Avenge the Shadows (I)

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CATHERINE'S POV

The Combat Workshop was going smoothly and then I felt this annoyance around the parabatai rune. "Charlie." I whispered as I took some soldier to the ground again. "Keep doing this, I'll be right back." After that, I ran to Jace's office. She was having a panic attack and Jace did not know what was happening. When she passed out, Jace seemed lost. "When did this happened?" He questioned and I looked at the calendar. "She was on her last day in London when we portal ourselves to Asgard and they talked, he explained and then she got back to New York." I caressed her hair, just like she told me her mom did when she was little and she was scared. "That was June. It's September already." He said and I nodded, I could not give him any other answer. "Do you think that maybe he was her soulmate and that's why she's like this?" I had heard about the soulmates, but I thought they did not apply for Shadowhunters. So, I looked at him confused.

"Shadowhunters have that too, but unlike humans, this bond is so unique and weird that you just found it once in your lifetime." I was surprised for that information. "I don't think so. I think a part of her fell. I mean he was a God, for crying out loud, she deserves to mourn that relationship. I believe she was used to having him around. No matter what, he was always a call away. I think that's the thing she's missing, that support, so please, don't be too harsh on her." Those were my last words before she started to wake up and after a second, I returned to my workshop. "Okay, it seems to me that you are just fooling around, so, we'll do some squats. Give me fifty, all of you. NOW." And everyone started doing it. They thought that because I was new and young, they could step over me, but Charlie had taught me that I was my own person and that I could not let people make me feel small. Not anymore.

By the end of the exercise, I looked around. "Are you going to keep misbehaving on this workshop?" My question was left unanswered as they just shook their heads. "Great. I'll see you here on Friday. You're dismissed." As they started to leave, I turned to the door. Clary was there and she took off her shoes and got into the ring. "Are you sure?" I asked her and she just nodded. "Just, don't hit me too hard." I smiled and we started. She was good, but too slow. I dunked her punches and just avoided to hit her for as long as I could, until she could not swerve the punch and she ended up in the floor. "Damn, Jace was right. That's a mean hook." I giggled and helped her to get off her feet and she tried to hit me once again. "Too slow!" I said and hit her again. "I give up." She said and stood up. "Care to explain why Jace is all bundled up with Charlie?" I sighed. "Broken heart and he's on older brother duty." Clary made a face.

"Thor broke up with her?" I moved my head to let her know that was not the case, but at the same time, it was. "Tell me everything over pizza and hot chocolate." She spoke and hook her arm with mine. "What kind of mixture is that?" I asked to her mind as my face showed anything but love to that. "Oh, you'll love it. Why Londoners are so structured?" She laughed as I wondered the same. "Okay, but let me have a shower." She nodded and walked away. As I got to my room, I started crying. I had been holding it in over Charlie's sake, but I could not take it anymore. The bond did make you feel things harder and after two months of just bottling in, now we had just let go and it felt nice to actually breathe. The hurt she felt it was not related to a lost love, it was a mixture of things. After a while, I felt better and got into the shower. Then, I looked for Clary and we mixed those two inappropriate foods and turned out it was good. Shame on me. Americans had good ideas.

Later that night, I did not see Charlie and when I saw Jace, he just shook his head. Charlie was not in her room that night either, so I covered for her, hoping she got back soon and we could talk about whatever she wanted to do. I hoped to never go through that pain, because I did not know if I would manage it like Charlie did.

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