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An Inspector Calls: A Short Story

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Without even waiting for Lilian to answer, they dragged Clary up the stairs and into a spare bedroom. The warlock opened the door wide so that both of his friend's could go in, before he looked back and forth across the dark hallway making sure that the coast was clear before shutting the door. "Oh my gosh, that was close," Magnus said. Clary turned to look at her friends, a smirk had formed across her face, and the second they all made eye contact the three of them instantly burst out laughing. Their laughter ran out throughout the large room. Clary could feel the sadness and loneliness immediately melt away, replaced by a warm sensation which ran through her veins. Simon's brown eyes danced with happiness, his head thrown back as he laughed. Magnus's handsome face lit up. …show more content…

They didn't deserve any of the anger or frusteration that she was feeling. Not an single ounce of it. No they didn't. But over the last few years, as she looked at them, all that she could see was that they were free; and that she had to face the Demon Lord. One of them had to die. That was the exact bargain that her father had struck, and it wasn't their fault that Luke had chosen her to be the one's to live, because each and every time that she saw them smile, they smiled because they were safe and sound. They didn't have to suffer the same fate she did, and they got to live out the rest of their lives in freedom, love, happiness, laughter, and sunshine while she was confined to darkness and an unknown future of what lay ahead. Inside she used to truly believe that if she tried hard enough, she could learn to accept her fate without resentment. But now it was

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