Tessa touched his wrist lightly with her hand. "Be brave," she said. "It's not a duck, is it?
Cassandra ClareFor as is often the happenstance with that which is precious and lost, when you find him again, he may well not be quite as you left him.
Cassandra ClareWhen one steals a flying balloon and animates it to fly over Paris, one should, ideally, have some idea how said balloon normally works.
Cassandra ClareWillโs voice dropped. โEveryone makes mistakes, Jem.โ โYes,โ said Jem. โYou just make more of them than most people.โ โI โโ โYou hurt everyone,โ said Jem. โEveryone whose life you touch.โ โNot you,โ Will whispered. โI hurt everyone but you. I never meant to hurt you.โ Jem put his hands up, pressing his palms against his eyes. โWill โโ โYou canโt never forgive me,โ Will said in disbelief, hearing the panic tinging his own voice. โIโd be โโ โAlone?โ Jem lowered his hand, but he was smiling now, crookedly. โAnd whose fault is that?
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