With their hands clasped like children in a fairy tale, she fell asleep beside him in the dark.

“My mom says you only need three people you can rely on to achieve self-actualiz…”

“You are a Lightwood," Cecily said. "You stayed because you were loyal to your f…”

“As she looked, the smoke puffing out of the chimney stopped curling upward and …”

“Her hand cracked across his face, a slap that rocked him back on his heels. he …”