- EPIGRAPH -
❝I myself have seen this woman draw the stars from the sky; she diverts the course of a fast-flowing river with her incantations; her voice makes the earth gape, it lures the spirits from the tombs, send the bones tumbling from the dying pyre. At her behest, the sad clouds scatter; at her behest, snow falls from a summer's sky.❞
— Catullus
- KORA JAMES - the bartender
"A garden grows from in between her ribs. Crawling vines clench around the lungs, and thorny roses pierce the heart. Oh, how she smiled, with blood in her mouth!"
- TAHLIA BARLOW - the supreme
"I saw holy water being sold at £1.95, and women sharing fortunes that did not belong to them. Sisters, gather around, and let me tell you a story of when we used to be queens."
- SILVER DE VAUX - the soothsayer
"A softness in her breath, whispers of the future at her fingertips. A lover's touch at her neck, and fluttering kisses on her eyelids. Wake up, the voice said, it is not real."
- ELIJAH 'ELI ' DAVENPORT - the thief
"What does it mean to be human? To love, to hurt or to suffer through it all? There is something that isn't quite right about being alive; the greatest tragedy is perhaps being born."
- THEODORE 'THEO' VAN WYCK - the diviner
"In a dark alley, a boy tells me that magic can be found every where and in every one. It's about being more than we are allowed to be. When I looked at him, he was but a shadow in the night"
- THE KNIGHTS OF KYR -
"How easy it was to grab the devil's lending hand,when screams for help were met with deaf ears."
- THE BREW -
"Welcome to the place, where the ghosts gather to drink in the night. Let it slip past rough-hewn lips, and transform the darkness inside into a shimmering fire. Let it consume, and let it ravage you whole."
I'm so excited about this?! I know I said I wouldn't upload any chapters until after I finished In Between, but I have so many ideas, and I just can't wait :)
I hope you like these, they took me forever!