Tell me,” Isabelle said.“Who it was. That my father had the affair with.

Jordan leaned on the counter. He felt a little like a bartender in a TV show, dispensing sage advice. "What do you owe her?"

"Life," Isabelle said.

Jordan blinked. This was a little beyond his bartending and advice-offering skills. "She saved your life?"

"She saved Jace's life. She could have had anything from the Angel Raziel, and she saved my brother. I've only ever trusted a few people in my life. Really trusted. My mother, Alec, Jace, and Max. I lost one of them already. Clary's the only reason I didn't lose another.

I never cared,” he said. “I wanted you anyway. I always wanted you.

I'm pure at heart. It repels the dirt.

Get over here. Sheldon's had an idea."
"Who's Sheldon?", said Isabelle.

But I watch my brothers give their hearts away and I think, Don’t you know better? Hearts are breakable. And I think even when you heal, you’re never what you were before.