The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Page #4

"Hotel of Death"?

You can't say they don't have

a sense of humor.

Come on.

- What is it about her?

- She's brave.

- We're Shadowhunters. We're all brave.

- She wasn't raised like us.

- She's different.

- She's going to get us all killed.

It's Simon's shirt.

He's up here.

Simon!

- Oh my God!

- Clary, wait.

- Clary!

- No, I can feel him!

Give me a hand.

Come on. Come on.

These damn boots!

- Here...

- There you go.

Come on, guys, steady.

Slowly.

Careful.

- He's alive!

- Careful.

Go on. Get out. They don't want me,

they want you. They want the Cup!

- Come on! Let's go.

- I'm good.

Let's go.

No, here.

In here!

Jace!

Behind you!

Come on!

There's too many of them.

Have a little faith.

Run!

Jace, I need a knife.

- The sun!

- Let's go!

You help Simon!

Clary!

Hold on!

Thank you...

for saving Simon.

- Are you okay?

- I'm okay.

Clary.

Can I talk to you?

Yeah. I was just going

to go see Simon.

I want you to leave here.

- What?

- You almost got us killed.

I'm sorry. We didn't have a choice.

We had to save Simon. And Jace...

Jace thinks he needs

to save the world.

But you don't need

to encourage him to do it.

- But that's what you guys do.

- Yes!

Us, what we do.

We're a team.

You're dead weight...

- A mundane.

- I'm not a mundane!

And if you were half as brave as you

pretend to be, you'd admit...

What?

You'd admit that you're

in love with Jace.

And that's what this is really about!

If you ever say

anything like that again...

I'll kill you.

- How long was I out?

- All day.

Found your glasses.

One of the lenses cracked.

How weird.

I don't seem to need them anymore.

So, what are you drawing?

Nothing.

- You okay?

- Yeah, it was crazy.

I'm sorry I didn't believe you before.

Now I get it.

And... I must have passed out.

And then you showed up.

Liste, I know...

I've always been the one who

needed you more than you needed me.

- It's not true.

- Yes, it is. But I never cared.

I've only ever had my mom,

Luke and you.

Don't ever imagine that

you aren't important to me.

- Okay.

- Okay.

What did that piano ever do to you?

You play it like you've

lost your only love.

Unfortunately, my one true love

remains myself.

At least you don't have

to worry about rejection.

Not necessarily.

I tear myself down occasionally

just to keep it interesting.

You do play that with a lot of passion.

Well, that's the problem.

I play it with too much emotion.

It's supposed to be played with

a simple representation of notes.

No interpretation.

Music is supposed to have emotion.

Demons react to certain frequencies

when two tones cross.

It drives them crazy.

See, Bach discovered this

and put it into a system...

using a mathematical progression

of tonal combinations.

It allows us to expose demons.

So Bach was a Shadowhunter?

Yes.

So Bach is to demons...

what garlic is to vampires.

Kind of.

I mean, you can run out of garlic.

You can't really run out of music.

Is that where you keep

all your toys?

It's way more fun.

Come on.

It's a portal. Like the Bermuda

Triangle, it's a natural phenomenon.

The Institute was built around it.

Some say the Institute was

the first building in New York.

Dimensions aren't all

just straight lines.

There's bends, folds and nooks.

It's a little bit difficult

to explain but...

...the portal can take you wherever

you want to go in this dimension.

So, as soon as you break

that surface...

you're transported to wherever

your deepest thoughts lie.

- So that means my mom!

- Wait!

We spend our entire lives

training how to use it...

visualizing where it will take us

before we step into it...

and that takes incredible focus.

If you were to step into it

without the proper training...

you could end up in limbo,

lost in your own mind forever.

Here, let me show you.

Come on.

No peeking.

Pretty cool, isn't it?

Now, you and I...

have a birthday to celebrate.

How did you know?

Research,

when I was trying to find you.

No one comes up here anymore.

We have the place to ourselves.

This is breathtaking.

Sorry, there's no cake.

I was expecting nothing.

So this is great.

Well, everyone should get something

for their birthday.

- What did you get?

- Weapons, mostly.

- I'm sure that doesn't surprise you.

- At this point nothing really does.

When I was nine...

my father gave me a falcon.

He told me to make it obedient.

I was supposed to keep the bird blind,

but I couldn't bring myself to do it.

Instead I touched and stroked its wings

until it trusted me.

I tamed it to perfection.

I took it to my father expecting him

to be proud of what I'd done.

He said:

"I told you to make it obedient."

Instead you taught it to love you.

You didn't tame it, you broke it...

He took the bird and broke its neck.

I cried all night

and I never cried again.

Did you ever forgive him?

He did it to make me stronger.

Does that stand for Wayland?

Midnight.

Watch this.

When your soul Finds the soul

It always waited for

When someone walks into your heart

Through an open door

When your hand Finds the hand

When a girl says she wants a big rock,

she doesn't literally mean a big rock.

Every Shadowhunter should have

their own witchlight.

We have company.

That's Hodge's bird.

We should probably go.

Don't let go

When someone comes into your life

It's like they've

Been in your life forever

No There's no one else's eyes

Who can see into me

No one else's arms can lift

Lift me up so high

Your love lifts me out of sight

- And you know where I belong

- Okay. We should definitely go.

But you know my heart by heart

But you know my heart by heart

I'm sorry about the sprinkler system.

I forgot about that.

Are you going to sleep?

Are you tired?

I've never been more awake.

- Simon! I thought you were...

- Asleep? Yeah, I was.

We were just...

Next time it might be a nice idea to

mention that you already have...

a man in your bed, so we can avoid

such uncomfortable situations.

- You invited him to bed?

- I know. It's ridiculous, isn't it?

- We would never have all fit.

- I didn't invite him into bed.

We were just kissing.

How swiftly you dismiss our love.

Jace!

- It's late and I'm sorry we woke you.

- So am I.

Go ahead, go after him.

Go apologize to him.

Go tell him just

how special he really is.

- Stop acting like that!

- Like what?

Like nothing ever hurts you.

Well, maybe you should have thought

about that before you kissed me.

I kissed you?

Don't worry.

It wasn't that special for me, either.

I'm really sorry, Simon.

- But weren't you just in the...

- I was just looking for you.

- Where are you going?

- Home.

It's clear I overstayed my welcome.

I'm sorry, okay?

It wasn't like it was planned.

Let me guess:
it just happened.

Please!

- Look, I know you don't like him but...

- Actually, I hate the guy!

- Why?

- I thought you were better than that.

And what's that supposed to mean?

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