Rolling his eyes at the grin, he couldn't hide the affection in his expression even if his parabatai's ego could be annoying. "You tackled me because you liked tackling me. Just like you enjoyed pushing me out of the rafters." But Jace was right. The distraction had worked whenever Maryse or Robert had entered the music room. Hodge may have guessed the truth, but he'd never mentioned it or done anything to separate them.

He began to speak, but Jace began another song so instead he sat beside his parabatai, listening to the song he'd chosen.