When the queen arrives, she orders Jacin to kill Cinder. He reaches the stairs and freezes when he sees Cinder sprawled on her side on one of the steps. Through bioelectricity manipulation the queen then makes Cinder snatch Jacin's gun from his holster and lift it to her head.Īfter Cinder tries to kill the queen and escape the palace, Jacin is the first person to run after her. Jacin only pulls away when the queen flexes her fingers, causing Cinder to almost topple forward. Every time Cinder collapses and slumps against him, he jerks her back upright. When the queen shatters the glass in her hand, sending crystal cascading to the floor, everyone jumps and screams, but Jacin stays calm and appears immune to the outburst of the queen.

Jacin clamps a hand over her mouth, pulling her hard against his chest.

When Cinder tries to convince Kai not to bargain for her life, the queen orders Cinder to be silenced. Through his chest against her head, he then uses bioelectricity humming inside him to control her, resulting in steady and growing warmth building in Cinder's spine that can cause a meltdown. When Kai tries to stop this by grabbing Cinder's elbow and tugging her to him, Jacin does not loosen his grip and he pulls Cinder again, plastering her against him. Upon the queen's orders to take Linh Cinder captive to return her to Luna, he grasps Cinder's wrists and pins them behind her. In Cinder, Jacin appears briefly as one of Queen Levana's guards. Jacin first appears in Chapter 12, p.108 of the book Cinder. Jacin grew up with Winter and they became best friends later on.

Garrison Clay, Jacin's dad was very good friends with Evret Hayle, Winter's father. He worked for Sybil Mira and Princess Winter. Jacin was formerly one of the palace guards of the Luna royal family.

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