The front door shut, leaving Alec sitting in the half-lit garden, alone. He closed his eyes for a moment, the image of a face hovering behind his lids. Not Jace's face, for a change. The eyes set in the face were green, slit-pupiled. Cat eyes.
Cassandra ClareI always knew there were vampires, dude,โ heโd said. โBecause, you know how thereโs people you know who, like, always look the same, even when theyโre, like, a hundred years old? Like David Bowie? Thatโs because theyโre vampires.
Cassandra ClareSophie has a gift," she said. "She has the Sight. She can see what others do not. In her old life she often wondered if she was mad. Now she knows that she is not mad but special. There, she was only a parlor maid, who would likely have lost her position once her looks had faded. Now she is a valued member of our household, a gifted girl with much to contribute.
Cassandra Clare