LILA BARD ♠ THIEF/PIRATE/MAGICIAN
“Aren’t you afraid of dying?“ he asked Lila now.
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.”
“What do you want?” asked Holland.
To live, said the shadow. I can save your life. I can save your world. It is a simple deal, Antari. My power for your body.
“And whose mind?” challenged Holland. “Whose will?”
Ours, purred the king.
Holland’s chest ached. Another binding. Would he never be free?
Well, asked the shadow king. Do we have a deal?
book cover redesign: shades of magic
Some thought magic came from the mind, others the soul, or the heart, or the will. But Kell knew it came from the blood. Blood was magic made manifest. There it thrived. And there it poisoned.
adsom appreciation weeks: prompt 2 - favourite relationship
↳ kell maresh and lila bardHe would see her again. He knew he would. Magic bent the world. Pulled it into shape. There were fixed points. Most of the time they were places. But sometimes, rarely, they were people. For someone who never stood still, Lila felt like a pin in Kell’s world. One he was sure to snag on.
adsom appreciaton week ⇉ February 10-12 ⇉ Favourite relationship
I did what I had to do. If I could have given him my life, I would have. Instead, I could only share it
fave books read in 2016 - 1/8
a darker shade of magic and a gathering of shadows by v.e.schwab“Aren’t you afraid of dying?“ he asked Lila now.
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.”
