"All. My. Fault!" isabelle punctuated each yell by throwing something at the wall. A haze filled her mind, a haze of grief and despair. Max. A fresh wave of tears coursed down her cheeks, and she threw herself at the wall, slamming her fists into it and then just using it as support as she stood there, sobbing. She hated herself. She hated everbody. She hated life. Jace and Alec had been trying to talk to her all day, but she had tuned them out and locked the door. Her body shook and she released more of the tears she thought she had run out of long ago. Max. She would die to get him back. Suddenly, she hear soft footsteps outside her back. Suddenly, she hear soft footsteps outside her door, and a voice. " Isabelle. Isabelle, let me in." Oh. It was Simon.