BLOOD STAINED VELVET

“What’s her name?” the boy asks. There’s something in his eyes, something that makes me feel safe.

@storyseekers event 17: art in books

it was a smile he thought he might die to earn again

kaz & inej; sx of crows by leigh bardugo 

you already said it. if we got what we deserved, we wouldn’t be foxes.

@storyseekers event 16 : colour palettes

Jesper’s mind emptied. He wasn’t thinking of what had happened before or what might happen next. There was only the reality of Wylan’s mouth, the press of his lips, then the fine bones of his neck, the silky feel of his curls as Jesper cupped his nape and drew him nearer. This was the kiss he’d been waiting for. It was a gunshot. It was prairie fire. It was the spin of Makker’s Wheel. Jesper felt the pounding of his heart—or was it Wylan’s?—like a stampede in his chest, and the only thought in his head was a happy, startled, Oh. Slowly, inevitably, they broke apart. “Wylan,” Jesper said, looking into the wide blue sky of his eyes, “I really hope we don’t die.

1.1k celebration; for @deadpoets lara jean covey or alex ?  

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@storyseekers event 15 : characters that i relate to

— ELIZABETH BENNET + traits

❝ there is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. ❞

celia had loved the sea. loved the whitecaps that foamed like milk, the waltz of sunlight atop the peaks. kasey did not. the sea was a trillion strands of hair, infinitely tangled on the surface and infinitely dense beneath. it distorted time: minutes passed like hours and hours passed like minutes out there. it distorted space, made the horizon seem within reach. and it was the perfect place for hiding secrets.

SIX OF CROWS | CHARACTERS: INEJ GHAFA

what about the nobodies and the nothings, the invisible girls? we learn to hold our heads as if we wear crowns. we learn to wring magic from the ordinary.

Artemis swore the great oath of the gods to Zeus: 'By your head, I shall always be a virgin untamed, hunting on peaks of solitary mountains. Come, grant me this grace!'

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