She was afraid you'd freak out? Start seeing demons in the White House?"
... "There are demons in the White House?"
"I was kidding," said Jace. "I think."
-Jace

“Now that the real and the imagined had collided, he wondered if she, like he, l…”

“I didn't know," he said. "I didn't know you needed me."Her voice shook. "I alwa…”

“With their hands clasped like children in a fairy tale, she fell asleep beside …”

“Then, if you love him," he said quietly, "please, Tessa, don't tell him what I …”