19. [➳whatever it takes]

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[Brielle]

"Dad?" Jace asked in disbelief.

"Son, I can't believe it. Son, you're hurt. How did you find me?" The man asked as he stood up and hugged Jace.

"You're dead. Valentine killed you. Valentine's... Valentine's here." Jace mumbled. The man shook his head slightly.

"No, Jace. It's me." The man said while he grabbed Jace's arms in a gesture of reassurance, then he turned to look at us. "I'm Michael Wayland, Jace's father. Look, I know what Jace told you two, but I've been here for ten years. Valentine took off and left me." He explained and I furrowed my eyebrows. As much as I wanted to believe him, something was not quite right.

"What about Jocelyn Fairchild?" I asked him as I crossed my arms.

"He took her with him. You two are?" He asked as he flickered his gaze between me and Clary.

"I'm Clary and this is my sister Brielle, we're her daughters. Meliorn the seelie told us that he was here with her." Clary said with disappointment. In that moment, Jace fell to the floor but Michael managed to held him up.

"It's Ravener venom. He kept telling us he was alright." Clary said nervously as she panted. I walked over to help Michael held Jace up.

"We have to find your father, not mine. Valentine's-" Jace began saying but stopped as he started to grunt.

"His stele... where is it?" Michael asked us. He started to search in the pockets of Jace's jacket, and while he was doing it he found the card of the cup. I immediately snatched it away from his hand making him look at me confused.

"Back pocket." I simply stated as I handed Clary the card for her to keep it in her bag. He then found Jace's stele and pulled up his shirt to run it over the iratze. Nothing happened and Jace kept groaning in pain.

"What's wrong?!" Clary asked with worry.

"The rune is weak." Michael explained.

"The venom must be spreading. We have to get him help. We closed the portal..." Clary said breathing heavily. She looked like she was gonna have a breakdown in any minute.

"Valentine's got a standing portal, let's go." Michael said and we both carried Jace as we started walking.

"Jace, stay with me. Hey. Do you remember our first demon fight? We were way past the institute, in our way to Kinshasa. You were only eight, but you were so brave." He said to jace as he put one of his hand in Jace's heart. "Do you remember what you said?

"I'm ready to die." Jace said barely in a whisper as he breathed heavily.

"And then I said, sometimes it's brave to live, as it is to die. Do you remember?" He asked him slowly.

"I do. It's true, it's you." Jace whispered and he and his father rested their foreheads together as they smiled.

"Let's go."

We walked into the portal and ended up outside the Jade wolf restaurant and we went straight through the door.

"We need help!" Clary yelled as we entered the restaurant. Simon and Luke were seated on a table but immediately stood up.

"What happened?" Simon asked.

"We thought we found the psychopath, but he was already gone." I informed as we sat Jace on a chair.

"Michael Wayland?" Luke asked in disbelief.

"Valentine took our mother with him, but we found Jace's father." Clary replied.

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