"It might have made you respect me but there were other ways I could have earned your respect." It hadn't been Adam's fault that he'd hit the one subject that would automatically make him aggressive. "I've been the one who had to protect them since we were kids. I've been protecting Izzy and Max - my little brother - since they were born." Even when he was barely able to walk, he had been ready to stand guard over Izzy and make sure that nothing hurt her. "When I was ten, I promised that I wouldn't let anyone hurt Jace again." Again. Damn. If Jace found out he said that, he'd be in trouble.
Trying to find a dead Welsh king should probably seem weird but considering the things he'd seen and done as a Shadowhunter, it didn't seem that strange. "It's always more complicated than you think." Like tracking spells to find lost parabatai and saving the world by locating a magical cup. "And more dangerous." The sacrifice to wake the line made him think of the one beneath the Institute. Would it take something similar... He began to ask why Adam's friends would think they'd have to murder someone when he realized that Adam meant someone else. The teacher who betrayed them like Hodge would have if they hadn't caught him.
Alec tried to think of the right words to say that he was sorry that Adam's friend died, that he'd been betrayed by someone he should have been able to trust. Instead he focused on how Adam's hands couldn't stay still as he described what had happened.
He remembered how frantic Jace had sometimes been when he'd told Alec about 'Michael' and how he'd wanted Alec's presence but sometimes didn't know how to deal with having someone near. Slowly he moved his hand so that it was beside Adam's, an offer of support if he wanted it. "I would do the same." For his family and his parabatai. "Sacrificing something that isn't important to you is easy. It's being willing to be the one to have everything taken away that's hard."
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Trying to find a dead Welsh king should probably seem weird but considering the things he'd seen and done as a Shadowhunter, it didn't seem that strange. "It's always more complicated than you think." Like tracking spells to find lost parabatai and saving the world by locating a magical cup. "And more dangerous." The sacrifice to wake the line made him think of the one beneath the Institute. Would it take something similar... He began to ask why Adam's friends would think they'd have to murder someone when he realized that Adam meant someone else. The teacher who betrayed them like Hodge would have if they hadn't caught him.
Alec tried to think of the right words to say that he was sorry that Adam's friend died, that he'd been betrayed by someone he should have been able to trust. Instead he focused on how Adam's hands couldn't stay still as he described what had happened.
He remembered how frantic Jace had sometimes been when he'd told Alec about 'Michael' and how he'd wanted Alec's presence but sometimes didn't know how to deal with having someone near. Slowly he moved his hand so that it was beside Adam's, an offer of support if he wanted it. "I would do the same." For his family and his parabatai. "Sacrificing something that isn't important to you is easy. It's being willing to be the one to have everything taken away that's hard."