If Jem dies, I cannot be with Tessa, said Will. Because it will be as if I were waiting for him to die, or took some joy in his death, if it let me have her. And I will not be that person. I will not...
They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite
Iz, Alec said tiredly. It's not like it's one big bad thing. It's a lot of little invisible things. When Magnus and I were traveling, and I'd call from the road, Dad never asked how he was. When I get...
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....
I've got a stele we can use. Who wants to do me?A regrettable choice of words, muttered Magnus.
I’m—sorry about being a lousy date, Alec muttered.What are you talking about? Magnus asked. You’re a fantastic date. You’ve only been here ten minutes, and I already got half of your clothes off.
To them, as to Magnus, time was like rain, glittering as it fell, changing the world, but something that could also be taken for granted.Until you loved a mortal. Then time became gold in a miser's ha...
We're not dating, Alec said again.Oh? Magnus said. So you're just that friendly with everybody, is that it?
Magnus gave Alec a sidelong look as they climbed the rickety stairs. Alec caught the glance, and his breathing quickened; his blue eyes were bright. Alec bit his lower lip, and Magnus stopped walking....
Stripping the protection wards off the ship was bad enough—it's a strong, strong enchantment, demon-based—but when you fell, I had to put a fast spell on the truck so it wouldn't sink when I lost cons...
He hadn't stopped wanting love. He had simply, somehow, stopped looking.
I see that even as the world plunges into darkness and peril, you two stand around discussing your love lives. Teenagers.
Good organization, said Magnus. I knew the man who founded it, back in the 1800s. Woolsey Scot. Respectable old werewolf family.
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.
We need to talk, she said. All of us. About what we‘re going to do now.I was going to watch , said Jace. Its on next.No you‘re not, said Magnus. He snapped his fingers and the TV went off, releasing a...
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...
I don't suppose it would help if I told you that is the way life is. The good suffer, the evil flourish, and all that is mortal passes away.
Love did not overcome everything. Love did not always endure. All you had could be taken away, love could be the last thing you had, and then love could be taken too.
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...
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...
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