"Jace, we'd be related even if you were a Wayland or Morgenstern. We are family even if blood didn't connect us. You are my brother." Giving him a reassuring smile Alec placed Jace's hand over the rune on his arm. "We're more than brothers, remember? That will never change. Not even death can separate parabatai."

Letting out a snort that would have had Maryse giving him a warning look, he tried - and failed - to look stern. "And you wonder why Church always claws you when you try to rub his stomach."