Though Alec had never seen the occupants of the first floor loft, they seemed to be engaged in a tempestuous romance. Once there had been a bunch of someone's belongings strewn all over the landing wi...
Isabelle snorted, All the boys gay. In this truck, anyway. Well, not you, Simon.You noticed, said Simon. I think of myself as a freewheeling bisexual, added Magnus. Please never say those words in fr...
Do you remember what I told you that first time at Taki's? About faerie food?I remember you said you ran down Madison Avenue naked with antlers on your head, said Clary, blinking silver drops off her...
Isabelle snorted. All the boys are gay. In this truck, anyway. Well, not you , Simon.You noticed. said Simon.I think of myself as a freewheeling bisexual, added Magnus.Please never say those words in...
I don't care, Clary said. He'd do it for me. Tell me he wouldn't. If I were missing- He'd burn the whole world down till he could dig you out of the ashes. I know, Alec said.
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.
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...
And I remind you of your mother now? I have got to look into a manlier cologne.
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...
Isabelle waved a hand. No need to worry, big brother. Nothing happened. Of course, she added as Alex's shoulders relaxed, I was totally passed-out drunk, so he could really have done whatever he wante...
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She hated that little voice inside her head. Like the Seelie Queen, it planted doubts where there shouldn't be doubts, asked questions that had no answer.
Tell me, Isabelle said.Who it was. That my father had the affair with.
There are ways in which we’re so alike. We’re reckless. We don’t think before we act. We’ll do anything for people we love. And I never thought how scary that was for the people who loved me until I s...