Chapter 13
"Violet, I should tell you something," Finn said, lying in the grass next to her in the park one day. "I think you should know."
"What is it?" she asked, afraid of what she was about to hear.
"Back when we were at Renwick's, I had split away from Audrey and Asher and I came across this room. It was filled with these weapons. But they had been altered. Not our usual adamas-made ones. The runes were…different. They belong to Valentine. It's his room. But the intriguing part was what I found in his desk drawer. Inside was…a box."
"A box?" Violet asked.
"Um, yeah. It was filled with these…notes. On Seb-Jonathan. Valentine is responsible for his ability to control the demons. I think Valentine is planning something. Something really bad. I don't exactly know what it is, but it has to do with the Mortal Instruments. He's starting with the Cup."
"What will he be able to do with them?"
"I'm not sure. Summon the Angel, maybe? But that's the thing. No one has been able to collect the three objects since Jonathan Shadowhunter. They're not together, so they're difficult to find. But he sounds pretty determined, so whatever he wants with them, it might not be good."
"How long have you known about Jonathan?" Violet asked suddenly.
"What?" Finn asked, startled by the question.
"How long have you known that he…wasn't Team Good."
Finn looked up at the sky, thoughtfully. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a metal device, covered entirely with delicate runes, showing it to Violet.
"My Sensor," Finn said, "has been acting all out of whack ever since he showed
up. I felt it in my pocket when he came up to us that day in the park. I thought that maybe there was a demon nearby, so I went away to check it out. I never imagined that he would have anything to do with it. That demon attack in front of your apartment…it didn't do anything. I had no idea there were any demons nearby. I couldn't figure it out. I was on my way to your apartment when I saw them and came to help. Then they just left. But there was still a dull pulsing in the metal. That was when I became suspicious. I had thought about all the possibilities, but I knew we couldn't trust him after that. I knew he had something to do with all of the weird stuff going on."
"Finn…" Violet didn't know what to say. She didn't have to say anything. Finn reached into his pocket again and slipped a folded sheet of paper into her hands.
"I took this from the box. You should read it when you're alone.
Violet nodded her head and Finn wrapped his arm around her as the two of them stared into the sky.