Nephilim Love

Chapter 14

Jace

As soon as we went into the Institute, I took our bags from Simon, and Clary and I went to our room. I put the bags down and took Clary into my arms looking her over to make sure she was not hurt. I kissed her gently and then her stomach began to growl.

"Hey, let's go to the kitchen and see if there is something to eat. I am starving and I know you must be too."

"Yeah, I have to admit that I am. It sounds like a good idea."

I took her hand and led her out of the room and started to walk towards the kitchen. When we arrived everyone was there and Izzy was holding a Taki's menu in her hand.

"I am glad you two are here. We are about to order food. Do you want your usual?"

"That sounds great!"

I pulled a chair out for Clary and walked over to the fridge to get us some bottled water. After a while, the food arrived and everyone started to eat and talk. It has been months since I sat down to eat with my family and friends, so I was enjoying all the chatter. After we ate, I took Clary's hand and led her out to the greenhouse. Once we walked in, Clary was just so amazed by the beauty of the greenhouse that tears were running slowly down her cheeks. I stood in front of her and wiped her tears with my thumbs while holding her face in my hands. 

"Remember the first time I kissed you here in the greenhouse?"

"How can I forget! That is when I knew that you wanted me as much as I wanted you."

"You have changed me, Clary, into the man I am today. I want to push the wedding date. Let's get married in two weeks. I know it is short notice but I do not want to wait any longer. I want you to be my wife."

"Jace, are you sure you want this? I want to marry you but I do not want you to feel pressured into it because of what is happening right now."

"Yes, I want this because I love you and want you. You are all I ever wanted since that first day I saw you outside of Pandemonium. These months that I have been without you, I have realized that I cannot live without you, Clary. You belong by my side forever."

"Well, I feel the same way about you.  Raziel was able to take my memories, but the love I feel for you, buried deep in my heart, he was not able to take. Two weeks should be fine. I do not need a big wedding as long as I am with you."

Clary

Jace wrapped his arms around me and kissed me again. It seems that he is never tired of kissing me and I got to admit, I love kissing him too. We went back to our room and started to unpack our things and put them in the closet and drawers. We laid down and Jace wrapped me in his arms as I laid my head on his chest. I looked around and some memories came flooding in. 

The room was surrounded by candles and as I what lighting the last candle, Jace walks into the room.

"Clary we will figure out how to get rid of this rune."

"Maybe we will and maybe we will not. I am tired of trying to control everything that I cannot control. I cannot get everything that I want, but right now I want you, she whispered. I love you."

"I love you, Clary. I will love you until the day I die and if there is life after this, I will love you then too."

I held his face in my hand and Jace put his hand on my wrist. The look that burned in his eyes was unfathomable. I had managed to break every single wall that he had worked so hard to build, and here he was vulnerable and exposed-and he did not care. He relaxed under my touch and looked into my eyes lovingly. Jace led me to the bed unzipping my jacket on the way. I tugged at his shirt and pulled it over his head. I looked at his chiseled abs, the strong muscles in his arms, his tousled blond hair, and his beautiful eyes that were burning with desire. He was truly beautiful and he belonged to me. Gently, he pulled my T-shirt over my head leaving me in my lacey bra. I felt the edge of the bed behind me and I started to kiss him slowly down his chest until I reached the edge of his jeans. I sat on the bed and unbuttoned his jeans and slowly pulled the zipper down. I pushed his jeans down slowly until I could not reach anymore without having to get off the bed. My kisses were resumed again from his stomach down to the edge of his underwear and I started pushing them down too. Jace let out a small moan as he wrapped his fingers in my hair. I started the process again, kissing down his stomach until I reached him and this is where Jace loses it and practically screamed out my name. This was going to be our first time together without any excuses for us not to do this. The only sound in the room was the flickering of the candles and the rustling of the sheets as he positioned himself between my legs. I bit my bottom lip as he guided himself on top of me and gasped when he filled me with himself. He was gentle, but his desire for me was shown with each thrust. Our angelic connection was stronger than we could ever imagine and our runes started glowing gold. I watched him as he closed his eyes and parted his mouth as he quickened his thrust. He opened his eyes and stared into my eyes full of desire and pleasure. Soon his eyes glazed over with the heat of passion and he let out a loud moan and his body tensed full of uncontrollable pleasure at the same time that I felt an uncontrollable explosion that left me gasping for air.  His lips were on my neck suckling my skin while I was biting his shoulder. We changed positions and I was on top of him moving with so much intensity that he led out another moan full of intense pleasure. My head fell back as I felt another explosion rack my body and Jace held on to my lips and responded with his thrusts making me moan in pleasure. Our lovemaking lasted until the sun was shining brightly through the window and we fell asleep in each other's arms, exhausted. 

I remember this very well and I knew that we belonged together no matter who is trying to keep us apart. We will fight together against Raziel, the downworlders, and anyone who gets in our way. I love Jace more than life itself and he keeps proving his love to me at every possible moment that he can. We went back into our room and got into the shower and comfortable clothes. The sheets felt cold so he lit the fireplace to take out the chill. He laid next to me and pulled me to his chest. His hand was on my stomach and started to rub my baby bump in soft. circular motions. Jace did not say much, but I know that he is worried about me and our baby. We are here back at the Institute, in our old room, with our runes back on our bodies again. We are what we do not want to be any longer, Shadowhunters. That decision to activate our runes again was for the sake of our child. Someone out there considers this tiny, innocent baby an abomination. Neither one of us have demon blood for this child to be called an abomination. Jace will get to the bottom of this and he will find out who is the one behind this conspiracy. I feel sorry for whoever it is because they have pushed Jace too far.

"Jace, I know that you are worried but everything is going to be alright. You will figure out who is behind this and stop him."

"I know I will, with everyone's help. Someone is going to make a mistake and I will be waiting to end them."

I kissed Jace gently on the lips and dozed off into a fitful sleep. Someone locked me up in a room and had me manacled to a wall by my ankle. There was nothing in the room but a bed, a small table, and a door. A man walked in but I could not see his face because he was covered up by shadows. Is he a Shadowhunter, a Downworlder, or a demon, I could not tell? He stood in the shadows as he talked to me.

"Hello, Clary Fairchild. Sorry to keep you waiting. I am quite sure you want to know why you are here. The answer is quite simple you know. You and your abomination are here to die and I am the one who is going to kill you."

The man rushed at me and all I could do was scream, placing my arms to protect my baby as best as I could. Then I woke up screaming, again. Jace sat up and quickly pulled me into his chest and started assuring me that it was just a dream.

Jace

Clary woke up screaming again. I sat up and pulled her into my chest assuring her that it was just a dream. I have to think of something. This stress is not good for her or the baby. There has to be a place we can go where we can be safe at least until she has the baby. This life we are living in is some kind of punishment for wanting to be with her, it must be. I thought that we would be together, I would marry her, and be happy. The day we would find out that she was having a baby, we would hear about it together and it would be a happy moment for us, not this nightmare we are still living in. Clary fell back asleep and I held her in my arms while I lay here staring at the ceiling with my thoughts. I must protect Clary if it is the last thing I do.

The next morning I woke up and found Clary was still asleep. I did not want to wake her up so I got up quietly and got dressed. Breakfast was not on my mind to I went straight to the ops center to see if anyone has found any useful information. Izzy walked up to me with a look that I recognize of bad news coming.

"Izzy, what is wrong? That look tells me you are the bearer of bad news."

"Unfortunately, I have bad news. Alex just informed me that Aldertree is missing from the guard. No one knows how in the hell did he get out. There is a search in Idris, but we are certain that we are not going to find him."

"This has to be someone on the inside. There are moles in Idris and we need to flush them out. What is Aldertree up to that he has escaped the guard?"

"Alec is working on it as we speak. He will get down to the bottom of this. Consul Penhallow has ordered more security for the New York Institute while you and Clary are here. We will get to the bottom of this, Jace, I promise."

"Aldertree has always hated Clary and me. You have seen what happened when Clary helped me escape from Valentine, how he persecuted and even demoted me. He did everything in his power to turn everyone in the Institute against me."

"Do not worry, Jace, if he is here in New York, we will find him."