''Who are you?''
''I am many things, but for tonight, I am your knight in shining armor.''
''Really? Doesn't seem like it.''
Olivia Fray's life was mundane. Simply and easy. She had a loving family, a degree in psychology, and her plans for her futu...
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Chapter Seventeen- Rescuing Yet Again
The back door of Hotel DuMort flew open and out came Clary, her bright red hair flying behind her as she ran towards Jace while Simon slowly followed behind her.
Olivia observed him and smiled. He was pale-- like all other vampires-- but other than that, the boy appeared to be in a better state since the last time she had seen him. ''Hey Liv.'' he greeted her and then frowned as his eyes moved to Ian. It took Olivia a few seconds to realize that Simon had never seen or heard about Ian before. Ian seemed to realize that as well and smiled brightly at the newest vampire in town. ''I'm Ian,'' he introduced himself, ''Ian Lightwood.''
Simon's eyes widened. ''Another Lightwood?''
''Yeah.'' Ian chuckled.
''So this your safe hideout, huh?'' Jace asked as he pulled away from Clary and looked at their surroundings with his nose scrunched up. Vampires' lair was not considered a safe place. In fact, if his memory served him well, the last time they had been here, they had almost killed all the vamps in order to save Simon, who, ironically, was now himself a vampire.
''Well, you think the Clave was gonna look here?'' Clary retorted.
''No,'' Olivia said and watched with a smile as her sister turned towards her. ''Liv!'' she squealed and ran to hug her. ''You are here.'' Clary breathed, tightening her hold on the older girl.
'' ' Course I am.'' Olivia chuckled. She placed her chin on Clary's shoulder and her eyes immediately locked with Jace's. He was looking at her in the same way he had looked at her when they were in the graveyard; Softly and with an expression that she couldn't understand.
She didn't understand it, but Izzy did. Jace was staring at Olivia with affection. And so was Ian. The younger brunette sighed. ''Oh dear,'' she mumbled low enough for only Luke to hear. ''Hmmm?'' he looked at her with raised brows.
''Nothing.'' she again sighed and cleared her throat before diverting her attention towards the thing that was more important. ''Guys,'' she spoke, causing the two sisters to pull away and-- along with the rest--look at her. ''Can we please focus on the matter at hand?''
Clary frowned. Something was wrong, she could sense that much. ''What is going on?''
''The Clave's planning on murdering Meliorn.''
Clary's eyes widened as she and Simon both expressed their shock. ''What?''
''They think Meliorn has more information on Valentine and the attack than he's saying,'' Jace explained, crossing his arms and looking at the red-haired girl, who, at this moment, was shocked beyond words.
''They are taking him to the Silent Brothers,'' Izzy added, her eyes looking at the floor with worry as she dropped the bag from her shoulder.
