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Chapter 3

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Jace

Just as Jace got out of his bathroom, a knock sounded at the door. He went over and opened it to find Isabelle, and behind her, Bethany.

"What the hell is she doing here?" asked Isabelle, pointing at the blonde girl.

"I invited her over here," said Jace, his gaze flicking over to Bethany, before looking back at an angry Isabelle.

"Why the fuck would you do that?"

"Because I need someone Isabelle, and she is all that I've got," said Jace, before adding. "No offense Bethany."

"Oh," Bethany said, chuckling. "None taken."

Isabelle rolled her eyes then pivoted on her heal and walked down the hallway. "Alec, Magnus, and I are going to Taki's for lunch. Don't bother coming because you're not invited."

"Have fun being the third wheel," Jace called out to his adopted sister before ushering Bethany to come inside of his room. Just as he shut the door and turned around, Bethany wrapped her arms around his neck, pulled him to her, and started kissing him.

Instinct took over, and Jace instantly wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer, kissing Bethany back. The kiss quickly heated. Jace moved Bethany towards the bed and pushed her down, so he was on top of her. She tugged at Jace's shirt, and Jace pulled away briefly to take his shirt off. Just as he leaned in to kiss Bethany again, she stopped him, and she looked down at his stomach.

"Damn. You have some nice abs."

Jace just smirked before he resumed kissing her, working his way down to her chin and neck. He slipped his hands under Bethany's crop top, and noticed that she didn't gasp or anything.

Clary would've gasped, Jace thought.

Bethany pushed Jace away, and he groaned in annoyance. She looked at him in surprise. "Calm down tiger, I'm just taking off my shirt, geez."

He watched her as she took off her shirt and threw it on the ground. He saw she was wearing a satin, purple bra, but that didn't even matter to him. Jace felt nothing towards the girl.

Before Jace met Clary, he never really felt anything towards any girl. The same feeling went for Bethany. All the girls Jace actually "dated" were simply to just keep him busy and satisfied.

Jace kissed Bethany's shoulder and stomach as she worked on undoing his pants. All of a sudden, he heard a knock at his door. He looked at his door, then back at Bethany. "Just ignore it. It's nothing important." Then, he resumed to kissing Bethany.

"Jace Herondale, open up! This is important!"

Confused, Jace put on his shirt and buttoned up his pants. "Go hide in the bathroom. This will only take a second," he whispered.

Bethany sighed and walked to his bathroom with only her bra and short skirt on.

Jace opened the door just as Bethany closed the door to the bathroom, and was shocked to see Brother Zachariah standing in front of him. "Brother Zachariah? What are you doing here?"

"You may call me Jem, and I would like to ask the same thing to the girl you were just with," said Jem, throwing a glance at the bathroom door behind Jace.

"What girl?" asked Jace, masking him face with confusion.

"These doors may prevent me from seeing behind them, thankfully, but they do not prevent me from hearing. Who was that girl?"

Jace stared in shock. "It was Clary. Who else?"

"That was not Clary."

"How would you know?" Jace asked, realizing that he couldn't hide anything from an ex-Silent Brother. "Do you know where she is? Can I see her?"