Cristina

“The berry of rowans is red, always red. The earth at its trunk is dark with blood shed. But a Prince is a man, and a man may be bled. He came for the girl… And got the monster instead.”
― Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window

“just because I couldn’t control everything didn’t mean I couldn’t control anything.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Children of Fallen Gods

“When the shadows grow long, when our names turn to dust, what we loved, what we hated, will spoil to rust. All will be forgotten, save one truth, unshaken… What did we do when the children were taken?”
― Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window

“The twelve call for each other when the shadows grow long—
When the days are cut short and the Spirit is strong. They call for the Deck and the Deck calls them back.
Unite us, they say, and we’ll cast out the black. At the King’s namesake tree, with the black blood of salt, All twelve shall, together, bring sickness to halt. They’ll lighten the mist from mountain to sea.
New beginnings—new ends . . . But nothing comes”
― Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window