"No," Luke says, shaking his head, letting out a soft huff of laughter. "On the contrary, it's fascinating and... well, it sounds very familiar. The man I mentioned, my parabatai, he was... he was a very smart man. Brilliant. Too smart for his own good, in the end, I think. When we were quite young still, only nineteen, he decided he took issue with how the Clave ran the Shadowhunters and the alliance we had with the Downworlders. He started a small group he called his Circle and I'm ashamed to say that for a little while I fell prey to his doctrines as much as any of the others."
But Luke had been the first to break free. He may not have been punished by the Clave for his treason, but he'd been punished all the same.
"You see, Valentine wanted to completely rid the world of Downworlders because of their mix of demon blood," Luke says softly. "He couldn't stand the idea they be allowed to live simply because they had demon blood in them making them who they were. The Clave didn't share this point of view, of course, Downworlders were often allies, but Valentine wanted the world to be clean of any demon blood. When I realized the extent of what he wanted to do and confronted him about it, he set me up. I was bitten by a werewolf and when I turned at the next full moon, he told me to have honour and kill myself."
Luke smiles darkly. "Clearly I am a man without honour."
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Date: 2014-11-18 02:47 am (UTC)But Luke had been the first to break free. He may not have been punished by the Clave for his treason, but he'd been punished all the same.
"You see, Valentine wanted to completely rid the world of Downworlders because of their mix of demon blood," Luke says softly. "He couldn't stand the idea they be allowed to live simply because they had demon blood in them making them who they were. The Clave didn't share this point of view, of course, Downworlders were often allies, but Valentine wanted the world to be clean of any demon blood. When I realized the extent of what he wanted to do and confronted him about it, he set me up. I was bitten by a werewolf and when I turned at the next full moon, he told me to have honour and kill myself."
Luke smiles darkly. "Clearly I am a man without honour."