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"Favored like Noah is favored?" Blue interrupted "He doesn’t see a physical life in an apartment with these boys," Neeve remarked "That seems far preferable to a traditional spirit’s existence I would count that as favorable"

Gansey ran a pensive finger over his lower lip He said, "I’m not certain about this Noah’s favor is also tied to the ley line, isn’t it? When his body was moved, he lost a lot of his presence If one of us did the ritual, would we be tied to the ley line the same way, even if the sacrifice didn’t involve death? There’s too much we don’t know It’s ain We could just give the location of Cabeswater to the police"

"NO"

Both Neeve and Maura said it at once Neeve, however, won for overall i froht you went to Cabeswater," she said

"We did"

"Didn’t you feel that place? Do you want it destroyed? How h it? Does it seem like a place that can exist full of tourists? It’s … holy"

"What I’d like," Gansey said, "is to neither send the police to Cabeswater nor wake the ley line I would like to find out more about Cabeswater, and then I’d like to find Glendower"

"What about Whelk?" Maura asked

"I don’t know," he admitted "I just don’t want to bother with him at all"

Several exasperated faces turned on Gansey Maura said, "Well, he’s not going to just go away because you don’t want to deal with him"

"I didn’t say it was possible," Gansey replied, not looking up from his splint "I just said that it hat I would like"

It was a naive answer, and he knew it

Gansey continued, "I’ back to Cabeswater He tookhi just because he’s looking, too And I’ to fix Noah So, her arms crossed And she said, "I’ll help you"

Chapter 36

"The buck stops here," Ronan said, pulling up the hand brake "Home shit home"

In the dark, the Parrish faray box, ts illuminated A silhouette at the kitchenaside the curtains to look at the BMW He and Adam were alone in the car; Gansey had driven the Camaro from the hospital to Fox Way, so he drove it back to Moneht at the moment, and both of them were too startled by the day’s events to start a new one

Adaift he’d ever perive him, and only because he didn’t need it "Thanks for the ride"

Another silhouette, distinctly Adam’s father, had joined the first at theAdaers around the strap of his bag, but he didn’t get out

"Man, you don’t have to get out here," Ronan said

Adam didn’t comment on that; it wasn’t helpful Instead he asked, "Don’t you have homework to do?"

But Ronan, as the inventor of sly relow from the dash "Yes, Parrish I believe I do"

Still Adaitation of his father’s silhouette But, it was unwise to loiter in the car -- especially this car, an undeniably Aglionby car -- flaunting his friendships

"Do you think they’ll arrest Whelk before class to the reading"

"If he shows up for class," Ada will be the least of his concerns"

There was quiet, and then Ronan said, "I better go feed the bird"

But he looked down at the gearshift instead, eyes unfocused He said, "I keep thinking about ould’ve happened if Whelk had shot Gansey today"

Adam hadn’t let hihts ca dark and sharp edged inside hilionby had been like before Gansey The distant mehts where Ada tears out of his eyes and wondering why he bothered He’d been younger then, only a little o "But he didn’t"

"Yeah," said Ronan

"Lucky you taught hiht him to break his thuh to be superficially coain

Adaain"

Ronan looked away from the house, out across the black field His hand worked on the steering wheel; so hi if it was still Whelk or so else entirely "No problem, man See you tomorrow"