City Of Bones

Chapter 10

Clary slowly left Magnus's home, trying to debate whether or not she should go to the vampire's lair. She needed to get there, Magnus had said they could help and right now she needed all the help she could get.

After debating with herself she finally decided she would go. The only problem now was the other shadowhunters. She needed to get rid of them; the only question now was walked behind Jace while staring at her feet, thinking about a plan. Alec and Isabelle were in front of them but once they turned to the next street, they pulled back to talk with Jace. Clary was just behind them so she was able to hear everything.

"What the hell was that back there, Jace?" Isabelle asked in a harsh tone. Clary frowned. They didn't even know her real name, what if it actually was Aline? Clary decided to focus more, curious about Jace's reply.

"Yea, why did you use the fake name?" Alec demanded angrily. None of them looked back at Clary, forgetting her presence all together.

"Because I did," Jace shrugged as if lying to the Clave meant nothing to him when Clary was positive it did.

"You lied to the Clave, Jace," Alec argued. "'Because I did,' doesn't cut it." Clary noticed Jace flinch at his words but his expression stayed the same.

"It was necessary," Jace stated flatly causing Alec and Isabelle to stare at him in astonishment. "Is that better?"

"Aline is in Idris and the Clave knows that," Alec argued with a glare. Jace looked at them with a calm expression and let out a frustrated sigh. They walked over to the subway and hurriedly entered. Clary stood right behind them.

"Aline is in France right now. I'm not dumb Alec. I checked before we left." Jace explained in an exasperated tone. "Plus the Clave won't check. Why would they? They don't have a reason to not trust us. End of disscussion." Jace pushed past them and sat on one of the seats. He threw a hand over the empty seat beside himself.

"No Jace, this is not the end. It's only the beginning." Alec said forcefully as he took the seat across from Jace, Isabelle coming over and sitting next to him.

"By the Angel, Alec, just drop it!" Jace was getting more frustrated by the minute.

Clary was the last to enter the subway car. She continued to stand instead of taking a seat. She was frozen from shock. Aline Penhallow was a real person, not just a random name. This is going to blow up in our faces, she thought sadly.

"I will not just drop it, Jace! You gave them Aline's name, and it's going to end up blowing up in our faces!" Alec said as if reading Clary's mind.

"It will not blow up in our faces. You need to calm down." He told Alec evenly. "Besides what would you have me do? Didn't we tell her that we wouldn't report her to the Clave if she came along with us? Are you making me go back on our promise Alec?"

"You said you wouldn't report her. I didn't." Alec said in a matter-of-fact tone.

"Would u like to be the one to deal with the Clave coming here because of her? Because I seriously doubt you do." Jace was now angry. "If you had a problem then why didn't you do something about it from the beginning? Why not say something then? If you were as mature as you think you are then maybe you should've done something to actually stop me instead of yelling at me after the fact." Alec suddenly looked defeated and shocked at Jace's choice of words. It was incredibly rare for Jace to say something like that to him.

"You're right. I should have stopped you then. I should have done something, but I can't change that now." He sighed and looked over at Isabelle who was staring at them wide eyed. "Just know now that if this goes wrong that it was your entire fault and I told you so." Alec finished.