“I am glad to hear it.” His tone was serious, not teasing. “Not everything has been.” She smiled up at Jem. What Tessa had found instead was horror and betrayal, and danger beyond anything she could have imagined. Tessa’s brother, Nate, had once promised her everything in London-a new beginning, a wonderful place to live, a city of soaring buildings and gorgeous parks. “I was beginning to worry, you know, that everything you encountered in London was going to be a disappointment.”Ī disappointment. “I shall count that as a blessing,” said Jem.
His other hand rested on a jade-topped cane, and if any of the great crowd of people milling around them thought that it was odd that someone so young should need a walking stick, or found anything unusual about his coloring or the cast of his features, they didn’t pause to stare. James Carstairs smiled back at her, elegant in his dark suit, his silver-fair hair whipped by the wind. He had just helped her over a puddle, and his hand still rested politely on her arm, just above the crook of her elbow. It really does look just as I imagined,” Tessa said, and turned to smile at the boy who stood beside her. Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “The Palace of Art” "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Could finding the Magister free Will from his secrets and give Tessa answers about who she really is? As their search leads to deadly peril, Tessa learns that secrets and lies can corrupt even the purest heart. Tessa is drawn more and more to Jem, though her longing for Will continues to unsettle her. When they encounter a clockwork demon bearing a warning for Will, they realize that the Magister knows their every move-and that one of their own has betrayed them.
To unravel the secrets of the past, the trio journeys from mist-shrouded Yorkshire to a manor house that holds untold horrors. With the help of the handsome, tortured Will and the devoted Jem, Tessa discovers that the Magister’s war on the Shadowhunters is deeply personal and fueled by revenge. But that safety proves fleeting when it becomes clear that the mysterious Magister will stop at nothing to use Tessa’s powers for his own dark ends. In the magical underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray has found safety with the Shadowhunters.
True love is shrouded in secrets and lies in the enchanting second book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Infernal Devices Trilogy, prequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series.
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