Emma and Julian talk about fear in new ‘Lord of Shadows’ snippet

After sharing a Mark and Kieran centric Lord of Shadows snippet a while ago Cassandra Clare is back to sharing snippets that are for all the Jemma shippers out there. She took to her tumblr to ‘treat’ her fans to a short scene between Emma and Julian which is making us feel a little emotional:

They were far out from shore now—it was a shining line in the distance, the highway a ribbon of moving lights, the houses and restaurants along the coastline glimmering. “Well, as it turns out, my parents didn’t die in the ocean.” Emma took a shuddering breath. “They didn’t drown.”

“Knowing that doesn’t wipe out years of bad dreams.” Julian glanced toward her. The wind blew soft tendrils of his hair against his cheekbones. She remembered what it felt like to have her hands in that hair, how holding him had anchored her not just to the world, but to herself.

“I hate feeling like this,” she said, and for a moment even she wasn’t sure what she was talking about. “I hate being afraid. It makes me feel weak.”

“Emma, everyone’s afraid of something.” Julian moved slightly closer. “We fear things because we value them. We fear losing people because we love them. We fear dying because we value being alive. Don’t wish you didn’t fear anything. All that would mean is that you don’t feel anything.”

“Jules—” She started to turn toward him in surprise at the intensity in his voice, but paused when she heard Cristina’s footsteps quicken, and then her voice, raised in recognition, calling:

“Mark!”

Cassie tagged her post with faerie realms and we really can’t wait to see the gang from TDA somewhere completely different!

Lord of Shadows will be released on May 23, 2017.

Catch up with the other snippets here.