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Tessa had lain down beside him and slid her arm beneath his head, and put her head on his chest,listening to the ever-weakening beat of his heart. And...more

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Their beauty had always seemed to him like the beauty of pressed flowers-lovely, but dead.

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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 ...more

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A femme fatale and a warrior princess.

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Just because you said dragon demons were extinct—""I said mostly extinct."Alec jabbed a finger toward him."Mostly extinct," he said, his voice trembli...more

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She took out a shiny folded pamphlet, the kind they kept stacked in clear plastic stands in hospital waiting rooms. "How to Come Out to Your Parents,"...more

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Luke opened the pizza box and, finding it empty, shut it with a sigh."Though you did eat allthe pizza." "I only had five slices," Simon protested, lea...more

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It's not my fault, that I'm flat chested and a midget!

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At least Kyle wasn't home. That would be a hard one to explain to his new roomate. Nobody liked a guy who kept blood in the fridge.

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No body told you to call your band Salacious Mold, my friend.

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Value your parabatai," he said. "For it is a precious bond. All love is precious. It is why we do what we do. Why do we fight demons? Why are they not...more

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Don’t take this the wrong way, but you smell like Magnus.

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You stole a boat,” she snapped. “What am I doing with you, you boat-stealing lunatic?

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Jessamine recoiled from the paper as if it were a snake. "A lady does not read the newspaper. The society pages, perhaps, or the theater news. Not thi...more

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With God on your side, what does luck matter?