chapter 60

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michael "he didn't."
michael "well, not directly."
michael "but he gave me a way to learn all about his plans."
jace "how do you mean?"
michael "he injected me with downworlder blood."

michael "the pain was excruciating."
michael "sometimes i was sick for days."
michael "but it's not often you got a shadowhunter to experiment on."

michael "so i guess that's why he always stopped short of killing me."
michael "but, little by little..."
michael "i developed enhanced hearing and vision."
he was telling us what valentine was talking about.

clary "who's renwick?"
luke "it's not a who."
luke "it's a where."

luke "it's a deserted smallpox hospital on one of the islands of the east river."
clary "under our noses is right."
me "it more then we know."
they all ignored me.

clary "and we can't track over water."
michael "he left me to die in that cage."
luke "valentine never wasted time on compassion."
jace "he won't get any from me when the time comes."

jace stands up.
michael "before it does,you need a strategy."
michael "waiting a day could mean the difference between failure and success."
jace "okay."
jace "clary, leo and i will scout renwick's tonight."
clary "jace, don't."

clary "your runes are still weak."
clary "luke, leo and i will go."
me "thanks for not giving me a choice."
clary "just take this extra time to rest and--"
jace "i'll be fine, clary."

clary "jace, please."
jace "don't let her get you into trouble."

time skip

me, luke and clary where outside this building.
clary "what jace's father said about you turning into a werewolf?"
clary "you told me that's what valentine said when it happened."

luke "it was common sentiment then."
clary "something's not adding up, luke."
clary "how did you know michael was dead?"
luke "rumors."

luke "when the lightwoods took jace into the new york institute, we thought michael got hit."
luke "there were a lot of circle members who were trying to avenge valentine back then."

clary "was that 19 years ago?"
luke "it was 20."
luke "why?"
clary "twenty."

clary "luke, look."
we went back to luke resturant.

clary "we couldn't even count the demons."
luke "yeah, but we still gotta get jocelyn out of there."
jace "that would be a suicide mission."
clary "doesn't have to be."
clary "i have the cup."
clary "demons have to obey me."
michael "that's what valentine wants."

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