His Light | • Alec Lightwood • [ Wattys2019 ]

• 12

CHAPTER 12
ALPHA
• I am there, waiting, watching. But when you need me I'll step out of the shadows and protect what's mine. •

A ferocious growl escapes my jaws as I fly through glass window. I roll down the floor of abandoned mansion and then I crash into some old wooden table. Pieces of wood fly around as I lie panting on ground.

This is what I call anger release...

I think dryly looking around destroyed mansion. True, it was already destroyed but now it looks like two tornadoes met and exploded.

Heaved sigh escapes my muzzle as I stand up on my paws. I stretch like cat after a nap and grimace as I feel prickle in my right front paw. I wince, raising the paw up to my mouth and licking the itching place. Ever so slowly, I feel the prickles disappear. I lick my paw to clean it and then look around mansion.

Time for round six.

^^^

I yawn, openning my jaws as much as possible and slowly blinking. I lick my sharp teeth looking around in haze. I huff seeing the old mansion and look up at destroyed glass windows. Light gently peaks through them, bathing the destroyed place in sunlight.

I yawn again, slowly standing up from poor excuse of mattress and glance down at my dirty paws. I huff, before my eyes close and I take over my body. I shift into my human skin and stretch myself. I fix my hair with my fingers and go to small closet, miraculously in piece. I pull out my jacket that had my phone, stele and seraph blade in. I pull on the jacket and put my stele in back pocket with seraph blade. I take my phone and notice dozen of missed calls from Clary and unknown numbers. Just as I am about to call Clary- a crunch sounds behind me. I swiftly turn around, grabbing my seraph blade and surveying the environment. I look around seemingly empty room but I could feel eyes on me.

,,Who's there?!" I ask loudly turning in circle to look around. My eyes look over every thing, dent or crack but nothing seems out of normal. Suddenly, something light kicks me in head and I look down as piece of paper falls on floor. I pick it up, cautiously looking around, as I feel whoever's eyes were watching me disappear. I unroll the paper and frown looking at drawing. It's a drawing of Morgenstern ring with long sword going through it. I narrow my eyes seeing the weird black, specks on sword and ring and recognise them as blood. I gulp stuffing the paper in my pocket before quickly leaving the mansion.

What happened?

I reach out to Clary with my mind but it doesn't work. I frown, stopping on street and looking around. I curse as some people look at my dirty outfit judgementaly and scowl entering small street. I quickly find my glamour rune and trace it with my stele before going in search for Clary.

I take a deep breath of air and my senses fill with millions of various scents. I block every one of them except for a familiar one. My eyes glow green as I start running, following the trace of smell to my destination. But then, I feel them.