“Jem—” “But even if he dies,” she said, and he flinched, “you will not come home to Mam and Dad, will you? You are a Shadowhunter, through and through. As Father never was. It is why you have been so stubborn about writing to them. You do not know how to both ask forgiveness and also say that you are not coming home.” “I can’t come home, Cecily, or at least, it is not my home any longer. I am a Shadowhunter. It is in my blood.” “You know I am your sister, do you not?” she said. “It is also in my blood.” “You said you were pretending.” He searched her face for a moment and said slowly, “But you
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