Kissing The Shadows

Chapter 2

Aryanna's father headed down stairs, after making sure Aryanna agreed to behave, leaving her at her bedroom door to change clothes.

As soon as she reached her door Aryanna began to swiftly change out of her training attire, and into a fitted black long sleeved shirt and black leggings. She chose this outfit since it would be easy to wear under her hunting gear.

After double checking in her mirror, to make sure she looked presentable, Aryanna headed down stairs to the parlor of her families mansion. This is where father always brought there guests so that they could talk and relax near the fireplace.

As Aryanna walked through the doors of the parlor room. A strange silence settled over everyone, except for her little brother Thomas. He was still talking to Augustus's little sister, Zillah, about him going on his first hunt.

Aryanna's mother stood up and put her hands on Tommy and Zillah's shoulder's. "Thomas why don't you go show Zillah your new bow, while us grown ups talk."

"Okay mom, come on Zilly, I'm sure you'll love it." Tommy responded gently tugging Zillah towards the stairs.

"Hello, petit amour," Augustus said. Aryanna took a second to gaze at him. He had changed since the last time her father tried playing cupid. Augustus had sleek black hair now and shiny green eyes. He was tall, lean, and very pale. Shadowhunters were known to be pale but Aryanna was always a mixed complication. She actually was around the tone of a healthy human being.

"Augustus, It's such a pleasant surprise," Aryanna said bowing her head slightly as he drew her hand closer, kissing it softly.

"You look so different," Augustus laughed nervously," It's actually really nice."

"Isn't that why you came here," Aryanna whispered harshly.

"No, I was invited to the hunt and your parents aloud me to stay here," he grinned.

Aryanna didn't say anything and the tension in the room grew. She was kind of pissed that this was her parents doing but then was kind of upset because Augustus actually did grow well. He looked more charming.

"Your parents are still trying to set us up," he guessed as her parents got up and left them alone in the parlor.

"Yeah," Aryanna smiled," You come highly recommended by the Clave."

"I do, huh?"

"Yes," she laughed," or so my father seems to say."

"Maybe, we should go grab a bite to eat," he suggests.

"I don't think my parents would like that," Aryanna lied but Augustus caught her and they both laughed at it.

 She told her parents farewell and went with Augustus. She actually did not even consider it a bad idea and found the new him refreshing.