Whatever the Clave was discussing, the Council meeting was dragging on brutally late. “But he knows New York. He doesn’t know Alicante—

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“It is easier to confront a threat as a mass, a group, not individuals who must …”

“And when Jace was ten years old, Valentine killed him. Michael,I mean.""That so…”

“Tessa knows Will,” protested Charlotte. “She trusts Will.”“Iwouldn’t go that fa…”