[ Simon didn't want to freak Clary out-- but it was hard to keep his cool because, he couldn't be with her always and because her and Jace shared a living space. He wasn't scared for her life per se but he knew that whatever was going on was enough for Clary to become protective of him. ]

Who's going to protect you? I really don't want you to get hurt Clary-- there must be something we can do.

[ right? maybe they could research it together, anything that didn't involve the Clave getting in the middle of things. Clary had had enough of a hard time with them already.

he leaned forward and kissed the top of her head.]

I want to help you.