Love always costs more than you can afford to pay," he said. "And it's always worth the price.
Sarah Rees BrennanHow do you deal with it?" Kami asked Jared. "The laughing at nothing and occasionally stopping dead in your tracks."
"I have a system where when I stop, I lean casually against something," Jared told her. "It makes people think I'm a bad boy. Or possibly that I have a bad back.
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She hesitated, then reached out to Jared in her mind, and uncertainty washed away in the wave of reassurance she got back.
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Nick scowled out the window. "I have friends in Exeter already. I have-those people, you know, they hang around outside the bike sheds, they're always hassling Jamie."
"Those are some awesome dudes," Jamie muttered. "Don't let them get away.
Jared kept walking down the hall past rows of dead aristocrats. He was looking for someone. Then he saw her name, ELINOR LYNBURN, in faded gold on black wood. She looked even weirder than the dude in the white wig. She was wearing a cone-shaped headdress with a veil, and she seemed to be bald, which was hard luck on Elinor.
Sarah Rees BrennanWearing that? Wouldn't you fancy a shapeless cardigan instead? You rock a shapeless cardigan, honey.
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Nick subjected him to a long, judgmental stare. "There's something very wrong with you," he said at last. "I thought you should know.
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Maybe he likes the look of Mae," Nick drawled.
"Don't be ridiculous."
Nick raised his eyebrows. "Does he like the look of Jamie?
Jared told her he used to be an exotic dancer in San Francisco.'
'My body is a gift from God,' Jared said gravely. 'Except for my hips, which are clearly a gift from the devil.
Also," Nick added curtly, "I'm sorry about your face."
Jamie looked over his shoulder, and touched the demon's mark crawling along his jaw with the back of his hand. "Sorry about saving all our lives by doing something you had to do?"
"Oh no," Nick said blandly, "I just meant, you know. Generally."
Jamie stared at him, shocked, and laughed. It was a real laugh, helpless and sweet, and Mae memorized it in case he died. Jamie by the river at dawn, laughing.
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