After being kidnapped, again, by Valentine Morgenstern, Bianca Herondale fights for her freedom once more.
Only this time, she gets out with the help of some allies she has to convince first. The entirety of the situation makes Bianca more into her...
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I looked out into the other room, not another person in sight. I was alone, for now. Valentine was nowhere to be found and I hadn't heard him in hours.
So this was my chance, now or never.
I was freshly 13 and had been with Valentine for ten years already and he had just started fully abusing me about a half a year ago. But, now, I had a chance to go free.
Running to my so-called room, I motioned for my powers and ran my hand over the wall in front of me, where a portal magically opened. I took a deep breath. Where would I even go? I've been waiting for this day or so long and I still have no idea where to go. I could go to my mother's home town, but nothing says that anyone would know me there now. Especially since I don't know where the Institute is.
I didn't know any warlocks that could help and I didn't want to get any in trouble anyway.
Family. I'll just think of family and it should work, right?
Taking another deep breath, I just thought of family: my family. And I stepped through the portal that was somehow still open.
I was thrown into an unrecognizable room that looked fancier than any place I had remembered being. It did, however, remind me of the home we lived in when I was still a toddler.
I stepped toward the door and opened it lightly, poking my head through and hearing two voices.
One was a grown man and the other was a small child, only a couple years younger than me from what he sounded like. He had golden hair and seemed so familiar with his face. The man was rougher but seemed to soften at the young boy.
He was told to go to his room and when the young boy started towards the same door I had my head out of, I panicked and ran into the closet before shutting that door. I could hear the bedroom door open and close before a sigh happened.
I went to move a little, but tripped over a pair of black jeans and fell in the small space. The noise caused the boy to get up and walk over to the door blocking me and him before sliding it open and saw my look of fear.
He took note of the older me with fear-stricken eyes. "Who are you and why are you here?" He pulled a small blade out before aiming it toward me.
My eyes widened more and I held my hands up. "I promise I'm not here to hurt you. I thought my portal would take me to my family, but it didn't and I have no idea why I'm here. I can leave."
He stared at me, lowering the knife. "What's your name?"
"Bianca. My name is Bianca. What's yours?"
"I'm Jonathan."
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I woke from my sleep by a bucket of cold water being thrown onto me. I gasped and sat up, looking around for whoever I could find.
