[Fanfiction Cancelled] Tessa Gray, the girl that has the power to transform. Jem Carstairs, the boy that plays the violin, William Herondale's parabatai. This story is happening after Clockwork Angel. After Tessa is invited to stay in the Institute as long as she wants. After Will pushes Tessa away, she falls in love with Jem.

"Because you've forgotten what it's like to actually feel something." I whispered. Peter's expression softened and the only sounds between us were the steady unsynchronized breaths falling from our lips. He swallowed, the closeness of our bodies making my heart beat faster and adrenaline course through me. The feeling was neither pleasant nor unpleasant as I looked into his forest green eyes. "How can you make me feel so belittled with only words?" his troubled voice fell into a whisper and he gripped my shoulders. "Is it your goal to stand before me and pull me apart until I am nothing?"