1. Midnight Promises (1/2)

city of the angel children

clary awoke with a jolt to the lightening. the flash of light pealed through the room for a split second cascading the whole room at the instituted in white light. sweat poured off her chest and neck drenching her and the sheets. her strong shadowhunter arms kept her up and the familiar presence of the steady

eathing calmed her. a warm hand laid flat on her stomach, setting all the skin that it was touching and the skin around it on fire.

a slight moan escaped from her boyfriend's mouth and she sighed content until she remembered what had awakened her so scared and frightened and whimpered. clary shook in terror; the dreams she'd been having had been going on for a few weeks and she had kept them under wraps form jace- after much trouble- but clary knew she wouldn't be able to for much longer.

soft lips pressed against her shoulder and a hand wrapped around her opposite arm.

"what's wrong baby?" jace asked, his lips

ushing up against her skin as he trailed up to her neck, teasing and nipping.

"umm...?" clary asked; dazed and all her past thoughts washed away.

"something's wrong..." he asked

ushing her hair away from the back of her neck and kissing it, and then whispering in her ear. "i can tell."

"how?" clary sighed.

"you're my fiancé." jace sang lightly.

clary shuddered at the thought. no one knew about this except simon, izzy, alec and magnus. neither jace nor clary's parents knew and at the moment that was how they liked it.

"i like the sound of that. say it again." she whispered into his golden hair whilst her hands stroked over his muscles, they tensed as her fingers

ushed them.

"what? you're my fiancé." he whispered against clary's spine dragging down her top in his savage haze.

"you know what my mum and luke would do to you if they found out, don't you?"

he chuckled against her skin as he turned her round to face him; sucking her bottom lip between his two. "yes." jace mumbled against clary's skin. "and you're very good at dodging."

"there's nothing wrong to tell you about." clary half sighed going to kiss jace again but he backed away.

"don't lie to me, clary." jace warned. "you never have before don't start now. you've been off with me for a week." he looked into her eyes and clary's heart warmed.