I am stronger when Tessa is here, you see. I told it to you," said Jem, still in the same soft voice.

At that, Will did duck his head so that Tessa could not see his eyes. "I see it," he said.

“Magnus shrugged. "It is not my responsibility now, nor will it ever be my respo…”

“And if the Thames that ran beside them, sure and silver in the afternoon light,…”

“...the kind of love that can burn down the world or raise it up in glory...”

“I wish I could hate you," he said. His voice was light, his mouth curved in an …”