Chapter 767

Jace didn't push it. He just nodded and said, "I walk you back."

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I opened my mouth to refuse again, but he added, "It's not safe for you to walk alone this late."

Not safe? In a monastery? Yeah, right.

I was about to roll my eyes when he added, "What if there are bugs or snakes?"

That shut me up immediately. I hated those creepy things.

I had to give it to him-after ten years together, he still knew how to shut me up when it counted.

As we walked, his comment sparked something I told him about the snake Lena got in the parcel and spilled who sent it.

Jace's expression iced over, his eyes narrowing "People like that are completely unhinged.

"Exactly. That's why I'm so worried about Lena."

"He wouldn't come at you directly. But your people? Yeah, they'd be targets," Jace murmured.

Wel

knew exactly

polished act, I couldn't help but say, "That whole 'don't judge a book by its cover' thing? Yeah, dead on. I never thought he'd go this far." Jace

out a bitter laugh. "Don't tell me

truth to that," Jace admitted, voice soft. "But it's more than that. He's always been jealous. Of

his hand shot up to his

I asked, instantly

nothing. Just

it-a faint streak of

turn into a nosebleed?" I asked, staring at his pale

pocket, pressing it to his nose

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dry, and I've

time Jace had coughed up blood in front of

okay? Don't

just the dry air," he insisted, waving

feel tight. Before I

rang.

pressing a tissue to his nose, he grabbed the phone

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