My protectors?

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Annabelle's pov:
I don't know for how long those two held me against their chests and to be honest I don't care because it's really comfortable. With their arms around me I feel completely safe!
„Where is she? Where is my daughter!?" I hear my dad shout in sheer panic. Softly I turn my head towards his voice. His eyes land on mine and he quickly ran towards me.
„I was so incredibly worried darling!" he says and pulls me out of their embrace and instead against his chest. His arms caressing my back as if he is reassuring himself that I really am in his arms again.
„Sorry." i mumble ashamed. Never liking to disappoint or worry dad. He was the one who was by my side for nearly my whole life, even though he didn't have to.
„Don't be silly darling. Is not your fault. I am just happy to see you in one piece." he tells me lovingly kissing my forehead.
„I am sorry Luke. If I would of known that she is partly a shadowhunter I would of never given her my steel. She was just so curious and I ." Jace apologizes to my dad who however stops his rambling with one arm lifted in the air.
„It's alright. You had no knowledge of that and we also didn't know that she would react like that to a steel or any other shadowhunter item." dad explains and I can see how relieved Jace right away is. Afterwards dad turns his attention back towards me and looks me all over. If he is checking for any injuries or is looking at those damn runes on my body I don't know.
„Those are very powerful runes that you have darling. Some extremely rare ones too." he tells me with confused eyes. This must of spiked the curiosity from everyone else as well, since they all are now looking at all the different runes on my body. Well, arms and legs since everything else is still hidden under my clothing. While they all keep on studying my runes, whispering to one another what each and everyone means and does. I get more and more itchy. Not liking all of their eyes on me.
„What can I do to make them go away again?" I question in the room. Not caring who will answer me as long as I get an answer! Instead of an answer though, they all look at me like I lost my mind. Everyone except dad of course.
„I am afraid there is no way for them to go away darling." dad softly explains and I can feel my eyes start to sting with tears right away. With all those runes on me, everyone will be looking at me for the rest of my life! I never even wanted to get a tattoo!! And now my whole body is painted in runes! That just can't be be true!!
„Hey, princess. Take some deep breaths for me. We will find a way if there is any than we will make them go away. But till than, you need to keep on breathing and try to stay calm." Raphael soothingly tells me suddenly standing right in front of me. So with a deep sigh I concentrate on breathing along with Raphael. Slowly the panic subsides and I can breath correctly again.
„Everyone is going to look at me strangely. I don't like those things on my skin." I whimper since I still am rather unhappy about all those things on me. Seeing Raphael's eyes shine in understanding before he pulls me into his strong chest.
„No one will look at you strangely princess. If someone dares to do so I am going to make sure they will regret it." he promises me and i believe him right away. He really won't allow anyone to look at me wrongly, he already made sure no one did as we were in school. Sighing yet again, i simply cuddle even closer into my best friends chest. Maybe I shouldn't feel all those things for my best friend, but I don't care. He makes me feel safe and makes my whole body tingly, who cares!? It's none of anyone's business anyway! Soft lips on my head get me out of my mind and back to the here and now.
„Relax, everything will turn out alright!" Raphael whispers against my lips and I just do that. Closing my eyes and start to breath in his scent, that seems to always sooth me more than anything else.
„We should start to think about why Anni got all those runes as she touched the steel. They normally only can be given by another shadowhunter and that also only after you got the first one from the silent brothers." Alec says after a sigh himself. The others are quick to agree to what he had said, but I simply stay in my hiding spot.
„We already figured out that her warlock side is extremely powerful, way more so than average warlocks. Maybe her shadowhunter side is just as powerful. The runes after all look like it." Magnus voices his opinion. Stiffening slightly at hearing him say that, however as soon as I stiffen up, a hand softly starts to caress my back while Raphael's strong ones still hold onto  me tightly. Confused on who's caressing my back I turn slightly towards the side, only to come face to face with a worried Jace.
„You are perfectly fine Anna. Let them and us worry about all of that for you." he softly says and smiles proudly as I nod in reply. Deciding that he is right. So instead of listening in on all their conversation, I concentrate on Raphael that is holding me and on jace hand that keeps on caressing my back. Yeah, that's more important than the other stuff. I after all don't know that much about the downworlder world. So I surely won't even understand the topic of runes and the other stuff. If not even they know why I got them, by simply touching that steel, how should I know!