Fifteen
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"So what are we thinking?" Simon asked as he walked behind Isabelle, Raphael, and I through the dark area. "A little encanto action?"
"You know there's a rune for that." Isabelle told him.
"Of course there is." Simon sighed.
"Just watch and learned from the master." Raphael told him, sounding as cocky as ever. At his words though, Isabelle stopped him.
"Remember, no one gets hurt." Isabelle reminded him. Raphael only rolled his eyes before giving a small nod, letting us continued ahead to our hiding place. Isabelle and I were to help the others with the guards, leaving it up to Jace and Clary to grab Meliorn.
We all slipped behind a large crate near the entrance to the City of Bones. It only took a few minutes before we heard the growls of the wolves, having been instructed to frighten the guards, get them to separate to secure the perimeter so there were fewer guards with Meliorn. At the sound of their growls Isabelle and I both pulled out our steles, running them over the supplies we'd brought to distract the guards that did stay close to Meliorn.
"I'll take Meliorn inside." I recognized Alec's voice, causing my jaw to lock, not having expected him to be here. "Just stay here. Nobody goes through."
Isabelle and I gave Simon and Raphael each a nod and they didn't hesitate to hurry off to take care of some of the guards. We pulled the pins out of the smoke grenades we'd brought before tossing them out into the opening, where the guards were. As soon as they started to go off Isabelle used her whip to grab the ankles of one of the guards. She pulled him over and, as soon as she did, I used the handle of my seraph blade to knock him out cold, not giving him the chance to see our faces.
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"I underestimated you." Meliorn said as he, Isabelle, and I stood outside Hotel DuMort later that evening, once we had successfully rescued him from the Clave. I stood off to the side, smiling at the sight of my sister looking so happy, standing there with the man she was clearly in love with.
"Is that a thank you?" She smiled at him.
"In the Seelie world, it is." He nodded before he kissed her. I looked away from the couple, trying to give them as much privacy as I could, knowing that this would be their goodbye, for some time at least. I looked towards the door at the sound of it opening, finding Jace and Clary coming outside, walking over to see the sight of Isabelle and Meliorn making out.
"I hate to break up this reunion, Izzy, but we have to go." Jace spoke up, causing Isabelle and Meliorn to separate.
"You're in good hands." Isabelle promised her boyfriend before she glanced over at me. "We need to get back to the Institute, see what hell has broken loose. Try and talk some sense into Alec."
"Or beat it into him." I shrugged, still frustrated that my brother had refused to help up when Jace had offered him the chance this evening, begging him to see past the Clave's lies.
"Take care of him." Isabelle glanced between Meliorn and Jace.
"We will." Clary promised. I smiled as Isabelle and Meliorn shared one more kiss before she and I hurried away from the trio, heading off, towards the gates of hell.
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Isabelle and I walked into the Institute side by side later that morning, acting as though nothing had happened, like we hadn't just returned from attacking a group of Shadowhunters to rescue Meliorn. As we walked through the control room I could spot Alec talking with a small group of people, his eyes glancing our way when he noticed our arrival. I kept walking with Isabelle, pretending as though I didn't see Alec excusing himself from his discussion, making his way towards us.
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