Jace’s mouth on hers, the only warm thing in a shivering world. The paving stones smeared with black runes, spattered with ichor and blood. The crystalline October night, the stars burning icy white against a cloudless black sky. Now she thought it might be the last thing she would ever get to say to him.Ĭlary remembered the moment perfectly. That had been the last thing she had said to the boy she loved more than anything else in the world. “Five minutes, probably.”Ĭlary, sitting on Izzy’s bed between a pile of magazines and a rattling stack of seraph blades, swallowed hard against the bitter taste in her throat. Outside the window a November storm was in full bloom, rain streaking the windows like clear paint. Church regarded her with baleful yellow eyes. Isabelle, standing over by the window with Church in her arms, stroked the cat’s head absently. It had a certain backstage-at- La-Cage-aux-Folles design aesthetic, but over the past two weeks Clary had spent enough time among the glittering mess to have begun to find it comforting. There were no clocks in Isabelle’s black and hot-pink powder-puff bedroom, just piles of clothes, heaps of books, stacks of weapons, a vanity overflowing with sparkling makeup, used brushes, and open drawers spilling lacy slips, sheer tights, and feather boas. She had no idea how long they’d been waiting, but it felt like ten hours. “How much longer will the verdict take, do you think?” Clary asked. ExcerptĬhapter 1: The Last Council 1 THE LAST COUNCIL Darkness threatens to claim the Shadowhunters in the harrowing fifth book of the Mortal Instruments series. She’s willing to do anything for Jace, but can she still trust him? Or is he truly lost? The price of losing is not just her own life, but Jace’s soul. As Alec, Magnus, Simon, and Isabelle wheedle and bargain with Seelies, demons, and the merciless Iron Sisters to try to save Jace, Clary plays a dangerous game of her own. The Clave is out to destroy Sebastian, but there is no way to harm one boy without destroying the other. When Jace and Clary meet again, Clary is horrified to discover that the demon Lilith’s magic has bound her beloved Jace together with her evil brother Sebastian, and that Jace has become a servant of evil.
What price is too high to pay, even for love? Plunge into fifth installment in the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and “prepare to be hooked” ( Entertainment Weekly)-now with a gorgeous new cover, a map, a new foreword, and exclusive bonus content! City of Lost Souls is a Shadowhunters novel.
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