So you are dying for love, then," Will said finally, his voice sounding constricted to his own ears. 'Dying a little faster for love. And there are worse things to die for.
Cassandra ClareThis time Magnus answered it, his voice booming through the tiny entryway. "WHO DARES DISTURB MY REST?" Jace looked almost nervous. "Jace Wayland. Remember? I'm from the Clave." "Oh, yes." Magnus seemed to have perked up. "Are you the one with the blue eyes?" "He means Alec," Clary said helpfully. "No. My eyes are usually described as golden," Jace told the intercom. "And luminous." "Oh, you're that one." Magnus sounded disappointed. If Clary hadn't been so upset, she would have laughed. "I suppose you'd better come up.
Cassandra ClareLet me say to you what I said once, in an entirely different context to Catherine the Great," Magnus declared. "My dear lady, you cannot afford me,and also, please leave that horse alone. Good night.
Cassandra ClareYou swore to stay with me,โ he said. โWhen we made our oath, as parabatai. Our souls are knit. We are one person, James.โ โWe are two people,โ said Jem. โTwo people with a covenant between us.โ Will knew he sounded like a child, but he could not help it. โA covenant that says you must not go where I cannot come with you.โ โUntil death,โ Jem replied gently. โThose are the words of the oath. โUntil aught but death part thee and me.โ Someday, Will, I will go where none can follow me, and I think it will be sooner rather than later.
Cassandra ClareOh, good. You're starting to talk about yourself in the third person. That's not a sign of impending megalomania or anything.
Cassandra ClareYes, he would have done that for Tessa - died to keep the ones she needed beside her - and so would Jem have done that for him or for Tessa, and so would Tessa, he thought, do that for both of them. It was a near incomprehensible tangle, the three of them, but there was one certainty, and that was that there was no lack of love between them.
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