After our successful yet unusual patrol we get back to the Institute around one thirty.
Jace and I reach our floor, and we quickly change. I walk over to our room, and lay down in bed next to Jace.
"I'm going to have to leave for about a week, so I know it's not going to be easy. But we can do this. It's not like we haven't handled this before." Jace tells me.
I put my hand on his cheek and say, "If you think there is anyway in hell I am going to let you leave me here at the Institute while you go to Alicante. You are the most idiotic person I know."
Jace smiles and says, "I was hoping you'd say that."
I smile as I pull my shirt off over my head.
Jace isn't even wearing a shirt, so I wrap my arms around him. I lean in to him and am almost asleep when he says, "Happy Birthday."
My eyes snap open as he hands me a rune stone a witchlight.
I take it, and set it on the table, it's light a very dull glow. I smile and turn back to Jace as the glow slowly fades. I kiss Jace, hard on the lips. Then I say, "Thank you, Jace."
"Your welcome, Clary. Now go to sleep." Jace tells me.
I start to say something when I notice Jace has already fallen asleep. I shake my head, and go to sleep...

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Letters from the Shadow World (Mortal Instruments)
FanfictionClary and Jace meet when Clary sees him in the famed Pandemonium Nightclub. Clary and Jace start dating, but she doesn't know he's a shadowhunter, or that she's one too. What will happen when she finds out, and it's ripped from her grasp by the most...