“Where are you, James? I search for you in the darkness, but I cannot find you. You are my intended; we should be bound by ties that cannot sever. And yet when you were dying, I was not there. I have never said good-bye.” “What darkness? Tessa, where are you?” Will gripped her hand. “Give me a way to find you.” Tessa arched back on the bed suddenly, her hand clamping down on his. “I’m sorry!” she gasped. “Jem—I am so sorry—I have wronged you, wronged you horribly—” “Tessa!” Will bolted to his feet, but Tessa had already collapsed bonelessly onto the mattress, breathing hard. He could not help
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