Avenge the Shadows (I)

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CHARLOTTE'S POV

Feeling him so close and holding him closer, made me realize that I was in fact attracted to him. It was just not lust like I had made myself believe. We posed together and just got away, I was still confused over our last encounter, not because he had really hurt me with his words, but I was not ready to talk about it. My heart was beating hard by just feeling Steve near and then, we just got back to our seats and waited for the desserts. Steve unknowingly put his arm on the back of my chair and I sat straight, I was afraid that I would give in if he touched me. Jace caught that and stared at me weird. "I'm okay." I whispered to his mind. "I'm just tired." He half nodded and kept on talking to the rest until late night. Leon was the first one to go and Steve followed. Clint and Nat carpooled with Tony and I sighed, gladly all this was finally over. Catherine was on Sebby's duty as I walked to Jace's office. "You wanted to see me?" I asked and he nodded as he fixed a few folders.

"Two weeks from now, you're leaving again and I just want to know if everything is alright." I smiled and walked to the couch and made a signal for him to follow me. Jace stood up and sat next to me and held me closer to his chest. "Do you really want to leave? I can come up with something and." I interrupted his words when I kissed his hands. "It's my responsibility to do it, otherwise I'll lose my parabatai and I can't lose her too." Jace sighed understanding my dilemma. Right now, Cath was all I had. "I bought an apartment." I confessed after a few seconds and Jace sighed. "I know." He whispered back and held me closer. "I've been following you since we got you out of the house arrest." That was the why I had been feeling observed and he had been so exhausted and I kissed his cheek. "Thank you, but I can take care on my own." He nodded, knowing that. "I have the Lightwoods, but deep down, I know that I'm on my own. Just like you."

He had touched a nerve there. "You have us, but I know that deep down you are on your own, just like Cath. She has her London family, but deep down she knows she's on her own. But, you're not alone. None of you two. I'm here. I'd sell my soul for you." I was the one sighing after his words, because he was right. We felt like we were on our own, but we also knew that he was on our side. "And I would sell mine for you." I replied and he kissed my forehead. "I'll be sleeping here." Jace put himself comfortable and I giggled. "Not right now. I meant that I'll be from breakfast to my end of shift in London, then I'll be coming back for dinner and sleeping here." Jace smiled and hugged me again. "For a moment, you've got me illusioned as we would be sleeping together." I hit his hand and rolled my eyes. "Stop flirting with me, dude." He chuckled and kept hugging me. "By the Angel, I can't." We both giggled and kept on hugging until Clary got in and interrupted us.

"I'm having the night surveillance, so don't do anything fun while I'm not around." After that, she left and we decided to take our cuddles to his room as he refused to go to my room as it would not look very nice to leave it in the morning. Jace could be the most confident male I have ever known, right behind Kieran, but still, he cared a lot of what people thought of him, which made him a very good leader as he heard the rest. Days went by and two days before Catherine ended her year off, Tony texted us that we were invited to a party, it was a public event, which meant we had to cover our tattoos and go as the Instagram developers. Catherine would take Matt as her date and I decided to go on my own as my only acceptable option was Steve and I was not giving in. We wore a few short dresses that I had left aside in case of an emergency and this was indeed an emergency as we had not pre-booked this outing.

By nine, Matt got to the institute and we portaled ourselves to Tony's mansion in Malibu. He was working downstairs and as Pepper talked with Matt, we got to Tony's work site. He had built a few other Iron-Man suits and we did not know how to process that and for what we had gathered, he was not sleeping his normal hours either.

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