city of fallen tears

Missing

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CHAPTER 3: MISSING

Clary was struggling feebly against Sebastian as he drew the Silent Rune on her, but eventually gave up when he threatened to kill her.

She tried to speak but only puffs of air escaped her mouth.

As he dragged her back to the Penhallows' home she wanted to curse him out of it, but instead, kicked out at him.

Twice, her boot connected with his legs, but it didn't seem to bother him, except make him more ticked off.

He told her they were going far out in the countryside where she wouldn't escape.

A feeling of dread filled her as she was brought back into the Penhallows' house.

Does Jace or  Alec know I'm missing?Surely they would of realised I'm gone by now!

Her thoughts fell silent as she was brought into the kitchen...

JPOV

"She should be back by now," Jace said to his parabatai.

"Relax,Jace. She probably went somewhere with him," Alec told him, looking exasperated.

"But she said she'd be back in a few minutes! Twenty minutes is a lot more than a few!" Jace hissed.

He knew Clary well enough to know that when she'd say she'd be back in a few minutes; she meant it.He also knew that he was being a bit selfish. Alec was also worrying about his sister: Isabelle.

She hadn't arrived at all yet.

Max wasn't here either.

After ten more minutes, Jace had had enough.

He walked towards Alec-who was pacing back and forth with a frown on his face- and grabbed him by the arm,"Let's look for them," he said.

Alec nodded.

They walked through the crowd of anxious Shadowhunters. Shadowhunters who were grieving the loss of a family member or close friend.

They pounded down the stairs after finding no Clary or Izzy.

"She might still be outside," Jace told Alec.

His worry started to increase as they walked past deserted houses, until Alec pointed at something.

"Look.

""What? " Jace asked, frowning.

They weren't that far from the Hall of Accords, but the place was more louder in there than in the streets.

But Jace didn't care about how quiet it was in the city, or how deserted it was.

It was what lay on the ground.

On the gravely sidewalk lay a small pool of blood.

It wasn't demon blood since it wasn't black. But he could tell just by looking at it that it was fresher than the other bloodstains he'd seen around the city.

"It's fresh," Jace said, looking down at the pool of blood.

"Don't you think I don't already know that? " Alec snapped.

Through Jace's parabatai connection, he could feel Alec's worry for Izzy and Max.

The same worry he had for Clary.

They followed the trail of blood into an alley between two empty houses.

There lay a sign of a fight. As if somebody was struggling with another thing. Or person?But what really nagged at Jace's mind was: How come there's no body?