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“Magnus reached for Alec, but instead of rising to his feet, he pulled Alec against him, his hand sliding up Alecs back to knot in his hair. Magnus pulled Alec down and against him, and kissed him,h...”
“And that - he pointed ahead - is the road to Hell. That's where we're going. I have always heard it was paved with good intentions, said Simon”
“We're not dating," Alec said again."Oh?" Magnus said. "So you're just that friendly with everybody, is that it?”
“No one blames her.""That never matters," said Alec. "Not when you blame yourself.”
“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 w...”
“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 ...”
“Once he asked me what I thought had turned me gay.""I hope you told him you were bitten by a gay spider," said Simon.”
“You could dress it up with a sequined headband, Magnus suggested, offering his boyfriend something blue and sparkly. Just a thought. Resist the urge, Alec. Simon was sitting on the edge of a low wa...”
“Perhaps there isnt anything Alec is afraid of.Magnus glanced at Alec and raised his eyebrows. Boo, he said.Jace was grinning. Come on, surely youve got a phobia or two. What scares you?Alec thought...”
“I thought you were dead." Magnus smiled crookedly. "What, from that scratch?" He glanced down at the reddening jacket in Alec's hand. "Okay, a deep scratch. Like, from a really, really big cat.”
“Isabelle drifted over, Jace a pace behind her. She was wearing a long black dress with boots and an even longer cutaway coat of soft green velvet, the color of moss. "I can't believe you did it!" s...”
“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.”
“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.”
“I didn't call you because I'm tired of you only wanting me around when you need something. I'm tired of watching you be in love with someone else - someone, incidentally, who will never love you ba...”
“Alec?" Magnus was staring at him. He had dispatched the remaining Iblis demons, and the square was empty but for the two of them. "Did you just- did you just save my life?" Alec knew he ought to sa...”
“Izzy, are you—” he began. His eyes flew wide, and he backed up fast enough to smack his head into the wall behind him. “What is he doing here?”Isabelle tugged her tank top back down and glared at h...”
“Magnus remembered a town in Peru whose Quechua name meant “quiet place.” He recalled even more vividly being obscenely drunk and unhappy over his heartbreak of that time, and the maudlin thoughts t...”
“So it's true what they say about warlocks,”
“I thought you came down right on the side of go directly to jail, do not pass Go, do not collect two hundred dollars.”
“But sleep didn't come. She could hear Jace's soft piano playing through the walls, but that wasn't what was keeping her awake. She was thinking of Simon, leaving for a house that no longer felt lik...”
