'She's been through hell and came out an angel.
You didn't break her, darling.
You don't own that kind of power.'
{Shadowhunters}
[Season 1 + Season 2]
Started: 2016
Completed after hiatus: 17/06/22
Story translations available: see last chapter
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~~~•~~~ Talia hurried herselfback to her roomto strip herself out of the tight fitting dress that threatened to suffocate her if she wore it any longer.
She easily slipped it off, hanging it on the front of her dresser as she resumed wearing the usual attire of a Shadowhunter.
She quickly hurried out of her door and down the hallway, towards Lydia's office. Talia knew she had to say something to her, since she had stopped her own wedding for Talia and Alec to be happy.
Her boots clicked on the wooden floorboards as she winded through the corridors, turning a corner too quickly and bumping head first into a firm chest. Talia jumped back in surprise, muttering an apology before looking up and seeing Alec grinning down at her.
"We really do have to stop meeting like this."
Talia smiled, shaking her head, "What are you doing down here?"
"I have to talk Lydia, what she did saved us both. I'm guessing that's why you're down here too?" He replied, turning the door handle to the office.
"Yeah, I just-Lydia!" Talia's eyes widened as she darted into the room. Lydia was lying unconscious on a broken table as Alec rushed in behind her, reaching for her to check for a pulse by her neck.
He nodded up at her as she unravelled her sleeve to reveal a healing rune as Talia picked out her stele and ran it over, making the mark glow in the dim light.
"I'll go and get help," Talia told him before moving out of the door, but not before she heard Lydia whisper a name, "Hodge."
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Talia sat with Izzy in front of the monitors, going over the footage from Lydia's office to try and find out if Hodge was really involved. Jace and Clary stood behind them, watching silently as Izzy typed quickly and scanned each piece of footage.
"How's Lydia?"
The dark blonde woman turned her head to see Clary talking to Alec who had just returned from the medical ward where Lydia had been taken, "Better, Magnus is there doing what he can to help her, but it's bad. And the Cup is definitely missing."
Jace inhaled deeply and sighed as a stoic look took over his face, "And so is Hodge."
"Maybe he was attacked, too," Izzy suggested as her eyes squinted in concentration. The dark haired girl pulled forward a piece of footage that involved Hodge in the office.
"Maybe he's the one who attacked her," Clary said, leaning forward to take a better look at the video playing out in front of them.
"Hodge?" Isabelle shook her head, "No way. We've known him our entire lives, he would never do that to us."
