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Magnus raised his hands above his head and clapped once. The room flooded with light. "You see? You think that would be possible without magic? "Actua...more

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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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We seemed to be trapped in an episode of One Life To Waste. It's all very dull.

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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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If you never tell anyone the truth about yourself, eventually you start to forget.

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I'm the warlock who's here to cure you. Didn't they tell you I was coming?"

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I've got a stele we can use. Who wants to do me?""A regrettable choice of words," muttered Magnus.

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That seems like stealing, doesn't it?" Simon pulled a cup toward him. He drew the lid back. "Ooh. Mochaccino." He looked at Magnus. "Did you pay for t...more

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I was alive when the Dead Sea was just a lake that was feeling a little poorly.

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That's your truck parked up by the factory isn't it?" Magnus pointed. "It's awfully butch for a bookseller.

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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 Sim...more

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We're not dating," Alec said again."Oh?" Magnus said. "So you're just that friendly with everybody, is that it?

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A pair of werewolves occupied another booth. They were eating raw shanks of lamb and arguing about who would win in a fight: Dumbledore from Harry Pot...more

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There's no need to clarify my finger snap," said Magnus. "The implication was clear in the snap itself.