Jace didn't feel the need to respond either way and he was surprisingly tempted to simply close his eyes and sink below the surface until it all went away. He was a fighter, not someone who gave up so easily. So why couldn't he just swim back to shore and save Alec the trouble of getting his hair wet?

Dunking his head, he stayed submerged for only a moment before starting in the direction of the voices. There were some places he didn't want his parabatai to follow and this dark place he found himself was one of them.