Jace knew he needed help.  He was falling further into the emotionless blackness that had started when he had watched his sister, wife and niece die.  He was hurting and he wasn't even sure if if his sister could help but she was the only one close enough to him that wasn't hurting as much as he was at this stage.  It was this that had him heading to the Artemis cabin and this that had him near ready to bash some sense into the hunters that blocked his path when he got there.  It was only his mothers memory and the fact that these girls where only trying to protect there own that made him hold back.  "Look, I understand that you girls don't like guys, but seriously you have seen me before and when have I ever tried to hurt one of you?", he stated, surprised when they actually moved.  He walked up to his sisters door and knocked softly on it.  He was sure if she would even want to talk to him.  He hadn't always been the best brother after all.  His hand brushed over the stubble he hadn't been bothered to shave away as he wait to see if she would open the door.

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Anastasia heard a knock on her door walking over she opened it blinking in shock when she saw it was Jace. She threw her arms around him hugging him tightly before pulling him into the room. "Ohh Jace I'm so sorry. I just heard I was coming over to talk to you but I've been away and only just heard. How are you holding up?" She asked, leading him towards the bed and pushing on his shoulder gently to get him to sit. She took a seat beside him holding his hand waiting for him to say something or blow up whatever he did she would he there for him like he had been when she had to vent after the stuff with Lily she knew that they couldn't really be compared but she saw it as kind of the same thing apart from the fact that his was like 50 times worse.

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Jace Jorden

Jace hugged her tightly, half not wanting to let her go in case she was next. He wasn't sure he could forgive himself if something now happened to her. When she pulled away, he made himself let go and took a seat when she pushed on his shoulder. He felt her hand in his and instinctively took hold of it. It was a reminder that his sister was still alive. He had failed her in many ways before but was at least still her with him.

He sighed and placed his head in his free hand for a moment before looking at her. "I am doing better then Thys at least. We are both being kept busy by Cassila's triplets", he replied. He felt tears in his eyes, even though he had been sure he could not have cried anymore. He felt broken. He had lost so much and it was starting to make him wonder if he was cursed. He wouldn't put it past some of the gods after all, but surely they would not take from him anymore. He wanted to scream at the unfairness of it all but even that seemed like to much effort. Even constant training could not take his mind away from it all as he had hoped so many times it would.

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Anastasia Gwen

"Ohh Jace." She whispered pulling him forward into another hug holding him tightly hoping that it would get him to open up and let out the pain that he was holding inside so it didn't fester and destroy him. "I'm so sorry brother, so sorry, it's not fair that you had to go through this all over again." She tells him in a soft voice, she ran her hand up and down his back waiting for him to break down she knew it was only a matter of time and she was going to be there for him when he did. "It's okay to let it out, it's okay to mourn them, you have to mourn them or it's just going to eat you up inside. Come on let it out I'm here and I'm not leaving, not ever okay? I'm never going to leave and I'm sure as hell try my hardest not to die you know me, 9 lives like a cat."

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