"Why in the hell is he trying to kill himself? Is he mad?"
"Apparently he thinks he is"
Tessa and Magnus promptly made their way to the Silent City. Tessa had no intention of letting Will kill himself, she wasn't going to lose him, not after losing Jem.
Will had made his second attempt at getting the Rose of Death, and this time he succeeded. He had gone to the apothecary very early the day after his first attempt and discovered that the coast was clear, so he grabbed the rose, trying not to inhale until he actually got it back to his room. He had grabbed a mortar and pestal on his way out, so now sitting in his room; he ground a few of the rose petals down to a fine powder. He was feeling a little drowsy by this time so he worked quickly. When he was done grinding the rose petals, he got a glass of water and put the powder in the water and stirred.
Jem made his way to a place no spirit in the City of the Dead was allowed to go; the edge of the world, the gateway to the City of the Angels; or what humans knew as Heaven. He wasn't allowed to enter, if he did he would no longer exist, he would literally turn to ash because he no longer had a soul. So he stood on the precipice and waited. He had to find an Angel to transport Will's soul back to the earth plane because it was the only way that Will could get his soul back. The veil between the worlds shimmered like an Aurora, swirling and changing colours from green to pink to blue.
Finally the veil lifted like a curtain and Jem began to notice a face on the other side, the form stepped forward and Jem gasped, there standing before him was an angel.
"You summoned me here, James Carstairs?" the Angel asked, he sounded annoyed.
"Yes, I need to ask a favour of you" Jem straightened up and tried to stop himself from staring at the Angel.
"I don't regularly do favours for spirits, but because you are a Nephilim spirit I will make an exception"
"Thank you. I need you to take this soul to its owner, Will Herondale"
"That is against my contract and what I do"
"You work for the Angel of Death?"
"Yes and I will be banished for this and I will most certainly fall"
"He doesn't have to know about this, it will be our little secret, I mean it's not like he has an angel radar"
"No but he will know when I leave and re-enter the City of the Angels"
"But Angels leave all the time don't they and come down to earth?"
"Yes" the angel paused and then spoke again, "Ok I will do this, but I ask for something in return"
"Certainly, whatever you ask for, it will be done"
"I need you to kill Karin"
"My professor's assistant? can I ask why?"
"All I can tell you is that we have history and she wronged me so now I want revenge, and I am not an avenging or fallen angel so I can't do it"
"Ok, I will do it, I will kill her"
"And I will return this soul to William Herondale" the angel said, and took the jar containing Will's soul from Jem, flapped his giant wings once and disappeared.