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“Philippe was right, I thought as we walked out into the garden.

Whether leading or following, I would never be alone in a world that had Matthew in it.” Amazing book but oh lord my heart!

“From the first moment we met, I knew you were the one,” Philippe said. His words were a strange echo of what Timothy Weston had told me at the Bodleian last year, and again at his house.
With a final grin, his ghost began to dissipate.
"Wait!" I cried. "The one what?”
“The one who could bear my burdens and not break…”” CRYING!!

“”And there is my reward for years of good behavior. Now, I want no more tears, do you understand? His finger rose. I am heartily sick of them.”

"What do you want instead?" I wiped at my eyes.

“More Laughter, More dancing. His expression was mischievous. And more grandchildren.””

“Mathew's eyes fickered with surprise at the greeting. It was such a small word-Dad-but Jack had never called Matthew anything except Master Roydon and Matthew. Though Andrew Hubbard had insisted thar Matthew was Jack's true father, and Jack had been quick to call me “mother,” he had been strangely reluctant to bestow a similar honor on the man he worshipped.” I’m crying

“With a herculean effort, Matthew cracked one eye open…"It's dark." Matthew's voice took on a frantic edge, as though he feared thar the darkness signaled his death. "Why is it so dark?"
"It’s all right. Look." I blew on my fingertip, and a blue-gold star appeared on the tip of my finger. "See. This will light our way"” the best couple ever

“"You can't hide from me, my love," I said instead. "I see you, Macthew. And you will always be perfect in my eyes."” Ohhhh my heart!!

“One day I would pay a price for what I'd done to a fellow witch. But I had avenged Emily, whose life had been taken for no other reason than a
dream of power.”

“A siren sat on a rock above his heart, her arm extended so that her hand reached over to his left bicep. She held a clutch of cords. The cords snaked down his arm, falling and twisting to become Corra's sinuous tail, which swirled around his elbow until it met with the firedrake's body. The siren had Diana's face.” I’m gonna throw up, Gallowglass, my sweet, sweet angel :(

“…You're his father," Matthew said.
"I’m only his sire," Hubbard said softly. "You're Jack's father, Matthew. You always have been."” I am sobbing.