"Magnus helped Raphael when he was first turned." Another detail that would take awhile to explain, especially if Clary didn't know that Magnus and Raphael were friends. Smiling briefly, he shrugged as he considered Clary back home. "Basically, we're like siblings. I'm training her since Jace gets all heart eyes around her.
"Thank you. He's hurting right now. Valentine's his dad in the ways that mattered and his father betrayed him. He's learning how to deal with it." If she'd be honest, then Alec would be as well. Better that she know than accidentally do something that might freak Jace out or cause him to start fighting when he was finally starting to relax. "Your brother really is Jonathan. He was what Valentine wanted in a son." Yet it'd been Jace that Valentine had wept for.
"Simon's in training to be like us." Alec gave her a look of approval since she hadn't mentioned vampire in public even if Downworlders on the islands didn't hide. "I tell people that we're hunters or soldiers. Anything else I'm careful about."
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"Thank you. He's hurting right now. Valentine's his dad in the ways that mattered and his father betrayed him. He's learning how to deal with it." If she'd be honest, then Alec would be as well. Better that she know than accidentally do something that might freak Jace out or cause him to start fighting when he was finally starting to relax. "Your brother really is Jonathan. He was what Valentine wanted in a son." Yet it'd been Jace that Valentine had wept for.
"Simon's in training to be like us." Alec gave her a look of approval since she hadn't mentioned vampire in public even if Downworlders on the islands didn't hide. "I tell people that we're hunters or soldiers. Anything else I'm careful about."