Not by Blood - BEING REWRITTEN IN SEPARATE STORY

Chapter Twelve

EDITED 5/30/2020

 "What if they hate my music so bad that they start throwing their pretzel sticks at me?" Simon asked nervously as he and Clary left the Hunter's Moon hand-in-hand.

"I'll take em down before they get the chance." Clary said confidently. "You're gonna be fine, Simon."

They walked a few more paces before Simon stopped, an odd look on his face.

"What's wrong?" Clary asked him.

"I smell blood." He turned and walked into the alleyway next to them, Clary following close behind.

"Oh my God!" Clary exclaimed seeing what Simon had found. "That looks like..."

"Human flesh." Simon confirmed.

It was just sitting there in the alley, surrounded by blood.

"Simon," Clary said, her voice shaky. "That's a rune."

She pulled out her Seraph blade and together they stalked further into the alleyway. They found another piece of flesh before finding the body. He was shirtless and all of his tunes had been cut off of him.

"By the Angel." Clary gasped

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"Heard from Mom." Alec informed Izzy as she made her way towards him. "Max is on his way." He joined her in walking further into the ops room.

"Feels like just yesterday we were taking knives away from him." Izzy grinned.

"He's lucky to have you as a tutor." Alec complimented her.

"Alec," She sighed. "Maybe it's a mistake, putting me in charge of him."

"Are you kidding?" Alec asked. "Izzy, you're the smartest one here. You're one of our toughest fighters."

"But, it's just, I don't totally feel like myself yet." Izzy admitted.

"What about all those mundane meetings?" Alec asked quietly.

"They're helping. Even though they think I'm talking about heroin." Izzy smirked a little.

Alec was about to say something else when Jace's voice reached them.

"Shadowhunter down!"

"Milo Keytower." Clary added.

"What happened?" Izzy asked.

"From what I understand," Imogen cut in. "His tunes were carved out. Is that true, Jace?"

"Yes." Jace answered. "After He was attacked by a wolf."

"He had multiple bite and claw marks." Clary told her siblings.

"What kind of werewolf randomly attacks a Shadowhunter?" Izzy asked.

"One who's trying to send a message." Alec spoke for the first time.

"And get the attention of the Clave." Imogen added.

"We need to find them before this happens again." Clary looked around at everyone.

"Well, I think I have a pretty good idea who it is." Imogen revealed.

Jace and Alec were sent to bring Luke Garroway in, and after a long and painful interrogation he was let go, but not before supplying them with a DNA sample.

Alec and Clary were in the weapons room not even thirty minutes after Luke left. Alec was showing Clary his bow and how he tunes his arrows when Jace and Imogen walked in.