The Other Morgenstern

(City Of Lost Souls) Chapter Thirty-Four: Paris

Skye froze when she saw the once pure silvery liquid had red mixed with it, it dripped onto her nose then onto Jace's golden hair and perfect skin. "Jace." She whispered but he was busy...placing kisses on her neck. Her eyes traveled up as saw bodies, tortured, and blood dripping from them. She flinched before pushing Jace away making him stumbling a bit. It was her worst nightmare coming true, within a second all she saw around was blood and dead bodies everywhere. 

"You did this...Skylnn! You will fail us all!" She heard someone yell, she kept looking around seeing the human bodies turn into angels, wings pulled off of them..they were all dead. Jace caught Skye when she stumbled forward, he had no idea what was going on.

"Skye?" Jace asked softly, her eye lids soon became a bit heavy. She blinked slowly as the darkness slowly consumed her...and before Jace knew it....Skye was out cold, breathing heavily and shaking.

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When waking up, the first thought that popped into Skye's mind was about Seraphina. Her eyes flew out and she inhaled sharply before softly whispering the angels name as if she was there with her once again. "Seraphina." said Skye, her heart ached at the thought of the dead angels. The thought of failing made things worse for her, she felt an arm holding her close and protectively. She felt somewhat at ease...but knowing it wasn't her Jace...wasn't so settling. 

She slowly slipped out of his arm and slowly moved away from Jace, she didn't remember what had happened last night. She noticed that the golden boy was wearing his shoes still, meaning he must have fallen asleep holding her. Skye ran a hand through her long blonde hair, a tear rolled down her cheeks..she hadn't felt so terrified before...was failing the angel above her worst nightmare?"If the angels fall, we all fall..." Skye whispered and wiped a tear away quickly. Jace stirred a bit immediately noticing he was no long holding his girlfriend. 

"Skye?" He asked, half awake..clearly exhausted. She turned and sniffed a bit. "Why are you awake? It's barelydawn."

"I saw the bodies, the ripped off wings and all that blood.." Her voice cracked as she spoke.

"The what?"

"That's what I saw last night, when things were getting heated."

"I didn't. Faerie drugs, you knew..." He said as he slowly behan to drift off. And he was right, she did know the affects but she wasn't expecting it to feel and look so real. "I'm sorry. I wanted to have fun. It's supposed to make you happy.Make you see pretty things. I thought we would have fun together." And he was out cold, Skye sighed before crawling back over to him and pecked his lips.

"Ego adepto vestri tergum mea." She whispered in Latin before pulling away from him, and getting out of bed. She headed towards the bathroom, she needed a quick bath and to speak with Isabelle before she lost her mind here. She closed the door behind her slowly, turned on the shower and looked down at her hand. Her heart skipped a beat when she saw the golden ring was gone...had she lost it?

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Plenty of mistakes were made, it was like she was completely lost in this world. First she followed her brother then ended up injured. Something that rarely happened to her, had she been so out of it lately. Being away from everyone was affecting her, but something somewhat good came out of this. Skylar was boding with her brother in ways they haven't bonded in years...since they were children. She missed Jonathan not Sebastian Morgenstern, she missed the little boy who tried to defend her and protect her. He was leading her to Jace, since that was someone she wanted to see as well. When they found Jace in a room that was similar to the training room, just smaller they began to explain their place. "A second mortal cup..." Skye repeated what she was told. She understood their plan and hated it but she had to play along. "It's not as bad as I believed it would be."

"Told you she would understand." Jace said, Sebastian rolled his eyes and sighed.

"I never said she wouldn't." Sebastian replied as his gaze let her and fell on Jace, as the two spoke Skye glanced around and blinked slowly. "Are you alright?" Her brother asked, she felt a bit weak and exhausted, her back pain had returned. 

"Just exhausted, I need to rest a bit after everything that has happened already." Skye said, Jace suddenly slipped his hand into hers, their fingers intertwining.

"I'll come along with you, I didn't rest that well when you left." He whispered into her ear and kissed her cheek gently. 

"Go ahead..." Sebastian said and shoved his hands into his front pockets, as he watched the two leave. It hurt him every time knowing...his sister was moving along her life without him...and so easily. 

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Skylar kicked off her combat boots and crawled onto Jace's bed, she laid down on her back and stared at the ceiling. She closed her eyes for a second before opening them, and gasping when she saw Jace staring down at her. "Feeling better?" He asked in a whisper before leaning down, he brushed his lips against hers before pressing them against hers. The kiss was warm and gentle, she felt her heart start to race when he went from her lips, to her jaw then to her neck. She closed her eyes but opened them when she felt his hand travel down to her jeans. "Jace, no." Skye whispered and pushed him away. Jace froze, and stared down at her in disbelief. 

"Why?" Jace asked softly

"I'm not ready, last night we were caught up in the moment. And I don't want my first time to be here, with my brother upstairs." Skye said, she can see the disappointment in his eyes. He crawled back, off her and stood up. 

"We were high..that's not our fault." Jace said and ran his hand through his hair. 

"Jace, just no. I don't think nor feel like it's the right rime." She said as she sat up, Jace nodded slowly and sighed.

"I'll be back, I am going to take a cold shower." He said before turning around and walking away. When Skye heard the sound of the bathroom door closed, she looked down at the floor and began mumbling some words.

"Je veus aller a le maison." Skye whispered in french, translating to 'I want to go home'. and it was the truth. She wanted to be home, with her family, friends and boyfriend. She was starting to feel home sick and having a hard time without Seraphina, she got off the bed and stretched. She winced, as her back kept hurting her badly...it was agonizing pain. She felt some blood trickle down her back...she wasn't liking this at all.