I literally almost cried in the last panel to what Jace said to the Duke. He said "I'm not promiscuous, I won't make the same mistake with the Duke." He said it while his body is Shivering from fear. That kind of trauma is not something you can cure easily. It takes time and help from others and there were times where the trauma just relapse and brings anxiety and panic attacks to the victim.
I KNOW! WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO START THAT TOPIC TO SPREAD AWARENESS.
Yeah it's sickening how can they even romanticize it. For me it can never even be considered as Stockholm Syndrome like what others says.
Y'all, I really hope we get deeper on the topics of rape. It'll never be the victim's fault. Jace got RAPED not because he said yes, but because of a RAPIST. Jace wasn't RAPED because he had seductive clothes on bit because of a RAPIST. Regardless of the context, RAPE is RAPE and it can later on affect the victim mentally with PTSDs. I hope we can get a good umm what do you call this? Ummm just a learning lesson for all readers.