ꜰʀᴀʏᴇᴅ |ᴀ.ʟ.| ꜱʜᴀᴅᴏᴡʜᴜɴᴛᴇʀꜱ ꜰᴀɴꜰɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴ {ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴍɪʟʟᴇ ꜰᴀɪʀᴄʜɪʟᴅ ᴛʀɪʟᴏɢʏ #1}

{𝕊𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕊𝕚𝕞𝕠𝕟}

Since runing the arrows and preparing, Alec had received a text from Izzy to meet her at an address and to drop me off on the rooftop of some random building Clary and Jace were at.

"This is the building" Alec points out, "Just use this side door to get to the stairs and up to the roof"

I pull on the door but it doesn't budge, "How am I supposed to get through this? It's-"

I stop speaking when Alec pulls his stele from his pocket and draws a rune in front of the door, I hear the lock click and pull the door again, to which it swings open.

"Right, runes" I nod, "I forgot"

Alec nods and turns to leave but I grab his arm, a sudden influx of anxiety sweeping over me. Alec looks at my hand, then back at me, a confused and expectant expression on his face.

"I'm scared" I admit, dropping my hand, "I don't know what's happening or where you're going or what the plan is and it's freaking me out"

Alec looks at me for a minute, an internal battle in his eyes, before he places his hands on my shoulders, "Hey, if it helps any, I don't know the plan either"

"It does. A little" I chuckle, before slamming into his chest and wrapping my arms around his waist. Alec stiffens, his hands holding air, before he slowly wraps them around my shoulders, hugging me back, "Please be careful. Whatever this plan is, I'm not stupid enough to think it's not dangerous"

"I always am" Alec assures me, pulling away from the hug, "Now, go"

I nod, reopening the door and stepping into the stairwell, choosing not to look back. Whatever came over me that compelled me to run into his arms like that, I didn't know.

The only thing I knew is that I was terrified that I would never see him again.

***

By the time I arrive on the roof, I spot Clary and Jace, his stele pressed to the skin of her collarbone, drawing a rune on her...and then I spot the motorbike.

"Oh, hell no!" I shout, running up to them, "You so did not take my baby sister on a motorbike through these streets!"

"Does it help if it was in the air instead of on the road?" Jace chuckles

"Not even a little bit" I say through gritted teeth before looking down at the newly drawn rune on Clary's neck, "And that is?"

"A rune that protects me from encanto - some kind of vampire hypnotist stuff that makes me susceptible to their charms. I was encanto'd earlier, Jace wanted me to know what I was up against." Clary explains, side-hugging me, "Then Jace stole his flying motorbike and took me for a joy ride, which I'm old enough to do, Cami, so stop mothering me"

"Yeah, well, in the circumstances..." I trail off as Jace draws another rune into Clary's arm, "Why another rune?"

"It's for silence" Jace clarifies, "So the vampires can't hear us coming, especially with you two in those heels. It doesn't disguise the scent of our blood from them, though"

"Should I not have these runes then?" I inquire and Jace looks at me, considering

"No way!" Clary yells, "Runic energy at the City of Bones almost killed you!"

"Yes, but the healing rune didn't" I remind her, "It worked on me"

"Yeah, until you went near runic energy!" Clary protests, "No way, not happening"

"Clary, when I went near the City and the training room, it was almost like the effects of the rune wore off, my wound just came back, it's not the runes that hurt me, it's the concentrated form of their energy"