Alec just rolls his eyes. If they don't have to work together after this, he'll be very happy. It's far too close to working with Jace when Jace is in a Mood, except that Jace is actually trustworthy. Tommy's to much of a loose cannon.

And thinking about Jace makes Alec homesick in a way no one here will ever understand.

"Not just runes." Alec looks over his shoulder at Tommy, who's at least staying in one place. "Some of these are, and some are just rubbish squiggles." Which is really weird, in Alec's eyes. Why waste the time carving something meaningless into stone? It's not exactly the easiest material to shape.

"The night hides well her children," he quotes another section of Latin and frowns. "Tommy, you're not a vampire, are you?"