Another Clockwork Princess snippet! And OMG, this is Will and Tessa trying to save Jem. And they are arguing (or begging) Magnus to help him.
You do not want to help us,” Will said to Magnus. “You do not want to position yourself as an enemy of Mortmain’s.”
“Well, can you blame him?” Woolsey
rose in a whirl of yellow silk. “What could you possibly have to offer
that would make the risk worth it to him?”
“I will give you anything,” said
Tessa in a low voice that Will felt in his bones. “Anything at all, if
you can help us help Jem.”
Magnus gripped a handful of his
black hair. “God, the two of you. I can make inquiries. Track down some
of the more unusual shipping routes. Old Molly —”
“I’ve been to her,” Will said. “Something’s frightened her so badly she won’t even crawl out of her grave.”
Woolsey snorted. “And that doesn’t
tell you anything, little Shadowhunter? Is it really worth all this,
just to stretch your friend’s life out another few months, another year?
He will die anyway. And the sooner he dies, the sooner you can have his
fiancée, the one you’re in love with.” He cut his amused gaze toward
Tessa. “Really you ought to be counting down the days till he expires
with great eagerness.”
No! Jem can't die. Even if he will never be the exact right guy for Tessa, he is very sweet and loyal and fierce. He. Can't. Die. Period. My heart will be ripped into pieces. And this just adding so much more uncertainty in the book. UGH, this book is killing me when it's not even out yet.
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