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I felt like he was talking in riddles, but I didn’t call hi if there could be so between us He only sawattracted to

“What did you do?” I asked “That scared the people in your life?”

Lightning flashed in ly, I didn’t jerk in response to it Somehow the violent storm had been moved inside this very room

Jace didn’t answer right away When I was certain he wouldn’t answer, I started to climb to my feet

“I killed my uncle,” he finally said, his voice so low I barely heard his?”

I stilled at that, because I knehat he was doing If I wanted hi painful withfro his uncle, but as desperate as I was to know more, I really didn’t want to tell hi between us was dead in the water, so as the point of learning all of the things thateven more in love with hi ust

I had no clue how long we sat there for as I tried to come to terms hat he wanted

“Caleb—” he began, but I put my hand up

“I can’t do this face to face,” I said

Jace hesitated and then reached behind hihts off “Come here,” he murmured as he reached for my hand I kicked off my shoes and then followed hiainst his front and breathed in a sigh of relief when his arly familiar hold

How the hell would I ever be able to go back to sleeping by myself after all this?