Sebastian Lightwood:
I was sitting on the edge of his bed when the bathroom door finally opened.
I hadn't realized how tense my body had become until that moment, until the quiet click of the handle snapped something inside my chest. Elias was standing beside me, but he wasn't really still. He was pacing in tiny, restless movements, his fingers flexing at his sides, his breathing uneven like he was holding himself together through sheer force.
He looked like he was seconds away from breaking apart.
And then Aurelian stepped out.
My breath caught before I could stop it.
