Silent Agony (Alec lightwood love

Chapter 10

Once we are through the portal, we end up in an apartment building. There is a lot of exposed brick and natural light coming in from the large wall of windows. In the background I can here the news on in the background in a soothing drummed voice. I look at Clary and I see her looking at a frame. This must be her apartment. Peering over her shoulder I seen her and a woman that looks very similar to her, must be her mom. I notice another person in the photo; Valentine next to them looking like a family man.

I keep looking around the room and notice paintings. I was so enthralled by the apartment I forgot where I was until Clary's angry shouts. "Where's my mother?" I grip her arm that is holding a knife out towards Valentine.

Valentine chuckles "Whoa. Is this from one of your cosplay skits? Uh, honey? Come in here. You gotta see this. No, seriously, you have to let me come with you, just once, okay? I want to see what you do at these things, all right?"

Clary's mother walking in with a smile and a giggle in her voice. "Val, you're not allowed to do cosplay. You'd stick out like a sore thumb."

"Mom." Clary says hugging her tight as if she would disappear if she let her go." When they finally pull away, I grab her shoulder and give her a stare that translates to keep her cool. Io get a small nod in response. We both sit down at the table ready to eat.

I immediately pull out my phone and send clary a text 'I am a school friend we are working on an assignment that's how we will get out of breakfast okay? Tell them I am shy, so they won't ask about my lack of talking.' Once she read my message she nods briefly.

"So, sweetie who is your friend." Valentine says looking at me with a smile that seems friendly, but I can't help but get chills. I can still see him and his menacing glare as he sliced my throat. I can't take my eyes off him scared that at any moment he will jump across the table at me, that I completely miss Clary's introduction of me.

I am so fixated on Valentine I don't move until Jocelyn speaks "Oh, Clary, look at this commercial, it's hilarious. It's so bad, it's good."

A man on the screen appears and a blue and purple backdrop "almost broke when Magnus Bane helped me figure out what I was supposed to do with my life. Now?" the man spins and is now in a karate outfit "I run my own dojo." I can't help but smile at how stupid this seems then another man appears. "After being mauled by a suspect's dog Magnus helped me realize that maybe the police force wasn't my calling. So, I opened up a rare bookstore. Now, I'm doing what I love." I can't help but think that man looks familiar, but I brush it off as me having seen this commercial before.

But then I see him, and I am back to remembering that I don't belong her I belong back home with him. "I'm Magnus Bane. Come in today for a tarot card and psychic reading. I'll help you find your way." I drop my fork and knife onto my plate hoping to snap clary out of it.

With a gasp clary speaks "We have to go." She says grabbing my arm and standing up from the table

"What?" her mother asks.

Valentine is the next to speak "I thought you were spending the morning with us."

Clary speaks quickly "We, uh, have a last-minute assignment due that we haven't even started yet, so - we gotta go." With a quick wave bye, we leave and leave the building in a rush. "Thanks for that Theia. Thank god we have each other to keep us from being taken by this version of ourselves. What snapped you our of it?"

'Magnus.' I spelt to her.

With a nod of her head her phone goes off "Simon messaged me lets go see him see if we can find out if he can help us find the portal." I nod my head and follow Clary to wherever Simon is.