"That's the best thing to wake up to, ever." Leya tells Simon as she wakes to him kissing her forehead.
"Yeah?" Simon asks.
"Yeah." Leya tells him.
"So, tell me..." Simon starts.
"Hmm?" Leya asks.
"...Do you really like the bed better than the canoe?" Simon asks.
"Yes. No question about it." Leya tells him and giggles as he feigns being hurt and then Leya rolls on top of him and kisses him as he wraps his arms around her kissing her back and then her phone beeps and she rolls over to check it.
"Who is it?" Simon asks.
"It's an update on Azazel...from Jace." Leya tells him.
"Tell your brother you're busy! What? What's wrong? Everything okay?" Simon says as he rolls her over to him and sees her face.
"Yeah...of course. It's just that Jace...has the worst timing ever." Leya tells him.
"You could say that again." Simon tells her as they laugh, and he kisses her again and then there's a knocking sound and he jumps up.
"Whoa! Hey, there jumpy! It's just the kayaks, okay?" Leya tells him.
"Yeah, I know, I just...I always forget." Simon tells her as he leans back down and Leya leans over and kisses him before standing up with the sheet and gathers her clothes.
•••
"Azazel's attacks go as far south as the meat-packing district. And then the trail goes cold." Alec tells Jace, Leya and Clary.
"It's no use just tracking dead bodies. With his ability to dematerialized, he could be anywhere." Jace tells them.
"Maybe we could help." Izzy says as she and Sebastion walks over.
"Izzy! We've been so worried about you. Where have you been?" Clary says as she and Leya pulls her into a hug and then pulls away and Izzy looks between Alec and Leya before answering Clary.
"Looking for Azazel. This is Sebastian Verlac, from the London Institute. When the demon came after me, Sebastian saved my life." Izzy tells them as they all look at Sebastian.
"Oh, I simply lent a hand." Sebastian tells them and glances over at Leya.
"Sebastain's an expert on all things Azazel." Izzy tells them.
"When I studied abroad at the Paris institute, I specialized in Greater Demons." Sebastian tells them.
"Thanks for saving my sister. I'm Alec." Alec tells him as he shakes hands with Sebastian.
"Hey. Yeah, thank you. I'm Jace." Jace tells him as he shakes Sebastian's hand after Alec.
"One of the great warriors in the flesh. Your reputation precedes you." Sebastion tells him.
"I'm Leya." Leya tells Sebastian as she shakes his hand.
"As does yours. The dark warrior in the flesh. And Valentines eldest daughter. And you must be Clary, Valentine's other daughter." Sebastian says as he shakes Leya's hand longer than normal and let's go then shakes Clary's hand quickly.
"Yeah. Don't hold it against me or my sister." Clary tells him.
"Well, we don't choose our parents." Sebastian tells her as he looks at Leya.
"So, tell us about Azazel. How do we take him down?" Jace tells Sebastian.
"The only way to banish him is to puncture his demonic core. In corporeal form, it's between the T8 and T9 vertebrae, but it's not that simple. The core is about the size of a pea." Sebastian tells them.
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The Dark Warrior
FanfictionOn her birthday, Clary Fray discovers a surprise concerning her life. The teenager is not who she thinks she is -- she comes from a long line of human-angel hybrids, called Shadowhunters, who hunt demons. After her mother is kidnapped, Clary is thru...
