Will looked up in apparent relief when Charlotte and Tessa came in. "Will," Charlotte said, "You remember Miss Gray?" "My recollection of her," said Will, "is most vivid indeed.

I mean, is there a chance for me? To have another life after this, a better one?

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

Magnus gazed dreamily in his direction. "You should leave him here. I could hang hats on him and things.

Sometimes," said Will, "they're even supposed to blow up.

Stop it," he hissed in her ear. "You'll just make it worse for yourself. It's better if you don't look." "Like you do?" she hissed back. "Shutting your eyes and pretending something's not happening doesn't make it not true, Jace. You ought to know better-

Normal people dont generally find their homes ransacked by demons.