"Welcome to Herondale Manor, my love."

"The manor is incredible, Jace. I can get used to living like this."

"I hope so because this is one of the possibilities we have if we want to stay here or we can live as mundane back in New York when all this is over."

"Would you consider staying a Shadowhunter? It is something you have loved all your life. You only gave it up because of what Raziel did to me."

"Clary, being a Shadowhunter meant everything to me until I met you. Now you and our baby mean more to me than anything else. This will be a mutual decision, not just mine alone. We are going to have plenty of time to make that decision. Right now, we are going to our room and get some sleep. It has been a long day."

"Yes, it has been. I am dying to see the rest of the manor in the morning."

The master had a king-size bed made out of mahogany and was carved in a  delicate rose pattern. It also had a huge bathroom, in beautiful tiles and marble.  I went and picked up the two bags and put them on a bench at the bottom of the bed. My grandmother had lived here before so everything has been kept clean and in order. In ready shape to just move in. We changed into comfortable clothes and laid in each other's arms and drifted off to sleep. We started opening doors and looking into each one that looked like ordinary rooms except the last one that we opened and it was a fully furnished nursery. This was the nursery that my parents prepared for me and I could see the love that was put into it. 

"Oh Jace, this was supposed to have been your nursery. Your parents wanted you and put a lot of love and work into this room. I can feel the love coming from everything here."

"I feel it too. This will be our son's nursery. He is going to feel all the love that my parents had for me through the two of us. It will not go to waste any longer."

"Yes, I agree with you. It is just perfect for our baby."

"Well, I am heading down to the kitchen to make dinner for us. Do you want to come down or do you want to lay down for a little until dinner is ready?"

"You go make dinner and I will unpack and started putting away these two bags you brought up. We have to have access to our clothes and toiletries for now."

"I will call you when dinner is ready. Call me if you need anything."

I gave Clary a quick kiss on the lips and made my way down to the kitchen to unload and put away the foodstuff and make dinner. This feels good just like we were a regular couple with no problems in the world. This is the life that I have wanted for us and now we might have a chance at it. I made my way into the kitchen and started dinner. When dinner was ready, I went upstairs to get Clary for dinner. When I went into the room, she was asleep. All the clothes from the two bags were put away. I sat on the edge of the bed and started kissing her gently. Clary responded to my kisses and woke up right away.

"Hey, babe. Dinner is ready. Are you hungry?"

"Yes, I am starving."

We went to the kitchen and Clary sat at the table while I served our plates. We ate dinner and drank some juice and we were both full and satisfied. We decided to look around the first floor until we saw a portal opening in our living room. I took out my Seraph blade and Clary her kindjals ready to defend ourselves until Izzy, Simon, and Magnus walked into the living room. 

"Why did you show up unannounced like that? You know Clary and I are always expecting the worst."

"Sorry guys, we just wanted to see how you were and so that tomorrow we can go shopping for Clary's wedding dress. We need to get the wedding plans into full force if you want to get married before she gets any bigger."

"Still, a fire message ahead would not have killed you. Well, we do have three guest rooms to choose from if you are staying overnight. Where is Alec by the way?"

"Oh, he will be here in an hour. He had to finish up something important at his office and he will walk here afterward."

Clary

This all seems like a dream. Jace and I are at the Herondale Manor all by ourselves just like an old married couple. The home is a beautiful home full of beautiful architecture and wood. It will make a great family home where we can raise our children without worry in the world. We went to explore the second floor and found the nursery that was meant for Jace but because of circumstances of their involvement with Valentine, it did not happen. Now Jace will enjoy the nursery watching his son making use of it. He made dinner and we ate and went to explore the first floor when a portal opened in the middle of the living room. Izzy, Simon, and Magnus walked through. Jace was really angry thinking that someone had found us. I got to admit that I was scared too and a fire message should have been sent to give us a warning.

"I was thinking we can all portal to Paris. The girls and I will be shopping for her wedding dress and you boys will be shopping for your tuxedoes."

"No way.  I am not going to have Clary walking all over Paris when there are so many people out to get her. If all this is so important, then you bring the dresses here to one of the rooms if Clary does not want me to see them. I will make myself scarce so I do not peek. This is the best I can do.".

"Before you protest, Magnus, Jace is right. The reason for us to be hiding out at the Manor is so no one knows where we are. If I go walking around Paris, somebody might spot us. There should be spies everywhere looking for us once they realize that we are not at the Institute."

"You are right, we are sorry. We are trying to make everything ready for the wedding that we did not think everything through. Clary, do you have an idea of what you are looking for in your dress?"

"Yes, I have some sketches of my dress. I can give them to you and you can find dresses as close to the sketches as possible and bring them here for me to try on. We can use one of the bedrooms as a dressing room and Jace will not be able to see it."

"Okay then, that is what we will do. Anything to keep Jace at ease."

"Listen, I do not want to sound like the bad guy here. All I am doing is trying to protect Clary and my son.  Besides, we do not need a big wedding. A small one consisting of our family and friends is all that we need. Right now we do not know who to trust so a big formal wedding is impossible. I do not want you guys to make a fuss and people become aware of our whereabouts. We are in hiding after all."

"Jace is right. We do not want anyone to find out where we are before we get to enjoy some alone time as a family here at the Manor. I do not want the wedding to ruin our safety because then it will always hold bad memories instead of good ones."

We got everybody comfortable in their rooms after Alec arrived and settled for the night. Tomorrow Jace and I will get one step closer to our wedding. Soon we will be husband and wife and we will belong to each other completely.

Clary

When morning came, I woke up to an empty bed. I used the bathroom and brushed my teeth, changing my clothes. Voices were drifting from the kitchen and the smell of coconut pancakes started drifting up the stairs. I made my way into the kitchen and everyone were sitting around the table with juice or coffee and Jace was at the stove flipping pancakes like an expert. I walked up to him and put my arms around his waist. He turned around and put his arms around me kissing my lips.

"Good morning, beautiful? How did you sleep?"

"Morning, I slept fine until I reached for you, and you were gone."

"I am so sorry, babe, but I figured everyone would want breakfast. I am making your favorite."

"About that, how did you learn how to make the coconut pancakes?"

"I ask Maia for the recipe before we came to the manor. I cannot take you to Taki, so I am bringing Taki to you with my own two hands."

"Jace, this is why I love you so much! You think of everything."

Jace and I sat down and ate our breakfast-making small talk with the others. Then Magnus stood up and started to get ready for their trip to Paris.

"Okay, we are getting ready for our shopping list. Clary, I need the sketches of your dress. Alec, you and Simon will be in charge of the tuxedoes. You will pick three of the best you find and bring them into our room for Jace to choose one. Izzy and I will bring three dresses matching as close as possible to her sketches and bring them to Izzy's room. Now the wedding bands are going to be difficult to obtain because you will not go to the jewelers in fear that someone might see you."

" I already know how our wedding bands should look like. I want plain gold bands engraved with herons all around them from Jace's family crest. Is that okay with you, Jace?"

"That is exactly what I wanted since you do not wear my family ring."

"I think I can take care of that to your satisfaction. Leave it all up to me."

Magnus opened a portal and they left for the Paris shopping spree. Jace and I went to look at the ballroom and were surprised at how beautiful this room was with large glass doors leading out to a terrace and garden.

"Oh Jace, this is perfect to hold our wedding! We can have the wedding in the garden and if it rains, the ballroom is our back up. We can serve the dinner in the ballroom and set up a dance floor out in the garden."

"Whatever you want, my love, it is okay with me. It is your wedding and all I want is for you to be happy."

"It is our wedding, Jace. You have a say in it too."

"After all we went through when we first dated and then the time you lost your memories, I just want to marry you. Finally, reach my happily ever after if it does exist for me."

"It will this time around. I know it will because we are making our own fate. By next week, I will be Clary Herondale and we will be the Lord and Lady of the Manor. Om a few months, our little one will be born and we will be complete."

"Lord and Lady Herondale? I do not know if I come home cover in ichor would qualify me as a lord. I think that applies if I work behind a desk and wear a suit instead of my leather. I do not think I am ready to give up my leather jacket yet."

"Jace, do not take me seriously. I am joking you know. I was just thinking of the classics with the ladies and lords that lived in manors with servants.

I could picture Jace dressed up in a suit and me in a fancy dress being swept off my feet. That would be an interesting experience.