From the first time I saw you, I've belonged to you completely. I still do. If you want me. -Jace

Are you threatening to kidnap me?" "If you want to look at it that way," Jace said, "yes.

And of course Charlotte hasn't eaten a bit of dinner," Henry said, getting up. "I'll go see if Bridget can't make her up a plate of cold chicken. As for the rest of you-" He paused for a moment, as if he were about to give them an order-send them to bed, perhaps, or back to the library to do more research. The moment passed, and a look of puzzlement crossed his face. "Blast it, I can't remember what I was going to say," he announced, and vanished into the kitchen.

She realized that this scarred, sarcastic boy, was gentle with the things he loved.

I never cared,” he said. “I wanted you anyway. I always wanted you.

He made a sound of frustation, caught at her hand, brought it to his chest, and pressed it flat over his heart. The steady beat hammered against her palm. "Every heart has its own melody," he said. "You know mine.

aren't you, uh... reproducing? "sure, we love reproducing it's one of our favorite things.