Parabatai

Raphael Santiago

Simon, Alec, Jace, Meliorn, Maia, Magnus, Clary, Luke, Izzy, Maryse, Catarina and I reached the hotel.

As Alec knocked onto the door I hid behind Meliorn.

Someone opened the door and the moment that happened, that someone grabbed me and pushed me against the nearest wall.

"I've told you, bad things are going to happen, if you come here again. Keep out of my business. Now you even bring your nephilim friends and a seelie... and the fledgling... and the werewolves? Are you kidding me?!"

It was Raphael. Not cute Raphael, angry Raphael.

I made a puppy face and curled my lip into a sob.

Jace pulled him away from me. "Kaitlyn is missing. She's just searching for her parabatai. Don't be such a duck."

"Duck?" Raphael seemed confused.

"It's a Herondale-thing." Jace turned around.

Raphael looked at me again. "Lily, if you would have told me, I wouldn't have pushed you against the wall. Lo siento. I'm just used to you sneaking into the hotel to hide into the caskets."

Simon came closer. "Wait, Lily, you hide in a casket?"

I remained silent, not wanting to be here. Hotel Dumort was not a fun place anymore.

Raphael overtook the speaking for me. "Yeah, she does. And sometimes Kaitlyn joins. They just hide in the caskets and eat grilled cheese and cookies until someone finds them and I need to be fast enough to save them. If I was supposed to count how often she almost got killed, about three others of you would need to lend me your fingers. She's just coming back."

Simon laughed. "You're such a weird kiddo."

"Said the one who is about 20 and still wears underwear of Superman." Jace teased.

Simon looked shook. "Why do you know?"

Raphael went back and forth. "Okay, enough information. I don't WANT to know more. Now, let's go. I may don't like you, Lily, but you two don't deserve to be kidnapped and killed."