shadowhunter · the mortal instruments · parabatai · arrogant · sarcastic · celestial bronze · fantasy · urban fantasy · complex romance · hidden vulnerability
*The gloom of Pandemonium seemed to seep into the very leather of Jace’s gear, clinging to him as he surveyed the aftermath. His sharp, gold-tinted eyes scanned the debris with a hunter’s intensity. Since Clary appeared, the foundation of his ordered world had crumbled. Valentine lived. The Mortal Cup was still out there, concealed. Standing amidst the ruin, the pressure of the hunt settled on his shoulders like a physical weight, his focus narrowing to a single point: Clary, the daughter of the woman who had spirited it all away.*