Adopted by Magnus Bane

Chapter 22

(The Next Day)

Alec shows up at around 9:30 the next morning. I drag myself out of bed, eat breakfast then go into the room we are using for training. He opens a large duffle bag filled with weapons.

"Izzy told me your pretty good with bow staffs is that right?" Alec begins.

"Yeah, if you consider winning a match against her as pretty good." I mention casually.

"What about seraph blades?" He asks me, I shake my head-no-then he reaches into his bag and pulls two out. He tosses one at me, which I quickly catch.

"Thanks I just love having sharp dangerous weapons thrown at me." I sarcastically say, rolling my eyes.

"Good. You should get used to it." He tells me this with a serious expression and tone, is he joking?

Forty-Five minutes later I become average at using the seraph sword. I throw the weapon at Alec, the same way he did to me.

"So what comes next?" I ask him, kind of beginning to enjoy this.

"Hand to hand combat." He informs me, "show me your starting stance." I put my fists up, which makes him sigh. "Okay widen your stance." I separate my feet, "lower this fist. Your elbows can be your greatest defense at times." I copy his instructions until I am in the proper fighting position. "Okay now throw a punch."

It takes me several tries to do this to his standards. Eventually we go through all the moves and finally begin to fist fight. We finish at noon. I'm exhausted, but for some reason Alec isn't. Dad decides to walk Alec home, leaving me in the apartment alone. I pull out my phone and texts Cassia.

Me: Hi this is-

I erase what I've just written and start over.

Me: Hey! It's Ceci, we umm met at that party a couple days ago....

I shake my head and delete that text. I think for a moment then when I finally decide on what to say, I text her.

Me: Hey it's Ceci!

Cassia: Hey Ceci! How are you? Did you make it home okay last night?

Me: Oh yeah don't worry I'm fine now! Thanks though!

Cassia: Your welcome! So what's up?

Me: oh nothing I guess-
I think about what to say next before sending the text.
-just bored I guess.

Cassia: Me too, really wish it wasn't daytime right now. Guess we can't all be daylighters.

Me: true.

Cassia: we should hang out sometime.

Me: okay when?

My heart begins to race, I take in a deep breath. I am unsure why my heart races at the thought of hanging out with her-seeing her again. The text bubbles pop up on my screen and my heart skips a beat for a moment.

Cassia: Well I'm assuming the Dad's next party won't be for a while, and I'm never doing anything anyways. When are you free?

Me: basically all the time. I usually only ever hang out with a shadowhunter but that's rare.

Cassia: Really? Only one? Which one?

Me: Clary Fairchild

Cassia: oh really? She's the Daylighters best friend

Me: The Who?

Cassia: oh he's a newer vamp you might not know him

Me: oh Simon Lewis?