"Oh, I do. I'm convinced, despite what he said, that he would have sacrificed Clary for the right amount of power and I know for a fact he would have killed Spencer if he'd been given a chance, so I know I did the right thing." But it isn't easy, for exactly the reason Magnus has said. Valentine was his parabatai and for a long time they'd been bound together in a way he knows he can't explain to anyone.

"Is he dead?" he asks, looking at Magnus suddenly. "I know there are things you're not telling me and for the most part I've accept that there are likely good reasons you're not, but can you tell me that? Is Valentine dead?"