Tessa exhaled. She hadn't realized that she had been holding her breath until that moment. Will must have heard her, for he raised his head and his gaze met hers across the clearing. Something in it made her look away. Agony stripped so raw was not meant for her eyes.

I think I gave Alec a complex about what kind of fighter he was, just because he wanted to live.

It was a very bad idea. It was a terrible idea. It was the worst idea he had ever heard. It was irresistible.

Magnus reached out to touch Alec, but Alec moved away. Magnus' hand fall to himself.

Not your parabatai any longer.

How rude. Many who have gazed upon me have compared the experience to gazing at the radiance of the sun." Jem still had his eyes closed. "If they mean it gives you a headache, they aren't wrong.

People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but its the way you live your life that matters.