Do not think I do not know that Cecily wants you to return home with her. And do not think I do not know that you remain for Jem's sake." "And yours," he said before he could stop himself.
Cassandra ClareHer eyes met his, but she looked quickly away; entangling gazes with Will was confusing at best, dizzying at worst.
Cassandra ClareTessa had lain down beside him and slid her arm beneath his head, and put her head on his chest,listening to the ever-weakening beat of his heart. And in the shadows they'd whispered, reminding each other of the stories only they knew. Of the girl who had hit over the head with a water jug the boy who had come to rescue her, and how he had fallen in love with her in that instant. Of a ballroom and a balcony and the moon sailing like a ship untethered through the sky. Of the flutter of the wings of the clockwork Angel. Of holy water and blood.
Cassandra ClareTheyโre not hideous,โ said Tessa. Will blinked at her. โWhat?โ โGideon and Gabriel,โ said Tessa. โTheyโre really quite good-looking, not hideous at all.โ โI spoke,โ said Will, in sepulchral tones, โof the pitch-black inner depths of their souls.โ Tessa snorted. โAnd what color do you suppose the inner depths of your soul are, Will Herondale?โ โMauve,โ said Will.
Cassandra ClareI curse you," it said. "All who love you will die. Their love will be their destruction. It may take moments, it may take years, but any who look upon you with love will die of it, unless you remove yourself from them forever. And I shall begin it with her." It snarled in Ellaโs direction, and vanished.
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