Holding Jace, he ignored how much it hurt to see his parabatai struggle through the grief and shock. This was something Alec had helped him through when they were boys, but Jace hadn't went through this after Valentine had killed him.

At least Alec hadn't seen it. Maybe Luke and Simon had seen this part of Jace's healing while everyone else had been pushed aside.

"He gave the Angel what he loved most." It had been the only way Alec kept from hating Valentine for what he'd done. He'd given the Angel his favorite son. "We're in a place called the Library. It's a world between worlds. Like something in those novels we used to read before..." Before everything changed between them but Alec didn't want to talk about that.

"Before we had to grow up. We're supposed to help protect it and the books. They asked us to come here and we said yes."