3. Chapter 3 (2/2)

others that!? i tell you guys everything! everything! but how was i supposed to tell you that in the one moment i let myself be weak, they died!"

the lights flickered, as tears started to flow down her face. jace watched in shock as everything around them floated in mid-air, as if the gravity had been turned off.

sebastian glanced at them. "clary…"

"how do i tell someone that? i've been trying thinking of a way since they died, but i couldn't. and the guilt has been eating away at me more and more everyday. i'm so, so sorry! i just don't- i didn't know how to tell you- this is all my fault!"

the lights flickered more rapidly, and the mug in front of her shattered. sebastian threw his arms around clary as if to protect her. "clary, stop it! you're gonna hurt yourself!"

she shook her head. "i don't care."

the light bulbs overhead exploded, sending showers of sparks all over the place. jace and his siblings were frozen in shock, as her whole body started to glow with a

ight golden light, before john smacked her in the back of her head, hard, making her go unconscious. she slumped against sebastian, who slung her up into his arms, as everything went silent.

nobody said anything for a while, until jon leaned against the fridge. "sorry about that. clary's powers get a little haywire when she's emotional. she can usually control it pretty well, but that was a pretty sensitive topic."

sebastian carried her up the stairs to her room, as they sat there in silence, until jace spoke, his curiosity getting the better of him. "what did she mean when she said the greater demon had been looking for her for a millenia? and who's it's master?"

jon laughed an exhausted, shaky laugh. "i wish i could answer you. i really do… but i have no idea. this is the first time i'm hearing this story. but it's clary. anything's possible with her."

that was the last thing said o the subject for the rest of the day. jace was unsatisfied.