Alec looked at her and shook his head. How do you manage never to get mud on your clothes?Isabelle shrugged philosophically. I'm pure at heart. It repels the dirt.
Will tossed the bloody cloth aside. And you wonder why we aren’t friends. I just wondered, Gabriel said, in more subdued voice, if perhaps you have ever had enough. Enough of what? Enough of behaving...
When to people tell the same lie...They are working together, Will finished
I've got the Mark of Cain, said Simon. That means nothing can kill me, right?You can kill yourself, Magnus said, somewhat unhelpfully. As far as I know, inanimate objects can accidentally kill you. So...
Isabelle, she said, lightening her tone with an obvious effort, your loyalty to your friend is understandable --He's not my friend. Isabelle looked over at Jace, who was staring at her in a sort of da...
How she still thought of Max every day and it was like someone had emptied her lungs of air, and she would catch at her heart, afraid she was dying.
It wasn’t sexy, he said.It was a little sexy, Simon said. He felt much better, having fed, and couldn’t help but poke at Alec a bit.It wasn’t, said Alec.I had some feelings, said Simon.Do feel free to...
I just wanted to say that you don't always have to be all right. I asked you to be my parabatai because I needed you, but you're allowed to need me, too. This - he indicated his own parabatai rune - m...
We are one now, little brother, you and I, Sebastian said. We are one.
He opened his mouth. The words were there. He was about to say them when a jolt of terror went through him, the terror of someone who, wandering in a mist, pauses only to realise that they have stoppe...
Hello? This is Clary Fairchild.Clary? It’s me, Emma.Oh, Emma, hi! I haven’t heard from you in ages. My mom says thanks for the wedding flowers, by the way. She wanted to send a note but Luke whisked h...
Julian: Wikipedia knows about everything. It might be run by warlocks.Emma: You think that’s what they do all day in the Spiral Labyrinth? Run Wikipedia?Julian: I admit it seems like a letdown.
Take off your shirt.Jace raised his eyebrows. I'm not going to attack you, she said impatiently. I can take the sight of your naked chest without swooning.Are you sure? he asked, obediently sliding th...
If you're texting Magnus to say 'I think ur kewl,' I'm going to kill you.
This is the deepest wish of my heart?Sure, Magnus said.Your father, proud of you. You, the hero of the hour. Me, loving you. Everyone approving of you.Alec looked over at Jace.Okay, what about the Jac...
As Luke knelt down beside his corpse, Clary couldn’t help but remember what he had said about having loved Valentine once, about having been his closest friend. Luke, she thought with a pang. Surely h...
He was drowning in want, his control shattering like glass blown out of a window by a blast concussion. He could almost imagine he heard the shards raining to the ground beneath them. The broken piece...
No one is ever the villain of their own story.
Sed lex, dura lex
Jace, she said. Why are you doing this to me?Because you’re lying to me. And you’re lying to yourself. Jace’s eyes were blazing, and even though his hands were stuffed into his pockets, she could see...