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Written and produced by Victoria Cole
Clary POV

I wake up with a start and turn to my side in a panic. I only breathe again when I see Jace propped up on his elbows watching me. I wonder if those first few moments of panic after first opening my eyes will ever fade. Or perhaps that's just a part of me now. PTAD or better yet know as Post-traumatic angel delusion. Well at least known to me.

"You are the single most beautiful thing in this world."

I smile up at Jace, "thought you always considered that honor to be yours."

"I did, until I met you."
I try not to swoon, I will never get over the year we spent apart. And when I think about the letter... how I never properly said goodbye.

"Jace... I'm so sorry I didn't say goodbye, " I grab his hands squeezing them for dear life, " I should have told you... I should have... I just... couldn't say goodbye to you. And I fear I hurt you even worse by disappearing. I'm sorry... I choose the world over you." I say with a lame smile. I know I didn't have a choice but I felt it needed to be said. I would have been furious if Jace would have suffered in silence as I did.

"Oh, Clary baby, you have nothing to apologize for do you understand me? I know why you did it, why you left that letter, you put everyone above yourself as you always have. How could I fault you for saving the world?"

"You know the expression sell your soul to the devil?" he nods and I continue, " I felt like I sold my heart for the sake of the greater good. Jace... you're my entire world and... I don't even want to imagine what you've been through..."

He takes my hand and puts it over his heart, " this," he says as I feel the steady pulse, " beats for you. I won't pretend this year hasn't been devastating for me, I won't even pretend I handled it well. I basically became a stalker..." he pauses with a smile," stalker in like a totally romantic way but I have you back, you're here with me and that's all that matters."

"Well and the world." I add smirking.

"You are my world Clary, you're the damn center of my universe, you're everything."

Before I can respond the door is bursting almost off the hinges.
"Isabell Lightwood! At least have the decency to knock before you go barging into doors are they even dressed?" Alec scolds but stops short of coming any further. Izzy, however, bounds to my side. Jace groans wrapping the sheet tighter around us.

"Could you at least let us get dressed?" Jace asks groaning.

"I told you they wouldn't be dressed, Isabel, why will you never listen to your older and wiser brother?"

"I'm mentally older than both of you, " Jace says annoyed, "and I say both of you get out."

Izzy tsks, " I have a surprise for Clary, " Izzy says almost bursting with excitement.

At that Alec smiles, " it's something we all deserve."

"I'm intrigued. I'll be down in a minute."

Izzy blows a kiss at me for leaving while Alec salutes. Once the door is shut, Jace berries his face into the crook of my neck, " I fear we will never get to be alone."

"Really, " I ask trying to keep the grin at bay, " seems like we were alone last night, " I tease as I lift the sheet revealing the still naked limbs underneath, "and this morning."

Jace snaps his head up grinning, his smile almost binding like direct sunlight, golden and beautiful. He bites his lip and a slight pink appears on his cheeks.

"Is the Jace Wayland blushing?"

"Jace Wayland doesn't blush," I grin planning on calling him out on his blatant lie. "Only in the presence of a Goddess, " he finishes softly cradling my face.

"Jace," I say, emotion overwhelming me, "I love you."

Then there's banging on the door, " biscuit get out of bed, Jace Wayland release her from your grasp at once."

Jace looks at me, capturing my hand and holding it to his chest, "always," he whispers, " I love you always." He lightly kisses me on the forehead before we both get out of bed.

"We're up, I promise," see Jace says stomping his foot.

"Five minutes," Magnus chuckles.

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I walk down the steps, running my hand along the bannister. I missed everything about the institute. Jace's hand is clasped firmly to my other hand and when we reach the bottom Izzy is waiting for me almost a shy smile on her lips. I can see my necklace around her neck and it fills my heart. I let go of Jace's hand as Izzy places something cold in my own.

I gasp as I look at the necklace, it's just like Izzy's signature red ruby only emerald green, she closes my fingers around it, " as my necklace alerts to demons this alerts to Angels, two sister necklaces bounded together, opposite purposes but unstoppable together."

Magnus with tears in his eyes,  gently takes the necklace of of my palm to place it around my neck, once it hits my skin on the base of my neck it lights up glowing. Everyone gasps I look down confusion taking over my features. Is Johnathan here? Iruthiel? I look around, we are in the presence of an angel but I don't see a wing insight.

Jace picks up my wrist, the golden wings reflecting off the open windows, "it's you Clary."
I shake my head shrugging it off, it's simply a presence not making them self known. Perhaps my brother is watching over me. That thought makes me smile.

"Clary Fairchild, savior of the world, my sister, if you'll still have me as your parabati I will forever be grateful."

"Oh Izzy," I say wrapping my arms around her," I was going to ask you the same question... again." I say through my tears.

We walk hand In hand into the room I remember so well, it's where Alec and Magnus married, where I looked into Jace's eyes for thankfully not the last time, everyone stands around us as we take our spots almost over come with emotion as the two of us.

Luke is at the head in robes, of course he would lead the ceremony, I couldn't think of anyone better, I see the runes on his neck trying not to gasp in shock. He's Shadowhunter again, I didn't even realize before, too much at once I suppose.

The circle around my feet light up blue, fire blazing around both mine and Izzy's ankles.

"Parabati," Luke says looking down at us," two warriors, who fight together, lifelong partners bounded by something much stronger than blood... each other. With your next words, your bond is sealed, unbreakable, unchanging and unconditional."

Me and Izzy join are hands gripping each other's forearms tightly.
"Entreat me not to leave thee, Or return from following after thee—" Izzy starts her voice shaking lightly.

I take a deep breath and say the words imprinted on my mind, for as long as I have known the shadowworld I've wanted this, "For whither thou goest, I will go,
And where thou lodgest, I will lodge." I say holding back tears.

"Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried." Izzy continues and then it's my turn, the final verse of this forever vowel and there is no one I would rather stand up here with.
"The Angel do so to me, and more also,
If aught but death part thee and me." I say as the two blue fires merge as one giant ring around us.

I barley feel the light sting as Luke joins us with our shared rune. Right on our sides. And then with a zap the fires are out and Izzy and I are one.

"Sister," I say softly.

"Parabati," She says smiling at me. We practically barrel into each other, one more thing taken so cruelly away from us righted. Everyone around us can't control their sobs.

Everyone is clasping us on the shoulders but Izzy and I hold tight.

"It's about time." Everyone says in union.

I look up at Izzy, wiping the tear from my eyes, and then wiping hers away as well, " it's long past time."

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