Go in the back. Won't bother me if I'm alone." Alec says.
"I'll go." I say walking towards them.
"Okay, good go. I can finish up here." Jace says turning around.
"Hey...I understand what you did. And I trust you, parabatai... but don't ever doubt me. No matter what I said." Alec says to Jace. Pur. You tell him grumpy cat.
"It's already forgotten." Jace says as they grab hands. "I'll see you guys at dawn."
"At dawn." Alec repeats. "Come on."
"Well aren't they very comfy." I say looking back. "So what's parabatai?" I ask Alec.
"Aren't you nosy." He says. "There's no human bond that compares to what Jace and I have. We're bound together for life. Bound to fight together."
"At each other." I mumble but he ignores me.
"To protect each other, in battle, our hearts beat as one. If one of us were to die... a part of the other would die inside as well." He says.
"Wow, like soulmates. That's so cute." I say.
"It's not cute." He grumbles.
"It's cute, and thats final." I say smiling.
"It's n-"
"Gosh it's cute. Don't argue because your not going to win." I say as he glares at me. "Can you give me piggy back ride." I say.
"No." He answers plainly.
"But, please." I pout.
So I did get a piggy back ride. Yay. Right now we're sneaking in. I start mumbling the Kim possible song.
"Shhh." Alec shush me. He gets his bows. "I want a sword." I tell him.
"No." He tells me.
I play with Alec's things as he runes his arrows. "Alec. Oh and Ariel." Hodge says walking in. "Didn't know you guys were here." He says surprised.
"Yeah, no, I, uh.." Alec stammers. I snort. That's payback.
"Don't tell me. I don't wanna have to report you." Hodge says walking closer with his mug in hand.
"It's just that, you know Clary is—"
"That girl is Valentine's." The rune on his neck sears. He starts to shake. "The monsters daughter." He says. "There must be some reason why the roaches are coming out of the woodwork again, right? All leave you to it."
"Hodge? Thank you." Alec says.
"You remind me of me, Alec. A loyal friend standing in the shadow of the chosen one. Hey... don't make the same mistakes I did. Look where it got me."
"Don't listen to him. You are not like him." I try to make Alec feel better because of that idiot. I get a bad vibe from him.
"Izzy." Alec says. I look at Liv and raise a eyebrow.
"I got your text. Where are we exactly?" He says as we walk up the stairs.
"It's an old meatpackers service entrance. If we go back there, we come up into the basement of the Hotel DuMort. Perfect right." Isabelle says. "We distract the vamps, Clary and Jace have time to find Simon."
"Okay." Alec says simply.
"Okay? It was hard work interrogating Meliorn to get this intel." Isabelle says to Alec.
"Great job, Izzy. You have faerie dust on your dress." He tells Isabelle.
"You too." I say to Liv.
"And I hate being the distraction." Alec says.
"I don't. You know you'd be a lot happier if you weren't so freaking repressed. Alec." Isabelle says to Alec. "Hello?" Alec rolls his eyes and walks away. I go with him as I push Liv to Isabelle.
"Don't say anything." Alec tells me.
"I wasn't." I say as I pat his shoulder.
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