florence welch once said regrets collect like old friends here to relive your darkest moments and every demon wants his pound of flesh and i’ve been a fool and i’ve been blind and i can never leave the past behind and i’m always dragging that horse around and i’m damned if i do and i’m damned if i don’t and it’s hard to dance with a devil on your back
The usual discordant shout of commands and the clatter of hooves and weapons and wheels against the plaza followed before the king and his retinue were finally departed. Throughout, the queen of Attolia never let go of Eddis’s hand.
Irene and Helen, in A Conspiracy of Kings
(Helen’s tattoo design was concocted by the lovely @storieswelove and it is one of my favourite things)
Irene in Moira’s Pen || Burning Down the House of Kallicertes
A WIP a few weeks in the making, since I haven’t been able to work/draw due to being sick, and the freshly crowned Attolia has my whole heart at her dainty feet