All this time Luke has been thinking Jace was Valentine's son and he can't even begin to comprehend the complicated nature of what he's being told now. It doesn't matter in the moment, it doesn't matter how confused he might be or what else he wants to know, because Isabelle is more important than any of that.
And it doesn't surprise him either to say Valentine's son is worse than Valentine himself. Jace had the influence of the Lightwoods and while Luke has never thought highly of Robert or Maryse, while he's considered them both cold and unpleasantly cruel toward their own children, Jace had Isabelle and Alec and Max. If he'd only ever had Valentine, he would have been very different. Like this Sebastian, he suspects.
"It doesn't surprise me that Valentine would raise his son to be just like him," he says softly. What a waste. What a horrible thing to have done to a child. "You can be certain they'll pay for what they've done. If not here..." He leaves the threat unspoken. Maybe they can't do anything about it here, but he knows someone will beat them, take them down, destroy them. No one can be so evil and get away with it forever.
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All this time Luke has been thinking Jace was Valentine's son and he can't even begin to comprehend the complicated nature of what he's being told now. It doesn't matter in the moment, it doesn't matter how confused he might be or what else he wants to know, because Isabelle is more important than any of that.
And it doesn't surprise him either to say Valentine's son is worse than Valentine himself. Jace had the influence of the Lightwoods and while Luke has never thought highly of Robert or Maryse, while he's considered them both cold and unpleasantly cruel toward their own children, Jace had Isabelle and Alec and Max. If he'd only ever had Valentine, he would have been very different. Like this Sebastian, he suspects.
"It doesn't surprise me that Valentine would raise his son to be just like him," he says softly. What a waste. What a horrible thing to have done to a child. "You can be certain they'll pay for what they've done. If not here..." He leaves the threat unspoken. Maybe they can't do anything about it here, but he knows someone will beat them, take them down, destroy them. No one can be so evil and get away with it forever.