Memories did one no good, not when one knew the truth in the present. Will was beautiful, but he was not hers; he was anybody's. Something in him was broken, and trough that break spilled a blind cruelty, a need to hurt and to push away.

“In all Gabriel’s life he could not remember his brother giving even the prettie…”

“He cut her off with brutal precision. "And one last thing." His eyesflicked tow…”

“I've always been happy with you," he said. "But I never thought I deserved it."…”

“Jace was kissing her like he thought he might go to hell for doing it, but it w…”