Tessa is gone, and every moment she is gone is a knife ripping me apart from the inside.

his parabatai rune was bleeding

A patient, methodical sort of madman. The worst kind.

Trains are great dirty smoky things," said Will. "You won't like it." Tessa was unmoved. "I won't know if I like it until I try it, will I?" "I've never swum naked in the Thames before, but I know I wouldn't like it." "But think how entertaining for sightseers," said Tessa, and she saw Jem duck his head to hide the quick flash of his grin.

Tessa touched his wrist lightly with her hand. "Be brave," she said. "It's not a duck, is it?

I don't care what you do. As long as you know you belong to me.

Regret is such a pointless emotion, don't you agree?