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

both knew exactly who 'he'

"That whole 'don't judge a book by its cover' thing? Yeah, dead on. I never thought

me you think

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

dipped slightly, but then his hand

wrong?" I asked, instantly

head faintly. "It's nothing. Just feel like I'm

it-a faint streak of red dripping

a sneeze turn into a nosebleed?" I asked, staring at his pale face, the hollows under

pulled a tissue from his pocket, pressing it

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Air's just dry, and I've been slacking on

flashed of the last time Jace had coughed up blood in front of me.

not feeling well, just go see a doctor, okay? Don't

the dry air," he insisted,

like this, made my throat feel tight. Before I could push further, his

rang.

grabbed the phone with his free

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