Hey guys!! juli_clace inspired me to want to write and put a chapter in a little earlier. I hope you like it. I hope you like it! Thanks so much for reading my story. For the longest time, I thought nobody read it until just recently. It means a lot. It's not a real long chapter but hey, it's something. I hope you like my early update. I will still try and get the Thursday update but no promises.

                             "Okay, so Josten, whatever men you have ready we need tomorrow" I command. "Yes, sir. How many do you need" he asks? I turn to Jonathan who is standing quietly beside me. "How many do you think we would need?" "Twenty at least. The faerie queens knights are good warriors" he says. I turn back to Josten. "Twenty then. Maybe more. The faerie knights won't go down easily. It will be a fight. You are the leader of our guards. It is time to see how good you are." "Yes, sir. You won't be disappointed."
                                We all walk into a small round stone building. In the center of the room is a table with a map. It looks like a blueprint. "This is a map of the Seelie queens courts given to us by Aelfdane. He helped map out and draw up everything" Josten says. I look down at the blueprint. "So here is where we would come in. This looks like the drop off of the pond in central park. We all come through here and enter into the queens' throne room. I go in alone and see if I find clary. If not I motion for the rest of you to come in. The knights won't go down without a fight."
                             "How will we get to clary," Jonathan asks. "If one of us gets a chance and is free to search for her. We have to get her back before it's too late" I say. "Josten are you coming," Jonathan asks. "I wish I could. I have to train someone. Queen's request. I will be waiting to hear how it goes when you all get back" Josten says. "I should probably go to Alec's house and see if he, Isabelle, and Magnus want to come help with clary's rescue," I say. "Good idea. We will need all the help we can get" Josten says. "I will head out. Jonathan, I think it would be better if you stay here. I will let them know you are alive and coming with us but for you not to die I suggest you stay here at the castle" I say. "Yeah, that sounds like a great idea. I would rather not die today" he says. I leave them both.
                                              I walk down the path and out of the castle gates. As I walk down the street of Alicante I hear "what is the king doing here?" "Didn't you hear? The queen was kidnapped. He's probably going to ask someone for help getting her back." "Well, I feel bad. I feel like we should be out there helping get her back." "Nah. I'm sure the king has this handled. What could he possibly do with us?" "Well, she is our queen too. I want to help."
                                    "King Jace" I hear my name called. I turn around and see a tall pretty brunette woman. "I want to help with the rescue of queen clary," she says. "Are you sure? It is not going to be easy" I say back. "Being a shadowhunter is never easy. We know we could die at any minute as long as we are doing our job. And I want to help bring the queen back" she says. "Alright fine. We leave tomorrow. Just come to the castle gates and me and everyone coming with me will meet you there" I say. "Thank you for letting me come to king Jace," she says and runs off.
I reach Alec and Isabelle's house. I knock on the door. Isabelle answers it. I walk in. "Is it true? Did someone take clary again" she asks. "Yeah. I have been planning all day on what we do and how to get her back. I know who took her." Alec and Magnus walk in. "Who took clary," Magnus asks. "The Seelie queen. She wants Grace. Originally it was clary and the throne but now she's after Grace." "No," Isabelle says sounding heartbroken. "I know. We are planning on getting her back tomorrow. As soon as possible tomorrow. I came to ask you three if you wanted to help us with getting her back?" "Of course we want to get clary back," Alec says. "I knew you would. There is something I need to tell you all though before you commit to it" I say. They all look at me. "You might want to sit down for this so you don't kill me when I tell you," I say. We sit down in the living room. "Guys, clays brother is alive," I say. "Sebastian," Alec asks wide-eyed. "No, Jonathan. The real brother she saw right before he died. He brother she was meant to have with the green eyes. The one Jocelyn always wanted and dreamed of. He's alive. He's been living with me and clary since November the 7th. He is coming with me and some of Josten's men." "Why is he alive? He should be dead? He killed max? How could I ever forgive him for that" Isabelle says. "Izzy, that wasn't Jonathan that killed max it was Sebastian. It was the demon blood. This is the real Jonathan. Clary's real brother. The brother without demon blood. I trust him, clary trusts him, even Jocelyn trusts him" I say. "Wow. Jocelyn didn't even trust or like you for a while" Magnus says. "I know," I say. "Well I will still come but I won't trust him. I still don't like him" Isabelle says. "I don't care. I told him you probably won't. He knows to keep his distance from you since you are most likely to kill him if you get a chance. So are you guys going to come?" "Yeah me and Magnus will at least. I don't know about you Izzy but I want clary back and I want to see that baby when she's born in January" Alec says. "I will come," she says with her arms crossed in front of her chest. "Okay good. Do you guys want to spend the night over at the castle since we will probably leave right after breakfast" I ask? "Heck yeah. I'm not missing a chance for that food" Alec says. "You don't like my cooking," Isabelle says sounding hurt. "No," we all say at the same time. "Come on you guys. We better get back to the castle then" I say. With that, we all leave their house and walk back to the castle.

Clary POV
"Any luck," the Seelie queen asks. I just look at her and shake my head. "Well now, you are running out of time. Let's see if I can motivate you any more today" she says. She sets the barrier down. She grabs a knife off of the table. I manage to pull myself up a little. I kick her. She stumbles back a little. "Ugh, you stupid girl." She says frustrated. She picks the knife off the floor. "This time I will go all the way down because you did that," she says. I hang my head. She walks up and goes to my arm close to my wrist and starts dragging it down almost to my shoulder. I feel a tear come down my face but don't make a sound. I have endured worse. Why does this all have to happen to me? What did I do wrong? "If the baby is not here by the morning then you can guess what will happen," she says. She sets the knife on the table and leaves.
As soon as I know I'm alone I let tears come down. What will happen to me? What will happen to Grace? Jace if you are coming, please hurry. Please?
A while later the door opens. In comes Sarah. "Oh queen clary, it's worse than yesterday. I'm so sorry" she says. "It's my fault. When she came in I managed to pull myself up some and kicked her back. She got mad and ran it all the way down this time. I'm fine though. I've been through worse. Thanks though" I say giving a small smile. I'm glad that even though I'm stuck here chained up I have a friend and someone is nice to me. "Oh, I hope he comes soon," I say. "He will ma'am. Just have faith in him" she says. "You really think so? Why do you have so much faith in him when he's not your king and you don't know him" I say. "Because you are his queen. He must love you to death. I don't have to see it to know it" she says. "You're right. I need that kind of faith in him too. Thank you for being so kind to me when I'm stuck here. Whatever happens tomorrow I want you to know that" I say. "Thank you, ma'am. I will go get something to clean you up" she says and leaves me.
She comes back with two new clean washcloths, a bowl of water, and some antiseptic again. It's a good and bad thing that I am so short. She starts cleaning the blood off my arm and stops the bleeding. "I just want to get out of here unchained and back home," I say. "I know. Me too queen clary, me too. Somethings we just have to keep holding on and hoping for" she says. I just let her clean the blood off of my arm. "I will help you out of here. If I ever get out alive at least" I say. "Thank you, ma'am. That would mean a lot. I would owe you much" she says. "No, you don't. You have already helped me so much here" I say. She smiles. "You have such a pretty smile," I say. "Thank you," she says sweetly. She puts the antiseptic on the cut. It stings but I don't make a sound. I just let her fix it. "I can redo your hair too," she says setting the washcloth down. She gathers everything and leaves.
She comes back with the same yellow brush as yesterday. She walks behind me and I can't see her but I know she is there. I feel my braid come loose and my hair spread all over my shoulders. "Do you like it up or down?" she asks. "It doesn't matter for right now. In the morning if you really think he's going to come tomorrow you should probably put it down. He will take it down even if you don't" I say. "How about a messy bun to keep it out of your face," she says in her sweet voice. "Alright. I do it all the time anyway. It doesn't last long though" I say. She giggles. "I bet not," she says in between giggles.
                                              "Do you have any brothers or sisters?" I ask her. "I have an older brother named Patrick, and a younger sister named Kayleigh," she says pulling my hair up.  "Patrick would be 17 now. He's a year older than me. Kayleigh would be 7." "You must miss them," I say. She walks in front of me. "I do. I started being kept here when I was 12. Haven't seen them since" she says. "I'm sorry. I grew up not knowing I had a brother until I was 15" I say. "Wow. It must have been a big surprise when you found out" she says. "It was," I say. I think back to Jace and Jonathan and can't help but worry that they haven't killed each other yet without me there.  I miss both of them. "It will be alright your highness. It will. Do you need anything else before I leave" she asks. "No. I'm fine. Thanks anyway" I say. She nods and leaves.
                                         My stomach growls. I haven't eaten anything in 2 days. Oh well, I can't really do anything now. It doesn't look like I have any power here to get myself any food. I would have asked Sarah but I don't want to get her in trouble. I'm sure I will get as much food as I can ever want if I get taken back to the castle tomorrow. Sarah has given me some sense of hope for tomorrow. I know I may die tomorrow or I may get saved I'm not sure, but somehow Sarah has given me hope. I will hold on to it and hope for the best and Jace. The spotlight goes out above me. "Goodnight Jace, wherever you are. I hope you know I love you" I say softly. I don't care if anyone heard I do love him and I will say it again.

Jace POV
"Do we have to get along? I can't stand him and I only just met him" Isabelle asks. "I never said that. Give him a chance. He has had many chances to hurt me or clary when we are alone but he hasn't. We both trust him. Give him a chance, please? It pains me to say that word but please do it." "Fine but max is still gone," she says. "Unfortunately he is. It was not Jonathan who killed max. That was all Sebastian, Valentine, and the demon blood that killed that poor boy. He was my brother too Izzy. I loved and cared about him too. You don't have to like Jonathan. Please don't kill him though" I say. She just glares at me.
Jonathan comes up to me. "Hey Jace, can I have Chrissie stay with me tonight?" "Sure. I don't care. She likes you" I say. "Thanks. Where is she?" I shrug. "I have no idea. She is here somewhere." "Alright. I will go find her. See you later" he says and leaves. "That dog likes everyone. Jonathan is not the only exception" she snaps. "I know. That dog also has a name. Be nice to him. He is staying with us because we know what the rest of the world will do." She nods and stalks off without another word.