Asteriel | Alec Lightwood

Chapter 6

All i can see is his eyes.

His eyes are slightly widen, and so are mine. We stare each other, apparently it's our thing. I rapid blink, breaking the eye contact, and decide to not make this weirder than already is.

"Hi." We both say in union, i chuckle while he just smirks amused. But he clears his throat and changes his expression to a serious one.

"How are you feeling?" He asks me, still serious.

"Uhm, i'm feeling a slightly pain in my arm and head, but considering what happened today, i'm pitch perfect" And kind of freaking out internally but he doesn't need to know that. He slightly nods his head in agreement.

"Uhm, by the way... Where am i and... Who are you?" I require some answers.

"What? Already forgotten my name?" He tells me, cheekly with cocked head. Crossing his arms over his chest.

"No, Alec, i remember your name. But it's not knowing a name that will make me trust you." I state to him.

"Well, i thought saving your life was enough reason for that" He retorts slightly annoyed, passing by me and entering the room i was leaving.

"Well, it helps, but still i need answers, don't you think?" I ask him quizzical, with fixed gaze on his back while he makes his way towards one of the beds.

"Well, how do i know i can trust you to talk about me and my world?" He asks me, cockingly. Seating on the bed, with raised eyebrows.

"Could you stop saying well at every beginning of a sentence? And really? You were the one who brought me to whatever this place is, why would you do that, then?" I say peeved, making my way closer, and stopping in front of him but still keeping a distance.

"Cause we need answers as well" He states, plausible. And again, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Alright, what about this. You give me answers and I give you the answers you need. Although, i think it won't be what you're expecting." I tell him, quick-witted.

"Very well then, an answer for an answer. What do you want to know?" He agrees and quickly asks me.

"What are you?" I ask inquisitive.

"We are shadowhunters, half human, half angel, we protect the human world from the demon world" He explains to me.

"Demons? Do they really exist?" I start to question if everything i saw on my dreams were really true.

He rolls his eyes at me. "What do you think those creatures at the Pandemonium were? They were shapeshifting demons. Besides, one almost killed you" He reminds me. Right, the Squidwards. "How am i not dead then?" I inquire him. "I healed you, this mark" He points at the black mark on my neck, and keeps explaining "is a rune, they have enormous power. Good for shadowhunters, lethal for humans". He says confidently. I open my mouth to ask another question.

"Nah ah, my turn to ask. An answer for an answer, remember?" He hush me, while getting up from his seat and closing the distance between us. I blush at his closeness.

"What were you doing at Pandemonium's with Clary Fray?" He asks straightforward, with a neutral expression.

"We were celebrating Clary's birthday, i had just met her. But the reason we were inside the club, was because of Jace. We were the only ones who were able to see him among our friends, so logically, we wanted answers" I explain to him, seriously, maintaining eye contact with him while i do so. He opens his mouth, but it's my time to hush him.

"Nuh ah, it's my turn" I say teasing him with a smirk. "Why were we the only ones able to see Jace?" I ask.

"You have the sight" He explains, i remember him telling me this the first time we met. "which allow us to see through glamours, to see the shadow world" he finishes the explanation and i nod my head in understanding, but still confused about all of it. He seems to notice, cause he keeps quiet for a while, studying me.

"You don't know anything about the shadow world, do you?" He asks me, frowning. I shake my head at him. I should know?

"All the legends are true, vampires, werewolves, warlocks, faeries, all of them, do exist." With each example he gave me, my eyes widened more. I break eye contact with him, and stare into nothing, my heart rate starts to quicken. So, the creatures i saw in my dreams, it's all real. If so, is my dream also true? Will my nightmares come true?

Alec seems to sense my distress, and takes a step forward to me. But we are interrupt by someone storming into the room. I look at the door, and the raven haired girl is making her way towards us.

"Oh thank the angel, you're awake!" She says kindly to me, sounding relieved, and embraces me into a hug. I stay still awkwardly, being taken by surprise. But she release me quickly, before i can reciprocate. "How are you feeling? Oh, you're so pretty!" She tells me, sounding enthusiastic.

"Oh, you're really beautiful yourself, and i'm feeling better, thanks for asking" I tell her sympathetically, smiling back "I know" she says with a dimpled grin and elevated chin. I hear Alec scoffing at her statement. "I'm Isabelle Lightwood, but you can call me Izzy, i'm Alec's sister" she introduces herself to me, while pointing to Alec with her head.

"I'm As, uh. Aster H-" I try to introduce myself, but she interrupts me. "Aster Hope, we know who you are" she says turning to Alec. "You do?" I ask, raising my eyebrows, turning my attention to Alec as well, sending him an questioning look. He looks back at me with a lopsided but cheeky smirk, and Izzy answers my question instead of him.

"It's kind of our thing, we need to know with who we are dealing to, especially if we're going to bring the person to the Institute" she explains to me. And i nod my head at her, but furrow my brows. "The institute?" I say, confused.

"Yeah, we are in the New York Institute, the local power bases of the Nephilim of this region, it's kind of our headquarters" Alec starts to explain. "And is a protection place for shadowhunters, and in some cases, mundanes and downworlders" Izzy completes. "Got it" i tell them, nodding my head. But it's a lot to digest.

"Well, now that you're finally awake, let me lend you some clothes" Izzy says excitedly to me, and starts to push me towards the door. But i halt my steps. "Right, what happened to my clothes?" I look at them, inquisitive. "Demon venom, it ruined your clothes, but don't worry, i was the one who cleaned you." Izzy states to me, reassuringly, and i sigh internally, and look relieved to know. Alec smirks amused at me, and i roll my eyes at that. I start to walk again towards the door with Izzy.

"By the way Alec, Jace just have returned with the girl" Izzy tells him, i look at her questioningly, "What girl?" and we leave the room, while Alec stays back.

  »»————-　Author's Note   ————-««
Omg, today's chapter was an explosion of Aster and Alec interaction, and there's more to come in the next chapter! And don't worry, i didn't forget about Steph. How are you liking the story so far?
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