Chapter 78

• I’d cried so many times my face felt raw, but the twins kept pretending everything was fine.
• “Tell me the truth,” I whispered, voice cracking. “Am I just… a lure?”
• Jace stiffened so sharply the air around him vibrated. “Stop calling yourself that.” His tone was hot enough to burn through my panic, but then he dragged in a breath as if restraining something far darker. “We’re not letting anything touch you. Not now. Not ever.”