Don't freak--he didn't hurt me. It wasn't--that bad.

[ But he had lashed out, which left both of them alarmed. If there was one thing she knew about Jace, her Jace, it was that he'd never hurt her.

She couldn't try to find out where his head was at now--it was too late. Jace wouldn't want to talk to her now--and if he did, he certainly wouldn't want to talk about what was going on for him. She wasn't even sure what he'd say. ]

Simon--something happened to him back at Lake Lyn. I--I mean...

[ She took a deep breath and reached up, pressing Simon's hand against her cheek. ]

I mean, he died. Valentine killed him.