[ it doesn't have to be so difficult, either, but — well, clary's quickly come to learn bellamy blake is the very definition of difficult. even knowing who jonathan is, what jonathan is, doesn't seem likely to deter him much. ]
Jonathan is — he's sick. [ twisted out of shape by valentine's machinations, broken, cruel. ] I thought he could be saved once, but...
[ but jace had been right, even if clary isn't inclined to blame it on the demon blood in his veins.]
I was wrong. I know that now. [ dot had suffered for it. jace had suffered for it. she had suffered for that belief, that need to prove that jonathan was only acting on valentine's orders, but she swallows that guilt and pushes it to the side. ] He's stronger than you. Stronger than me. There's nothing you can do.
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[ it doesn't have to be so difficult, either, but — well, clary's quickly come to learn bellamy blake is the very definition of difficult. even knowing who jonathan is, what jonathan is, doesn't seem likely to deter him much. ]
Jonathan is — he's sick. [ twisted out of shape by valentine's machinations, broken, cruel. ] I thought he could be saved once, but...
[ but jace had been right, even if clary isn't inclined to blame it on the demon blood in his veins.]
I was wrong. I know that now. [ dot had suffered for it. jace had suffered for it. she had suffered for that belief, that need to prove that jonathan was only acting on valentine's orders, but she swallows that guilt and pushes it to the side. ] He's stronger than you. Stronger than me. There's nothing you can do.