Alchemy of Light and Shadow Quotes

“Give up what you call freedom, your sacrifice could change the world.”
― Myosotis, Alchemy of Light and Shadow

“They were the sun and moon, destined to shed light while never sharing the same sky. Elizabeth knew that despite their games and their bond, despite the pull they felt towards one another, they could never truly be joined. Doing so would mean destroying him, destroying everything he had dedicated his life to, destroying the man she had envied for so long, destroying the man she’d fallen for.”
― Myosotis, Alchemy of Light and Shadow

“A tidal wave crashed against the shores of Sterling’s soul, permanently shifting something inside him.
It was as if his body felt too small, too crowded for his own mind, as if something else was there, another heat he couldn’t quite discern amidst his own.
“Catena binds you. Through this rune, you both shall adhere to the order of this court, as neither of you will be able to stay away from the other. The thinner and longer the chain gets, the worse the suffering. The closer you are, the less you’ll feel its effects. This way, Elizabeth cannot escape your control. If she proves too dangerous, she will have no way to run from your punishment, and you’ll keep your oath to neutralise her.”
Sterling didn’t mean for things to go this far.
He merely wanted to be responsible for Elizabeth and keep her under his girdle, not actually be alchemically bound to being near her at all times. Indignation was painted on Elizabeth’s face in colours he yet hadn’t seen on her, washing the feeble traces of fear away. She was furious.
But so was he.
Annoyed with himself for not thinking alchemy would have been used… outraged for liking it.”
― Myosotis, Alchemy of Light and Shadow

“She haunted his soul in ways he couldn’t control or explain. She was a poison with no antidote. Sterling had never let impulses overcloud responsibility, and now he had no idea how to handle the inexplicable boiling wrath he felt while seeing her powerless and at the mercy of others. It made him want to burn the whole room and everyone inside. It made feral to see her cuffed to that table - the one he’d purposely stuck her on - dangled like bait for people like Zimmermann to bite on.”
― Myosotis, Alchemy of Light and Shadow

“He hated himself for taking such a useless risk, for such a desire to save her. It was entirely unlike him. There was no reason to jeopardise the integrity of the mission for one soldier. No reason for Sterling to treat Elizabeth differently than any other. Yet there he was, clawing through the smoke to get to her.”
― Myosotis, Alchemy of Light and Shadow

“The city was in ruins.
It had merely been months since its fall and it already looked like a century year old abandoned settlement. Steel skyscrapers and buildings once covered in suspended organic gardens and fountains were riddled with black poisonous vines. Fountains which once harboured blue waters were soiled with rotten bodies, bones and toxic moss.
The streets were a cemetery of vehicles and skeletons, a graveyard of metal and bone.”
― Myosotis, Alchemy of Light and Shadow