At least he was Ed's psychopath.

You made me your puppet. Very well, Jude, daughter of Madoc, I will be your puppet. You rule.

✿ It was hard to tell, but it seemed the beast might have smiled.

She used to think that if she stole enough, the want would fade, the hunger would go away, but maybe it wasn’t that simple. Maybe it wasn’t a matter of what she didn’t have, of what she wasn’t, but what she was.

She looked at him as if it were a strange question. And then she shook her head. “Death comes for everyone,” she said simply. “I’m not afraid of dying. But I am afraid of dying here.” She swept her hand over the room, the tavern, the city. “I’d rather die on an adventure than live standing still.” 

“—if a painting really works down in your heart and changes the way you see, and think, and feel, you don’t think, ‘oh, I love this picture because it’s universal.’ ‘I love this painting because it speaks to all mankind.’ That’s not the reason anyone loves a piece of art. It’s a secret whisper from an alleyway. Psst, you. Hey kid. Yes you.”  

A Darker Shade of Magic · A Gathering of Shadows · A Conjuring of Light // (RB)

I haven’t even finished A conjuring of light and I already want to draw Holland. Such a beautiful and complex character, every scene he’s in makes me wanna cry.

Love speaks in flowers. Truth requires thorns.

Finally finished painting my girl Lila from Shades of magic series by @veschwab I love this character so much. Hope you guys will like it xoxo 😁❤️

A Darker Shade of Magic · A Gathering of Shadows · A Conjuring of Light // (RB)

“You don’t know anything about these worlds,” he said, but the fight was bleeding out of his voice. “Sure I do,” countered Lila cheerfully. “There’s Dull London, Kell London, Creepy London, and Dead London,” she recited, ticking them off on her fingers. “See? I’m a fast learner.”

The girl touched the collar at her neck, the fetter at her wrist. So many men had tried to make her a queen. Now she understood that she was meant for something more.

What if Victor and Eli had become allies instead of enemies? What if there were no heroes and no villains? What if the world fell into the dangerous hands of the most powerful and ambitious EOs? Fearless and ruthless, Eli Cardale Ever and Victor Vale would rule this brand new world with pain, blood and death.

it’s up to us to find purpose in the pain