In my veins »/Raphael Santiago\«

In my veins

Afina was sitting on Raphaels bed with him sitting next to her as they both sat in silence not really knowing what to say

"Does your family know?" He asked turning toward her

"No" she said looking at her hands before he took her hands in his kneeling in front of her.

"They don't need to know the blood will go away and you will still be safe" Raphael said and Afina nodded slightly "come on, you need to sleep"

Raphael stood up pulling Afina up with him before pulling the blankets back for Afina to get in.

Afina got into his bed and fell asleep right away and Raphael sat in a chair by the bed as he watched over her not letting anything happen to her when she started moving around slightly talking under her breath.

Raphael stood up and walked over to the bed sitting down next to Afina when she shot up from the bed breathing hard

"Hey you're ok, what happened?" Raphael asked cupping her face in his hands

"It was a nightmare" she said shaking her head moving her hair away from her face "sorry" she mumbled before laying back down

Raphael was about to go sit in a chair again when she grabbed his hand "I know you don't like sleep or whatever at night but could you just lay with me?" She asked and Raphael smiled and nodded before he climbed in beside her holding her close to him

Afina smiled before she fell asleep again this time feeling more safe with Raphaels arms around her

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Afina woke up later that night to see that Raphael wasn't there anymore and she only assumed that he was training Simon

She stood up from the bed and sat there for a minute debating if she wanted to go back to the institute and talk to her siblings

After awhile she decided to go back to the institute. She quietly walked out the door knowing if Raphael caught her he wouldn't let her leave his side

She made her way outside pulling her jacket closer to her as she started back to the institute

Half way there she started to feel like she was being followed she turned around quickly to see nothing there then turned back forward when she was stopped by a few men with circle runes on there neck

Afina took a step back "what do you want?" She asked

"We want a distraction" one man said taking a step forward

"What?" She asked

"Everyone is so distracted with the mortal cup and trying to find Clary Fairchild that if we do something it will leave them defenseless" the other man explained

"What are you going to do, kill me?" She taunted and they both smirked before looking at each other and lunging at her

Afina didn't have her bow sense she left it at the hotel so she was left with no weapons and had to fight them off which was proving very difficult.

When she was trying to fight off one man the other would attack she couldn't fight off two men by herself.

When she was fighting one of the men the other came up to her with a seraph in hand and when she wasn't looking he stabbed her

She stubbled away from the man she was fighting looking down at her shirt that was now covered in blood

The man that stabbed her ripped his seraph blade from her body before the two men left

Afina leaned against a wall struggling to breath before she gave up and just let death consume her.

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