4 weeks later...

"David... David, wake up" Moni whispered, shaking his arm to wake him. She glanced at the clock to see it was 4.30 in the morning. She felt awful waking him, they had only been asleep for 3 hours, but something was finally happening. "David, wake up! I think it's time" she whispered as loudly as possible without waking anyone else up. "I think I had one of those twinges Clary was talking about," she said when his eyes slowly blinked open.

"Really? Are you sure it wasn't just gas?" David asked when her words worked their way through his muddy brain. He looked at the clock, holding...