Not quite understanding what was happening to either of them, he wrapped his arms around Jace. They were safe. Jace may have left him behind before but he was here now. He was alive.

Was that what the strange flashback meant? Jace had died? But if that was true, how could Alec be hugging him. Alec had to be remembering it wrong. Maybe it was some remnant of the accidents, Jace's fears somehow tangling up with his own. He seemed more sensitive to Jace's moods than anyone else's, even Magnus. "Nothing but death can part us," he whispered, closing his eyes as he struggled to figure out why the words he'd said were wrong. "We're parabatai."