I've had quite a few requests to do an epilogue to this story. And I've had an idea in mind for a while, I just never got around to actually expanding on it and getting it typed out, so I finally did. So to everyone who asked for an epilogue, and especially to justreadingforfun, Jling, Anthara and oesteffel, here it is and I hope you enjoy!

Jace pursed his lips together and looked down at the iPad in front of him.

These meetings were necessary, although they droned on.

He wasn't a named partner of the firm, and he wasn't sure if he was ever going to be, and that was okay, because he had taken on a lot more responsibilities over the past few years, however he managed his time a whole lot better now. Plus, now that Kaelie was no longer his secretary—Sebastian had successfully poached her—and he had Dorothea Rollins who had absolutely no problem telling his clients when he was available and sticking to that, he was almost always out of the office by five o'clock each day. Earlier on Friday, given Dot also liked being out of the office early then, plus she had a soft spot for Clary, and believed that the girl should come home to her husband arriving before her at least once a week.

Jace adored Dot, even if half the time, he forgot he was the boss in the equation, because she stalked into his office and acted as though she owned the place. He kind of liked that she was so scary that she definitely whittled down the number of people who bothered him through the day, making sure no one—like Sebastian or Eric Hillchurch or Gregory Jensen—come in who just wanted to talk and waste some time.

"Jace?" Sebastian hissed out, kicking the bottom of Jace's chair surreptitiously and Jace's head jerked up as he realized that he had completely zoned out of what had been happening. He straightened up in his chair and tried to re-focus on what Hodge was saying. Almost all the lawyers in the firm were there, for the bi-monthly meeting, and most of them looked as bored as he did. Only the named partners, who were actually participating in the meeting, and the second year associates and paralegals were actually paying attention, because they were the ones who were eager to please, and taking all the notes that the rest of the lawyers would look at later on to catch up on what had happened.

Jace could feel his phone vibrating in his back pocket, but he didn't answer it, because they weren't actually meant to bring their phones into the meeting, he had just come here straight after lunch, so it was still in his pocket.

There was a presentation that was playing on the projector screen at the far end of the conference room, but they had all been emailed a copy, and Jace preferred to follow along on his iPad, rather than on the projector screen. None of the information was particularly new, other than brief descriptions of a few new clients that they were taking on and who they were going to be allocated to among a few of the family lawyers, which Jace was glad he wasn't a part of, because his case load was already full. There were two new first years here as well, who Hodge mentioned by name, but they weren't at the meeting because first years weren't invited, so Jace was going to forget their names, as bad as that sounded.

His phone was ringing again, and he was thinking about pulling it out just to see who was trying to get in contact with him when an email popped up in the bottom, right hand corner of his screen.

Check your phone, Dot had written in the subject line, not writing anything in the body of the email.

Jace frowned and leaned forward in his seat so he could pull his phone out, tapping the screen and his eyebrows rising in surprise when he saw that he had three missed calls from Clary, and two texts.

Jace!

Jace, they're coming!

Jace's eyes widened comically as he realized what his wife had obviously been trying to call him about. He looked back at his screen, wondering if Dot had sent him any other update by email, but there was nothing there. He licked his lips quickly, already beginning to shuffle his things together and getting ready to stand up, but then there was a sharp rap on the door and Dot came into the conference room.

He would have smiled in amusement at how unbothered Dot looked as the faced the room of lawyers, a lot of the older ones glaring at her for coming in unannounced, but that would have only been if he didn't feel the urgency that was swirling around in the pit of his stomach.

"I have an urgent phone call for Mr Herondale," she announced the group of men and women, Jace already getting up, not caring that his papers weren't in order as he shoved them into the iPad folder. Jace glanced toward the front of the room, where Hodge was standing. He gave Jace a nod and a small, understanding smile, and Jace gave him a quick, appreciative smile back, because he knew that these meetings were mandatory, even if they weren't particularly informative. Jace quickly left the room, and followed after Dot, who was stalking off in front of him on the six inch heels she wore with the slim fitting pant suit. Even in those heels, she was walking a lot faster than him and she managed to duck into his office and grab his suit jacket, suitcase and keys which she must have had ready on her desk and then present them to him. "You need to go," she told him, handing the keys and suitcase off to him smoothly and taking the iPad cover that held not only his iPad but his papers inside.

"I know," Jace said as they continued walking quickly toward the elevator. He punched the down button and then switched his suitcase and keys to the other hand as Dot began to get him into his jacket, starting on his left arm.

"Switch," she told him brusquely and Jace quickly moved the suitcase and keys to his other hand as she put the jacket on properly and then gave the shoulders a quick swipe just as the elevator doors slid open. As he stepped inside and turned back to her, she flashed him one of her rare smiles which lit up her eyes. "Tell Clary I said congratulations." Jace managed a smile back just before the doors slid shut.

His heart was thudding in his chest as the elevator whizzed down to the parking floor and he pressed his finger against Clary's name so that he could call her back as soon as the elevator doors opened and he had decent reception again. Once they parted with a cheerful ding and Jace was already walking through them, heading toward his car at a fast pace, and he tapped on the little phone symbol and lifted his phone to his ear.

The phone rang and rang and rang and then—

"You've reached Clary's phone, let me know what you're after and I'll call ya back!" Her voice was all cheerful and bouncy and that so wasn't what she would be like in this exact moment, and Jace let out a growl as he sent her a quick text before throwing his things onto the passenger seat and then setting in, not even bothering to put on his seat belt as he turned his car on and threw it into reverse.

He tried calling Clary twice more before he threw his phone into the passenger seat so hard that it bounced and ended up on the floor so he couldn't actually try her again. He may have broken a couple of the road laws as he crossed town, heading toward the suburbs, where their house was.

Jace reached the house and let out a grunt of annoyance as he saw Magnus' car in the drive way and he had to park further down the driveway. He shouldn't have been surprised though, because Magnus had been here almost everyday over the past few weeks, doting on the mother-to-be. Jace was slamming the door shut just as another car pulled up.

"Jace!" Catarina Loss called out as she got out of her car and pulled a big bag with her. She had obviously just come from work because she was still in a scrub-like outfit with just an old hoodie over top that had multiple stains and a couple of rips in it. She had made a few visits to the house recently, more in the past few weeks, and she was always similarly dressed. "Looks like it's time, huh?" Jace waited impatiently for her to catch up so that they could both walk up to the house together.

"Seems so," Jace muttered as he pushed open the front door.

"Laundry room," Catarina said abruptly, leading the way to where Jace heard a bunch of chatter as they got closer. The first thing he saw was Magnus, with a pile of towels, half sprawled out on the floor, reaching behind the washing machine. The second thing he saw was Clary, kneeling next to Magnus, making little cooing noises. "Okay, Mags, step aside," Catarina said and Magnus almost fell over trying to get out of the way. When he realized that Jace was there and he reached out expectantly, and Jace helped him to his feet.

"Congrats, cupcake!" Magnus grinned at him and nudged him with his elbow. "You're about to be a grandpa!" Clary noticed him as well and spared him a quick smile before looking back down at the large cat basket tucked between the wall and the washing machine.

"I'm not even a dad, I can't be granddad!" Jace protested.

"Not yet," Magnus wiggled his eyebrows and looked back down at what was happening.

"There's already two!" Clary whispered excitedly over her shoulder before looking back at the basket.

It took another hour, but at the end of it, Bellatrix had four kittens in total. They were all tiny little balls of closed eye mewling fluff and Clary and Magnus were obviously completely in love. Catarina was a vet nurse and she made sure they were all clean and feeding and had printed instructions to make checks on the mumma and her babies. Clary was still sitting on the floor, though she was no longer crouched awkwardly on her knees, she had shifted herself around—much to Jace and Magnus' relief—so she was on her ass with her legs splayed out in front of her, parted to make room for the basket.

And also for her belly, which wasn't at all obvious from behind, given her figure was still very slim, but was extremely obvious once she turned to her side.

"Don't name them," Jace warned. "You're just going to get attached, and it's going to be harder to give them away."

"But this one looks like a Narcissa, right?" Clary cried out, pointing to a little kitten that was black on top and then a greyish white colour underneath. "And this one could be Luna—" this time to a little, almost completely grey cat. "And Fleur—" this time to a kitten who was attempting to clean herself already, even though their eyes weren't open and her head was sort of just bobbling around. "And this one is Cedric," she nodded at the only male kitten. Magnus snorted as Catarina gathered her things and stood up.

"I think we're going to leave you to it," Catarina said with a knowing smile.

"Good luck giving them away now," Magnus sung out knowingly, patting Jace on the shoulder before leaning down to press a kiss to Clary's head, and then the two of them were heading out. Jace looked after them before tipping his head to the side and looking down at where Clary was cooing over the kittens.

They were probably stuck with all the kittens, Jace admitted to himself.

No.

They were definitely stuck with all the kittens.

Jace couldn't find it in himself to be angry, a smile crossed his face as Clary turned herself around to face him.

"Hey," he said to her quietly.

"Hey," Clary replied with a small smile. Her face was a bit redder than usual, but she had been overheating a lot in the past few weeks, one of the many issues of being pregnant.

"How about we leave Trix alone, let her do her thing with her babies, and we go into the lounge and I'll rub your feet?" Jace suggested. Another one of the things that had been happening recently, had been that her feet and ankles had been swelling up. They were also tender, and so she liked it when Jace rubbed them, but not too hard.

However, she was happier with these side effects than the constant nausea she had in the first trimester.

"I want to have a shower first," Clary told him as he helped her stand to her feet. "I feel like I still have some gunk on my arms." She made a face as she looked down at her hands.

"I'll come with you," Jace smirked and Clary grinned at him, wiggling her nose before lifting herself up on her toes and giving him a firm kiss on the mouth. She lead the way down to their bathroom, the pair of them stripping out of their clothes quickly before getting into the shower, Clary giggling as Jace pinched her bare ass. "How's my little Tommy doing today?" Jace rubbed a hand over Clary's belly, his fingers gentle.

"Hey, hey, it might be a Serena, we don't know yet," Clary chided gently. Jace just smiled, because even though he made out as though he wanted a boy, all he wanted was a happy, healthy baby with Clary's eyes. "But right now, I want you to look after something else for me," her smile turned devilish as her hand skimmed over his chest and lower, toward the middle of his legs.

"Oh yeah?" Jace smirked as his fingers traced their way back up from her stomach and toward her breasts, which had nearly doubled in size.

Despite all the bad side effects that Clary was having while pregnant, this was definitely a major upside.

"Yeah," Clary grinned before pulling him down, sealing their mouths together.

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