The Other Lightwood. (Jace Herondale.)

# 8

            "I know where the Cup is."

"Come again?" Jace said turning around.

"The tarot cards. My mom, she must have painted them years ago, but the Mortal Cup has to be hidden inside the Ace of Cups. The card looks exactly like it." Clary started.

Magnus, Jace, and Rose shared a look.

"Wait, why aren't you guys happy  about this? All we have to do is find.... Dot. "

"If Dot had the cards when she was taken, we don't have much time. If Valentine gets his hands on the Cup...."

Magnus cut Jace off.

"We know. If Valentine started creating Shadowhunters or gained control of demons, it'd be like Beyonce riding on a dinosaur through Times Square. People would notice."

"But he can control demons. I've seen it. " Clary said.

"Mmm, paying off a few demons is easy, especially since they rarely survive long enough to collect."

"Still waiting on Valentine's thank you card." Jace cut in.

"Opening the gates of hell.... That's a little more tricky."

"Valentine doesn't have the cards. I do. They're in my desk back at the precinct. When Clary went missing, I went to the loft and I cleared everything out, cause I didn't want the Circle to track her. " Luke said coming into the room.

"That's great. This should be easy." Clary said.

"Hmm, that's what General Custer said. " Magnus said before sitting down.

"Magnus is right. Valentine has spies everywhere, even in the NYPD. We have to be discreet. " Luke said.

"Discreet? You look like something out of The Mummy movie." Clary said.

"We'll go in the morning. Werewolf healing, remember? This is nothing a couple of hours of beauty sleep can't fix. " Luke said.

That night, Rosalie wasn't sure if she should stay, or if she should go back to the institute.

She ended up staying, but only because she made a promise to keep Clary safe.

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The three followed Luke to the front of the building.

"All right, the cards are on my desk. It shouldn't take long." He said.

"All right. " Jace said, going to go, but was stopped.

"Woah, woah, woah. It'll be easier to avoid unnecessary attention if I do this alone." Luke said.

"We'll wait here." Clary told him.

As Luke left, Jace turned to Clary and Rose.

"It sounded boring anyway. "

Rose smiled slightly and rolled her eyes, as Clary just rolled her eyes.

A few moments went by, and still nothing from Luke.

"I've got a bad feeling about this. What is taking him so long?" Clary said.

"I know a way we could find out. Just go in and see for ourselves." Jace said.

"Luke told us to stay put, so that's what we're gonna do. " Clary said.

Her phone then started to ring.

"That's probably him now."

Rosalie saw something that caught her eye. It was Luke, with two other guys escorting him.