#wolvesofthewaves

[carstairsjames]

fandom: “Maven Calore is such a heartless person. He deserves death because he is too cruel.”

me: 

[carstairsjames]

inej & kaz // six of crows

“he needed to tell her…what? that she was lovely and brave and better than anything he deserved. that he was twisted, crooked, wrong, but not so broken that he couldn’t pull himself together into some semblance of a man for her. that without meaning to, he’d begun to lean on her, to look for her, to need her near.”

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the darkling // the grisha trilogy

“You live in a single moment. I live in a thousand.”

[carstairsjames]

maven: *is in a precarious situation, surrounded by people who hate him, kept in a prison cell, almost tortured, sentenced to death*

maven:

maven: 

maven: *makes a sarcastic and sassy comment*

[carstairsjames]

maven calore // red queen series

“I've been looking in a mirror for so long that I've come to believe my soul's on the other side”

song: breathe no more, by evanescence

[carstairsjames]

A Grisha Trilogy playlist: Shadow Preachers (X) (Dark Alina x Darkling)

1. Still Here, by Digital Daggers (X)

“Hidden companion Phantom be still in my heart Make me a promise that Time won't erase us”

2. War Of Hearts, by Ruelle (X)

“Shadows creep And want grows stronger Deeper than the truth”

3. Shadow Preachers, by Zella Day (X)

“I close my eyes, just close the door You want a minute, I'll give you more Maybe I don't want you either We're both unsettled, nighttime creatures”

4. Anything For You, by Evanescence (X)

“There's only you and everyday I need more If you want me, come and find me”

5. 50 Shades, by Boy Epic (X)

“I want more Like nails on my skin Swallow my sins “

6. I Walk The Line, by Halsey (X)

“You've got a way to keep me on your side You give me cause for love that I can't hide For you I know I'd even try to turn the tide”

7. Black Sea, by Natasha Blume (X)

“Come down to the black sea, swimming with me Go down with me Fall with me Let's make worth it”

8. Make Me Wanna Die, by The Pretty Reckless (X)

“Never was a girl with a wicked mind But everything looks better when the sun goes down”

9. Devil’s Backbone, by The Civil Wars (X)

“Don’t care if he’s guilty, don’t care if he’s not He’s good and he’s bad and he’s all that I’ve got”

10. Love and War, by Fleurie (X)

“Broken pieces of the night Sing like hollow lullabies You and I, always in disguises”

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calore brothers // red queen series

“I was fascinated by the intricate tangle of love and duty and resentment that tied them together. The glances they exchanged; the complicated balance of power established over decades; the games I would never play with rules I would never fully understand.”

quote by kate morton (the distant hours)

[carstairsjames]

farewell to the red queen series

“and the wind in the trees, singing do you believe?”

song: we must be killers, by mikky ekko