A Morgenstern Queen

chapter four

[Contains exert from the book]

The sun is shinning high in the sky as we reach the penhallow home, the water of the canals is glistening. When we enter the house izzy is standing on the stairs an eyebrow raised and her arms over chest.

"Where have you two been?"

I hesitate to answer but thankfully Jonathan notices my hesitation and talks for me

"Tessa and I were talking last night about her family home here in alicante and I knew the place so I decided to take her there, that reminds me this is yours" he hands me a bag I didn't notice he was carrying "you almost left it at the manor" I look inside and see it's trinkets from my home

"Shit yeah thanks Sebastian I was so caught up I forgot"

"I'm going to choose to believe you both because you don't seem like your lying but there's something going on between you to and I think what ever it is has got to be sexy" she walks off into the living area

"Thanks Sebastian"

"Any time tess... I have to go take care of business but I'll be back before dinner"

"Okay see you then" a smile spreads across my face and he looks around to see if anyone is watching then kisses my lips before departing threw the door.

I walk into the room to find jace izzy Alec aline but not Simon.

"Wheres the vampire rat?"

"Tess his name is Simon" izzy says

"Hes in the guard remember we told you at dinner the other night I've been visting him" jace looks tired

"Oh I forgot sorry, where's Clary?"

Jace stands up crossing the room further away from me throwing himself on the sofa next to alec looking irritated.

Izzy speaks first

"So tess how was your.... 'adventure' with Sebastian?"

Immediately jace and Alec look at me like two older brothers worried and stern.

"It wasn't an 'adventure' Isabelle nothing happened"

"Oh really than what's the hickey on your neck?"

"Ha. Ha. There's no hickey because we didn't do anything he just took me to my family home" I worry for a moment trying to remember if i put the irataze rune on but then I remember I did.

By the time Sebastian returns the sun is down and he looks angry and disheveled, he takes his seat at the table and silently eats during dinner. When I finish I go up to the room we are sharing to change so I can go train, he enters and closes the door, grabbing my arm almost painfully

"Lets go I need to talk to you"

"Sebastian whats wrong" he pulls me out of the house and down threw the streets of idris, his grip becoming tighter

"Sebastian let go of me" he helps me on a horse silently his chest rising and falling.

When we reach out of the city, he kicks the horse to make it go faster, this silence from him is making me uncomfortable. We Reach a little cabin and I know recognize it immediately.

"Look if you brought me here to have sex in all our childhood places then cool but you didn't need to hurt me in the proces" I jump off the horse

"Theresa this is no time for jokes or sex" his voice is stern, a sterness I've never heard from him that makes me tense up

"Whats going on?"

"I needed to get you out of the city."

"Sebastain what's going ON!" I grab his arm and make him look at me, a sick smile crosses his lips.