“Cecy . . .,” Tessa began. “Will’s curse—” “It wasn’t a real curse!” “You know,” Tessa said thoughtfully, “in its way, it was. He believed no one could love him, and that if he allowed them to, it would result in their death. That is why he left you all. He left you to keep you safe, and here you are now—the very definition, to him, of not safe. He cannot bear to come and look at your injuries, because to him it is as if he had put them there himself.” “I chose this. Shadowhunting. And not only because I wanted to be with Will.” “I know that,” Tessa said. “But I also sat with Will while he was
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