She had always wanted a brother. And she had one now. Sebastian. It was like always wanting a puppy and being a hellhound instead.

Beautiful girls should know how to defend themselves against the advances of gentlemen.

Not everyone wants you all the time, Jace," he said. "Don't be ridiculous.

You have ruthlessness in your bones and ice in your heart, Clarissa. Don't tell me any differently.

Every teenager in the world feels like that, feels broken or out of place, different somehow, royalty mistakenly born into a family of peasants. The difference in your case is that it's true.

Just like an alley in New York -like every alley in the world, apparently- it smelled like cat pee.

Bitten? You mean you're a-" "A werewolf," said the girl. "Like everyone else here. Except you, and the asshole. And the asshole's sister.