You kindled me, heap of ashes that I am, into fire. He had wondered once why love was always phrased in terms of burning. The conflagration in his own veins, now, gave the answer.
They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite
Maryse: I am fighting for a better world for myself and my son.Magnus: I have no interest in the world you want or in your doubteless repellent brat, I might add.
Just take the weapon you hold in your hand and drive it through his heart, Valentine's voice was soft. One simple motion. Nothing you haven't done before.Jace met his father's stare with a level gaze....
Jem cried out with all his remaining strength. You cannot go where I am going! Nor would I want that for you!
I was going to watch , said Jace. It's on next.No, you're not, said Magnus. He snapped his fingers and the TV went off, releasing a small puff of smoke as the picture died. You need to deal with this....
He’s not feeling well, Clary said, catching at Simon’s wrist. We’re going. No, Simon said. No, I — I need to talk to him. To the Inquisitor. Robert reached into his jacket and drew out a crucifix. Cla...
Hello, Magnus said to the monkey. The monkey did not reply. I shall call you Ragnor.
At least Kyle wasn't home. That would be a hard one to explain to his new roomate. Nobody liked a guy who kept blood in the fridge.
As long as there was coffee in the world, how bad could things be?
You and your name-dropping. 'I knew Michael'. 'I knew Sammael'. 'The angel Gabriel did my hair'. It's like with biblical figures.
It is the mundanes who look at me and see something they do not understand—a boy who is not quite white and not quite foreign either.Just as I am not human, and not demon either, Tessa said softly.His...
I should have known what you would do, Jem said in a low voice. I always know what you will do. I should have known you would put your hands into the fire.And I should have known you would throw that...
Clary felt suddenly annoyed. When the self-congratulatory part of the evening is over, maybe we could get back to saving my best friend from being exsanguinated to death?Exsanguinated, said Jace, impr...
In Paris she found Magnus, who was living in a garret apartment and paiting, an occupation for which he had no aptitude whatsoever. He let her sleep on a mattress by the window, and in the night, when...
You bit de Quincey, he said. You fool. He's a vampire. You know what it means to bite a vampire. I had no choice, said Will. He was choking me.I know, Jem said. But really, Will. Again?
Spoon! James said, running at his uncle Gabriel and jabbing him in the thigh. Gabriel mussed the boy’s hair affectionately.You’re such a good boy, he said. I often wonder how you could possibly be Wil...
Jace flushed a slow, dark red. It's not like that. If I thought it would help the Clave-but it won't. She'll just get hurt-Even if you thought it would help the Clave, Simon said, you'd never let them...
I've got a stele we can use. Who wants to do me?A regrettable choice of words, muttered Magnus.
I want you to be happy, and him to be happy. And yet when you walk that aisle to meet him and join yourselves forever you will walk an invisible path of the shards of my heart, Tessa. I would give ove...