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"Stolen Hope"

Heyy everyone! Dropping this new illustration to complete the endpaper set for the Dutch special edition of A CURSE FOR TRUE LOVE by Stephanie Garber! I offered to illustrate this scene, because it's PEAK and because it's another chance to tackle another one of Stephanie's amazing tree concepts.

I usually take quotes from the books to title these pieces, and 'Stolen Hope' caught my eye for a different reason. In context, it was describing Jacks at the end of it all, giving up on any chance of true love or breaking his kissing curse. Evangeline in turn, is stealing back the hope he's lost, and acting upon it herself.

I'm so emotional over Jacks in this piece; the droop in his shoulders and strain in his face just shows how tired he was from struggling so long. He honestly deserves all the apple pie Eva will bake for him in the future.

New licensed prints, overlays and foiled bookmarks have dropped in the shops, including for this piece! Check them out at the link in my bio! :)

“Jacks’s chest was heaving, his clothes were soaked, his hair a mess across his face- yet in that moment, Evangeline knew he would carry her through more than just freezing waters. He would pull her through fire if he had to, haul her from the clutches of war, from falling cities and breaking worlds.” This scene got me like: 🥹😭🥰🫣

From the Once Upon A Broken Heart series by Stephanie Garber

@elriel-month | Gardens

Azriel smiled faintly. “Would you like me to show you the garden?” She seemed so small before him, so fragile compared to the scales of his fighting leathers, the breadth of his shoulders. The wings peeking over them. But Elain did not balk from him, did not shy away as she nodded—just once.

Azriel, graceful as any courtier, offered her an arm. I couldn’t tell if she was looking at his blue Siphon or at his scarred skin beneath as she breathed, “Beautiful.” Color bloomed high on Azriel’s golden-brown cheeks, but he inclined his head in thanks and led my sister toward the back doors into the garden, sunlight bathing them.

✨Art by aurithemoon

✨Commissioned by me

"𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗘𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻–𝗘𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁, 𝘁𝗼𝗼. 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵, 𝘀𝗵𝗲’𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝘇𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗹, 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁." 

𝗜 𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁–𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿.

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⁣⁣⁣⤞ art by guine_evere

⤞ commissioned by me

One of my favorite recurring moments in the ACOTAR series is how tuned Feyre is into Elain and Azriel. Whether it’s painting a scene of them in her mind or recognizing how well they complement each other, she continously wonders about them, and I can't help but do the same.  

In Silver Flames we have Nesta catching onto how Azriel is feeling towards Elain. Yet another sister connects the two...perhaps leading us to do the same.

It all begs the question that fascinates me most: Do we follow an arguably unwelcome expectant fate, or do we dare defy it? 

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"In the morning, you can forget it. You can go back to pretending you don't like me, and I can pretend that I don't care. But for tonight, let me pretend you're mine."

They're so cute I can't evennnnn-

@serendipitys-dragon I finished :3 🩷

Reference I used under the cut <3