the shadow in Shadowhunters

chapter 68

ragnor "i possessed the book when your mother came to me, and i used its contents to create the potion."
ragnor "regrettably, i no longer have the book."
ragnor "i asked joceylyn yo hide it that valentine might never find it."

clary "ragnor, please, i have to get my mum back."
clary "is there any way to get the book of the white?"
ragnor "possibly."
ragnor "i may have something that can help us."
ragnor "won't be but a moment."

clary "what do we do i he can't find the book?"
jace "we'll cross that bridge when we come to it."
magnus "it's a bit drab, isn't it?"
we watch as ragnor falls to his death poor guy."
magnus "ragnor!"
jace "shax demon!"

magnus holds ragnor in his arms.
ragnor "creature took me..."
ragnor "by surprise."
clary "how could a shax demon get past ragnor's wards?"
jace "it must have followed us."
jace "jumped through when the fire wall reset."

magnus "be still, my little dear cabbage."
me "i wish i could help."
magnus "your wounds are deep."
magnus "hold on, please."
magnus "no."

i watch as he stops moving.
magnus "for centuries, this man knew me better than anyone."
clary "magnus, i'm so sorry."
jace "we have to leave, now."
i gave magnus a hug.
me "everything will be okay."
he just nods.
clary "we can't."

clary "not until we find whatever it is ragnor said could help us locate the book of the white."
jace "it's to dangerous."
jace "if one shax demon found us, you can bet there are more on the way."
clary "we have to try!"

jace "we don't have time to scour through mountains of ragnor's stuff."
me "show some respect."
magnus made a portal.
magnus "get back to the institute."
magnus "i'll transport everything back to my place and find what you need."

magnus "with leo help."
magnus "now leave me and leo to take care of my friend."
clary "magnus, i am--"
magnus "go!"
they both leave throug the portal.

i sat on the sofa next to magnus as he looked at a picture. ragnor appeared behind us.
ragnor "how i loathe that photograph."
ragnor "i must remember, chin down, eyes up."
ragnor "otherwise, i look like a squinty toad."

magnus "you're here."
ragnor "you didn't think you'd be rid of me that easily, did you?"
ragnor "leo, you don't look surprise."
me "because i have seen a warlock die before."

ragnor "oh, my dear friend, i will always be here for you."
ragnor "now, please, put away that horrid photograph."
ragnor "it commemorates a night i'd rather forget."
ragnor "oh, how i had to comfort you."
magnus "how i loved her."
magnus "i prayed she would love me the same, but she just laughed."