Tell Me A Secret || Alec Lightwood

Chapter XIII

TW! Slightly spicy content

to be honest I'm a bit proud of this one:))

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This whole institute is a freaking maze

You sigh annoyed while looking for the others.

After resting a bit and convincing Magnus that you could stay here (which wasn't easy at all), you're looking for the others.

Yes your breakdown was embarrassing. Yes you wished you would have focused more. And are you freaking out right now that those circle members know of your weakspot.. Also yes!

So right now your main goals is to find Clary's mother so you could get back at Valentine.

That's the best thing to do. This way I don't have to focus on myself.

All of a sudden you hear someone groaning.

What the-

You enter a smaller training room, only to see a very fit blond haired man.

He's training and he's hella good at it too. Swinging his weapons against wooden mannequins, you can't help but stare in amazement.

His muscles tense when he does one final hit before turning towards you.

"Hi." He says nonchalant and grabs a towel from the chair besides you. Then he hands out his hand. "My name is Hodge."

You shake his hand with a small smile. "Hi, my name is-" But you freeze when noticing his circle rune on his neck.

"Amelia. I know." He finishes you sentence. "And don't worry. This is all in the past." He releases you hand and points at his rune.

"But how?" At this moment you don't know of you should be confused or afraid.

He wipes his face with the towel with a small smile. "They didn't remove the rune as punishment. Just the consequences of my actions."

Hodge notices your reaction. "You really don't have to worry. I am not one of them anymore. Valentine-"

But he stops his sentence by groaning in pure agony. His rune starts to heat up by your surprise.

"Are you okay?"

"Yes.. Yes." He pants out. "This is another consequence. I cannot talk about the past and that person. But I can tell you this. I remember you. Last time I saw you, you were so small." He holds up his around the height of his hips.

You nod slowly at the information, now definitely confused. Why don't you remember him?

You remember every person that worked with Valentine.

Maryse, Luke,.. And the fact that he had to keep his rune as a punishment means that he definitely worked with Valentine himself.

"How come I can't remember you? I'm normally good with faces?"

He chuckles softly. "That quite sad that you don't remember me. I brought you sweets every once in a while."

You cannot remember getting sweets or any type of nice food while being imprisoned by Valentine.

"I heard you found the Mortal cup! Congratulations on that. Must be a relieve that it's now safe here."

"Yes.. Indeed." Still thinking about what he said earlier you don't notice a tall person behind you.