stars above

the lunar chronicles + girls

“This Scarlet…you’re in love with her, aren’t you?” He froze, becoming stone still. As the hover climbed the hill to the palace, his shoulders sank, and he returned his gaze to the window. “She’s my alpha,” he murmured, with a haunting sadness in his voice. Alpha. Cress leaned forward, propping her elbows on her knees. “Like the star?” “What star?” She stiffened, instantly embarrassed, and scooted back from him again. “Oh. Um. In a constellation, the brightest star is called the alpha. I thought maybe you meant that she’s…like…your brightest star.” Looking away, she knotted her hands in her lap, aware that she was blushing furiously now and this beast of a man was about to realize what an over-romantic sap she was. But instead of sneering or laughing, Wolf sighed. “Yes,” he said, his gaze climbing up to the full moon that had emerged over the city. “Exactly like that.”

maybe there isn’t such a thing as fate. maybe it’s just the opportunities we’re given, and what we do with them.

Do you remember me?

“I serve my princess. No one else.”

soon, the whole world would be searching for her–linh cinder. a deformed cyborg with a missing foot. a lunar with a stolen identity. a mechanic with no one to run to, nowhere to go. but they will be looking for a ghost.

maha kesley. michelle benoit. sage darnel. evret hayle. channary blackburn. sybil mira. levana blackburn. solstice hayle. linh peony.

“She was prettier than a bouquet of roses and crazier than a headless chicken. Fitting in was not an option.”  

She squirmed, her body was vibrating with nerves. “I know. I’m sorry. I think you might be right, though. Maybe there isn’t such a thing as fate. Maybe it’s just the opportunities we’re given, and what we do with them. I’m beginning to think that maybe great, epic romances don’t just happen. We have to make them ourselves.”

I need to get back into this series to read Stars Above and Wires and Nerve. I do want to try to draw something for everything I read though!

i’m sure i’ll feel much more grateful when i find a guy who thinks complex wiring in a girl is a turn-on.