The witchlight made his skin paler, his eyes more intently blue. They were the color of the water in the North Atlantic, where the ice drifted on its blue-black surface like the snow clinging to the dark glass pane of a window.
Cassandra ClareFine." Magnus stood up. "But," he added, pausing by Alec's chair and leaning in close to him, "you are not trivial." Alec flushed. "If you say so," he said. "I say so," said Magnus, and he turned to follow Isabelle out of the room.
Cassandra ClareSimon watched a kelpie skip past, carrying a glass of blue fluid, and raised an eyebrow. โItโs not like Magnusโs party,โ Isabelle reassured him. โEverything here ought to be safe to drink.โ โOught to be?โ Aline look worried.
Cassandra ClareIt was a very bad idea. It was a terrible idea. It was the worst idea he had ever heard. It was irresistible.
Cassandra ClareMene mene tekel upsharin,' Jace said with a faint smile. 'You don't recognize it? It's from the Bible, vampire. The old one. That's your book, isn't it?' Just because I'm Jewish doesn't mean I've memorized the Old Testament.' It's the Writing on the Wall. "God hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to an end; thou art weighed in the balance and found wanting." It's a portent of doom--it means the end of an empire.
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