" Isabelle drifted over, Jace a pace behind her. She was wearing a long black dress with boots and an even longer cutaway coat of soft green velvet, the color of moss. " I can't believe you did it!" she exclaimed. " How did you get Magnus to let Jace leave?" " Traded him for Alec," Clary said.Isabelle looked mildly alarmed. " Not permanently?" " No," said Jace. " Just for a few hours. Unless I don't come back," he added thoughtfully. " In which case, maybe he does get to keep Alec. Think of it as a lease with an option to buy." Isabelle looked dubious. " Mom and Dad won't be pleased if they find out." " That you freed a possible criminal by trading away your brother to a warlock who looks like a gay Sonic the Hedgehog and dresses like the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?" Simon inquired. " No, probably not. "