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Chapter 8

Jace

"I don't get why we're even here Alec. We've checked this place every single day for the last two months, and there is no sign of Lilith or Bethany." Jace wandered around, shining his witchlight at every crack and crevice in the building.

"Yeah, but if Lilith held Sebastian here before, so there's a possibility Lilith will return back here."

"Lilith isn't stupid. She would've picked a different location to do her weird evil shit."

Alec and Jace continue to look around longer, but Jace eventually convinces Alec how pointless this is.

"It's almost lunch time. We should go to Taki's. I don't want another bite of Izzy's homemade, burnt hot dogs. They taste like coal." said Jace.

Before Alec could answer, Jace got a text message. He pulled out his phone, and was surprised when it was Clary who texted him. Over the past couple of weeks, Clary didn't talk or even text Jace often. Just little things like "Dinner is here," or "Isabelle needs you to go buy something," But this was a different text. Barely though.

You and Alec need to come home NOW.

"Looks like we have a change of plans. Clary wants us back at the Institute. So bad, she even capitalized the now."

"Yeah I wanted to talk to you about that."

Jace raised his eyebrow, "What about it?"

"What's going on with you and Clary?"

Jace sighed, "Did Isabelle put you up to this?"

Alec paused for a bit, but then continued, "So what if she did?"

"I'm trying. Like the other day, I put flowers on her bed. Then, when I saw her in the hallway, I stopped her and told her pretty she was."

"You sound desperate."

"Yeah, well, I am. I'm running out of ideas, I'm actually thinking of going on one of those desperate mundane love sites."

"Wow. Maybe you guys aren't meant to be."

"Aren't you supposed to be helping me? Yes, we are. I just need to work harder."

Out of the corner of his eye, Jace saw Alec rolling his eyes at him.

Clary

"We came back as quick as we could." panted Alec as both him and Jace jog into the library.

"What's going on?" Jace walks over and lightly turns the paper that Clary was holding towards him.

Their fingers touch, and for a minute, Clary tenses up. Then, realizing she shouldn't just stay in that position. She shouldn't touch Jace. So Clary turns the paper back towards her, and starts reading what the note says.

Clary and Jace; at noon, Central Park, tomorrow. Be there, or someone gets hurt.

- B

"So now she's signing her name with '-B'? It's like Pretty Little Liars Shadowhunter edition. I also find it ironic that my sister has the same name as Bethany Young. By the angel, I think I have a new 'A' theory!" said Vanessa, who was a little bit too excited, as usual.

"What the heck is Pretty Little Liars? And what are you even talking about?" asked Isabelle.

Before Vanessa started blabbing about how she loved the mundane show, Clary interrupted by saying, "We have to go." She looked up at Jace, who had his eyes closed with his right had rubbing his temples.