: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

Author:Cassandra Clare
Language: eng
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Published: 2014-05-19T16:00:00+00:00

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City of Bones

"What? Love him?" Alec scoffed, raising his voice. "You need toknow someone to love them." "But that's not all it is." Isabelle sounded almost sad. "Didn't you have any fun at the party, Alec?" "No."

"I thought you might like Magnus. He's nice, isn't he?"

"Nice?" Alec looked at her as if she were insane. "Kittens are nice. Warlocks are-" He hesitated. "Not," he finished, lamely.

"I thought you might hit it off." Isabelle's eye makeup glittered as bright as tears as she glanced over at her brother. "Get to be friends."

"I have friends," Alec said, and looked over his shoulder, almost as if he couldn't help it, at Jace.

But Jace, his golden head down, lost in thought, didn't notice.

On impulse Clary reached to open the pack and glance into it-and frowned. The pack was open. She flashed back to the party-she'd lifted the pack, pulled the zipper closed. She was sure of it. She yanked the bag open, her heart pounding.

She remembered the time she'd had her wallet stolen on the subway. She remembered opening her bag, not seeing it there, her mouth drying up in surprise-Did I drop it? Have I lost it?And realizing:It's gone. This was like that, only a thousand times worse. Mouth dry as bone, Clary pawed through the pack, shoving aside clothes and sketchpad, her fingernails gathering grit. Nothing.

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She'd stopped walking. Jace was hovering just ahead of her, looking impatient, Alec and Isabelle already a block ahead. "What's wrong?" Jace asked, and she could tell he was about to add something sarcastic. He must have seen the look on her face, though, because he didn't. "Clary?"

"He's gone," she whispered. "Simon. He was in my backpack-"

"Did he climb out?"

It wasn't an unreasonable question, but Clary, exhausted and panic-stricken, reacted unreasonably."Of

course he didn't!" she screamed. "What, you think he wants to get smashed under someone's car, killed by a

cat-"

"Clary-"

"Shut up!" she screamed, swinging the pack at him. "You were the one who said not to bother changing

him back-"

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