Thai Silk

She could at least try to help, Clary thought. After all, a fellow Briton in trouble in a strange land aroused a fellow feeling.

Not that wealthy businessman Alistair Lincoln was particularly grateful to her for summoning him halfway across the world to bail out a stepsister who was no longer his responsibility.

And, since Clary had chosen to interfere, he was quick to enlist her as an ally in dealing with the recalcitrant Nine. Clary, however, began to wonder as time went by whether it wasn't Alistair who presented her with the biggest problem...