Nephilim Love

Prologue

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Clary

I was talking to Maryse when Jace came and took my hand and led me to the dance floor.

"Would you mind if I borrow Clary?

He started a speech that sounded like he was getting ready to ask me to marry him and I have to stop him. I cannot let him ask me knowing that I can lose my memories at any minute. I will wait until he reaches a part in his speech where I can gradually interrupt him. I need to say something to him and make an excuse to leave. My runes are disappearing one at a time. I do not know how much time I have left so my words have to be chosen very carefully. I tell Jace that I will always love him and kissed him, passionately, and told him that I needed air. There is a letter waiting for him in our room at a spot I know he will not miss. This is going to be hard for him and I am not sure if he would ever recover. When I was reaching the Institute's doors, I felt one of my runes disappear and when I looked at the Shadowhunters that were guarding the doors, they disappeared. I walked out of the Institute and down the stairs when two other runes disappeared. My tears were running down my face and I put my hand on my neck trying to braise myself from the weird feelings that were going over me, and then it happened. My last rune, the Iratze rune, the first rune that Jace drew on me, disappeared. That is when my Shadow World life just disappeared.

"Where am I? What am I doing here in a party dress in front of an abandoned church? Where is my jacket? Why am I crying?"

I do not know how I got here but I know that I have to go home. There is no reason for me to be here in a party dress and without a jacket. I have to make my way home to my loft as soon as I can. When I get there, the door is open, and I walk into an empty loft. There is a smell of smoke and my room is completely covered in soot. I walked over to the other bedroom and it was in a good condition so I decided that I would sleep here. I realize that I do not have any clothes but there are someone else's clothes in the bedroom that I am in, so I rummage through the drawers to find something to sleep in. The pajamas I find are a little too long for me, but it is at least okay to sleep in. By the time I changed into the pajamas and go into bed, I was really tired, so I pull the covers and fell into a fitful sleep.

Jace

After all the rehearsing I did in front of the mirror of my marriage proposal and buying a ring, it did not go as planned. Clary interrupted me with her speech, told me she loved me, gave me a desperate kiss, and ran away to get air. Something felt off about her. She did not even let me tell her "I love you too" so when I said it, she was already a few feet away and did not hear it. She looked like she was crying, but I am not sure what that was about. I decided to go to our bedroom and see if she is okay but find it empty and there is a letter on the desk leaning against the lamp. My heart sank and this horrible dread came over me. I picked up the letter and recognized Clary's handwriting right away. As I started to read, my body started shaking. The letter was shaking as I was trying to read it. Tears started running down my cheeks and I fell to my knees, screaming her name. Izzy must have been looking for us because she ran to the room and threw herself on the floor next to me, wrapping me in her arms.

"Jace, what is wrong? Did you fight with Clary? Did she break up with you? Please, Jace, talk to me."

I could not talk since I was sobbing so hard and my whole body was trembling. Izzy took the letter from me and read it. She started to cry so hard that I felt her body trembling just like mine.