"I don't know," he admitted, telling himself that what he thought was memories had to be hallucinations. Could head injuries cause that kind of effect a few months after the initial accident?

Resting his cheek against the side of Jace's head, he automatically started rocking from one foot to the other the way he had when they were younger. The motion had always seemed to reassure Jace even when he was hurting so much that Alec didn't know how to help.

"More than brothers." And not quite brothers. Jace didn't feel like a brother. He loved him, that was something Alec was as absolutely certain of. They'd grown up together and some of the details were murky, but they weren't brothers. Not the way he was Izzy's brother. His feelings were too complex, too confusing, to be for a sibling. "You were my first..." First what? "Friend." And more than that. Parabatai, whatever that meant.