Also by Cassandra Clare

“I only found out about it the ni

Emma hit the training mat hard, rol

“Who’s Perfect Diego?” Livvy

minded professor type. He had been

“It’s gotten worse, hasn’t it

Ty had taken one of his hand toys o

“Why don’t you have a boyfriend

At the time Emma hadn’t been able

“Because he doesn’t want to see

the split that tore it open, see th

“A faerie who carries a weapon ca

He grabbed up the jacket he’d bee

The inner doors to the Sanctuary we

Arthur took a shaking breath. His h

trial for the murder of the fey and

Sanctuary, and I do not care if the

wondering if his mind was following

“No,” Julian said, his voice ge

“Oh, you have,” she said. “We

“I could go to Malcolm’s alone,

“You’re Shadowhunters. It could

“Some of the bodies were fey,”

shimmered alive as he approached it

through the Institute only moments

An acorn. Cristina’s eyes widened

She was so close to him he could fe

could endure it. Julian had thought

of someone when there was danger. H

Julian leaned against the table. He

even try?” “I won’t fight wit

Emma shouldered open the door to Ju

he said. “It’s just, I always t

“Sort of like that.” Emma edged

“You would have me believe there

Without another word Emma swung her

No wonder Jace Herondale had once j

Emma turned on her heel in a slow c

Mantid, slid toward the edge of the

feeling light-headed. In the moonli

lank look, and then remembered the

They were all quiet for a moment. T

“It’s done,” Diana said, toss

at her. She put the eggs down on th

Livvy dispatched the dummy with a s

“Ty is not like Arthur.” Julian

ook called Danse Macabre in one han

“I think Ty’s doubled up on his

twilight now, not quite full dark,

drowning-blackened face to the nigh

Emma in a joking way that perhaps s

“Beautiful,” he said finally.

phone. “No!” Julian said, force

was meant to prevent healing magic,

anyone ever tried to hurt Cristina

Livvy, and Mark’s plate of strawb

with my—” “All right, you’v

oth of his eyes had been Blackthorn

The Wild hunt, some Years ago Mark

“What care I?” said Mark, listl

Emma stood in front of the mirror i

know it, he likes it.” “Does he

So it is decreed by Raziel. Sed lex

“For tonight? First, I am so jeal

the ocean. Cristina, in the seat ne

should have been able to fix you. E

Standing in the marble entryway, Ju

What if Mark decided not to stay? W

Emma patted the seat beside her. In

Smith was, and Cristina stomped on

thought. She found herself making j

N-G? But he didn’t seem to notice

“What are you doing here?” Mark

“Then take them off me,” Mark m

threaded tendrils into Downworld an

never have allowed you in.” “Yo

“I know you think you can’t tru

Nephilim, I wonder?” “Sterling

“I am Julian’s parabatai,” sh

nearly collided with Cristina outsi

Julian’s phone pinged. LIVVY SAYS

Julian thumbed out a response: GO O

perhaps, was that Ty was looking at

“You couldn’t have known he had

It looked as if the kitchen had exp

their food back up the hill. Julian

Cristina nodded. “I can do it. Di

He felt exhausted, scraped out, hol

familiar. “Be kind to him. He has

inside the circle, the room looked

could see the pale square of the po

Julian checked in with Emma with hi

more clearly. She crept to the side

After the darkness, there was light

came up to clasp his hips; her hand

him. “There’s nothing wrong wit

have important information, but unt

Cristina and I will go for a while,

“He doesn’t want me that way,

She pointed. Emma didn’t look, bu

The air outside the Institute was s

Diego whirled around and began stri

undling him into the back of the ca

“How do you know?” said Cristin

She heard a crack. Sterling shrieke

think twice until it was over, when

must get her inside,” he said, pu

Los Angeles, 2008 Julian would alwa

e any help at all. Julian determine

“What about next time?” Ty was

Mother, Father, Helen, Mark. They w

His smile flashed out. “I’ve mi

the thread. But it didn’t feel se

objectively investigate a series of

your involvement.” “You should

‘First the flame and then the flo

demons should have disbanded by now

He hesitated. She saw the tension i

Beside him came Iarlath, his yellow

Julian’s hands tightened into fis

holding her as firmly in place as a

Julian, and fire around him. Fire i

“Mark.” Cristina touched his fa

“Trust him,” said John Carstair

he said grimly. “What do you reme

the ocean, Cortana strapped to her

pounding through her veins like a s

“Where are Tavvy and Dru?” she

“Malcolm’s our friend,” said

“I don’t understand,” Dru sai

“We should go straight to the Cla

scurried around arming themselves a

When Malcolm had done what he neede

“Don’t swear it,” Kieran said

of the car trunk. Mark looked over

In front of them was a stone table.

mouthed RUN at them silently, befor

“This is wrong, Malcolm.” Diana

ounced off the walls, a brutal echo

one could say that about so much of

“They told me she’d become an I

human beings, and the angels despis

The parabatai curse. The Clave will

meant that whatever was happening o

clutching Tavvy tightly). In the di

to tell us where you disappeared to

At the sound of Sebastian’s name,

“So you couldn’t have protected

“Maybe not,” Jace said. “Do y

out. He threw on jeans and a T-shir

inside. Tavvy was curled up half in

matter what happens,” he barked,

ody. “I used to read Law books,

“You made it,” she said. “For

thought. Sunlight was streaming thr

the same. She had the same sweet ex

“Do you think he’ll be all righ

easier to end someone else’s love

you don’t love them, or that you

Julian’s life. I hate to ask you

NOTES ON THE TEXT “Water washes,