Mortal Fire

Chapter 8 Please

CLARY'S POV

I can't. Nothing at this moment make sense. I look up over to Valentine and Sebastian. They give me a calculated glances for a few seconds before they realize I can't do anything right now. I feel like I could fall down to the ground and never get up. I could fall asleep and never wake up. That would be the easy way out of the heart ache. I pull my son closer to me as I feel the tears start to trickle down my cheeks. Gravity has no hold on me as my knees buckle and I fall to my knees. I try to wrap myself around my son, trying to shield him away from these monsters.

I feel someone pull me into there arms and then feel as my child is yanked out of my arms. By now I realize I've been sobbing and look up to see Sebastian has Luke. He whispers something into my little boys ear before walking out. I try to get up and follow after them but the muscular scared arms of someone hold me down. I look up into valentine's face and gasp trying to move away from him. All I accomplish is getting him to pull me closer to him. I freak out and begin frailing my arms all over the place trying to get away from him.

"Stop Clarissa stop now. I won't hurt stop now."

"You won't hurt me all you ever done is hurt me and my family. You took away my chances of ever having a normal shadowhunter life for you own selfish wants. You hurt my mom and Luke over and over again. You took away my brother, my aunt, and now even my son. Not even demons hurt me as much as you have. Why do you think my mother hates you so much?"

SMACK. Is the only sound heard in the large room.I throw my hand up to cradle my aching chin. I keep my mouth shout so he can't hear my sobs that so desperately want to come out. He stands and looks down at me.

"I won't hesitate to teach you the lessons you mother or your precise Lucian never taught you. If you disobey me you will be dealt a punishment. Remember that my sweet daughter." He tells me before he stalks out of the room.

I wait there sitting like a lost child . Praying and asking God what I did to ever deserve a father like Valentine or a brother like Sebastian.

"I promise everyone I will make it back to you and I will find away to save my son." I gather my strength stand up and march out of the room. I will face my brother and father. I will not fear them.I march out of the ballroom and find to dark shadow hunters outside the door.

"Take me to my son. Now!"I bark out so loudly that they stumble around before showing me to my son. What I see makes my blood boil. Sebastian is sword fighting with my baby. Once again my motherly instants come in and I'm tackling Sebastian to the floor. We scratch and land quick punches before I have him pinned under me. I hold his legs down with my knees and aim his own sword down towards his heart.

"Make one move Sebastian and I'll slit your throat."

"Do it sister it's not like you can kill me. Especially not in front of our son. But even then if you kill me he dies as well."

"What do you mean?" I push the sword down a bit not enough to kill him just enough to have a spot of blood dot the sword.

"Father and I didn't want to turn him into one of my endarken so we came up with a solution every memory he has ever had has been altered so he only knows us and you as his family. Then we gave him just a bit of my blood to height his senses, make him stronger, faster. Just to be sure you behaved we tied mine, fathers, and his life forces together so you have no choice but to stay here." I stare at him in a daze while he laughs in my face. No NO there has to be a way I can't be trapped here like this. My life can not end like this.

"Mommy I'm tired." I look over to my son as he rubs his sleep eyes. I get off of Sebastian and tossed the sword away from us. I open my arms and pull my son into them.

"Come on love lets get you to sleep." I walk out and force another one of Sebastian's play things to take me to my sons room. By the time  I step into the room  Luke is asleep. I take one look at the room and notice how plain it is. The walls are a light grey color and has white carpeted floor. There is a rocking chair  close to me by the bed.  The bed is big enough for Luke and I to lay on without being squished. It's a four posted black bed with grey and white sheets and a soft , fluffy comforter. I lay down with Luke on my chest and cover us with the covers like I used to do when Seb and I first brought Luke home from the hospital.

Seb. My heart hurts just thinking about him. What is he doing right now? How is he holding up without me and Luke? All these questions flow into my mind before the door to the room opens and in walks Sebastian.  He sits in the rocking chair blocking the door and sitting to close for comfort.

"Why can't you just let us be? Why can't you just let me be alone with him for the night. Just leave me to hold my child before I have to wake up tomorrow and witness the horrors you'll try to make my son do ." I whimper as Sebastian runs a hand down my cheeks. He gets up and walk to the door before he disappears out of it he whispers...

"Sleep well my loves."