Jace snorted so loudly that she turned on him with a frown. He wiggled his mud-caked fingers at her. His nails were black crescents. Filthy inside and out.
Thank you, Simon said. It’s a joke, Isabelle. He’s the Count. He likes counting. You know. ‘What did the Count eat today, children? One chocolate chip cookie, two chocolate chip cookies, three chocola...
As long as I can dream, I will dream of you.
This time Magnus answered it, his voice booming through the tiny entryway. WHO DARES DISTURB MY REST?Jace looked almost nervous. Jace Wayland. Remember? I'm from the Clave.Oh, yes. Magnus seemed to ha...
Lex malla, lex nulla. A bad law is no law.
Clary? he thought.Her voice came through, tinged with alarm. What is it? What's happened? Did my mom find out I'm gone?Not yet, he thought back. Is Azazel the cat from the Smurfs?There was a long paus...
If you have a soul of a warrior, you are a warrior. Whatever the color, the shape, the design of the shade that conceals it, the flame inside the lamp remains the same. You are that flame.
There are so many worse things than death. Not to be loved or not to be able to love: that is worse.
Isabelle took out her invitation and waved it like a white flag. I have an invitation. These—she indicated the rest of the group with a grand wave of her arm—are my friends.Magnus plucked the invitati...
Investigation? Isabelle laughed. Now we're detectives? Maybe we should all have code names.Good idea, said Jace. I shall be Baron Hotschaft Von Hugenstein.
Magnus, remember what happened the last time you tried to tango. Your shoe flew off and nearly killed someone.It was a metaphor. He's a Shadowhunter, he's a Lightwood, and he's into blonds. He's a dat...
There might simply be nothing going on that might activate it. Perhaps there isn't anything here that Alec is afraid of.Magnus glanced at Alec and raised his eyebrows. Boo.Luke and Magnus, pg. 285
Magnus stood up and went to the window. He pushed the curtain back, letting in just enough light to silhouette his hawklike profile. Blood, he said, half to himself. I had a dream two nights ago. I sa...
Jace set what he was holding down on the windowsill and reached out to her. She came to lean against him, and his hand slid up under her t-shirt and rested caressingly, possessively, on the small of h...
Because', she said, 'your problems are not real problems. You're dating two beautiful girls at once. Think about it. That's like...having rock-star problems.''Having rock-star problems may be the clos...
Well I'd certainly hate to interrupt your pleasant night stroll with my sudden death.
Where am I? Magnus croaked.Nazca.Oh, so we went on a little trip.You broke into a man's house, Catarina said. You stole a carpet and enchanted it to fly. Then you sped off into the night air. We pursu...
Then why are you here? Emma demanded. Oh, is this one of those missed-connections things? We met the other night, you felt a spark? Sorry, but I don’t date trees.I am not a tree. Iarlath looked angry,...
You can take your Law, she said in a measured tone, and shove it right up your
Malcolm looked warily at her. 'She may be dangerous,' he said to Julian. 'Then again, all women are dangerous.
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