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Your place is with me,_ Jem said. __t always will be.___hat do you mean?__e flushed, the color dark against his pale skin. __ mean,_ he said, __essa Gray, will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?__essa sat bolt upright. __em!__hey stared at each other for a moment. At last he said, trying for lightness, though his voice cracked, __hat was not a no, I suppose, thoughneither was it a yes.___ou can__ mean it.___ do mean it.___ou can______ not a Shadowhunter. They__l expel you from the Clave___e took a step closer to her, his eyes eager. __ou may not be precisely a Shadowhunter. But you are not a mundane either, nor provably aDownworlder. Your situation is unique, so I do not know what the Clave will do. But they cannot forbid something that is not forbidden by the Law.They will have to take your__ur__ndividual case into consideration, and that could take months. In the meantime they cannot prevent ourengagement.___ou are serious._ Her mouth was dry. __em, such a kindness on your part is indeed incredible. It does you credit. But I cannot let you sacrificeyourself in that way for me.___acrifice? Tessa, I love you. I want to marry you.