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 who 'he'

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

laugh. "Don't tell me you think he's doing all

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

then his hand

I asked,

"It's nothing.

I saw it-a faint streak of red dripping through his

staring at his pale face, the hollows

a tissue from his pocket, pressing it to his

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and

really all it is?' Mentories flashed of the last time Jace had coughed up blood in front of me. That same unease crept back

a doctor, okay? Don't try to tough it out," I said, my voice

he insisted, waving it

throat feel tight. Before I

rang.

tissue to his nose, he grabbed the phone

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