Morning Doodle: “Tell me how you manage it. How do you survive all of this glad-handing and unending performance?” (Leigh Bardugo’s King of Scars CH 11)

Morning Doodle: “The sedatives they’d given him in the past had been simple potions that had made him softly blurry and often left him snoring before Zoya had departed the room. But with this new brew, Nikolai dropped into unconsciousness in the space of a breath—” (KoS CH 11)

Artist Notes: The year that Nikolai convinces Zoya that they should dress up as the Too-Clever Fox (Koja) and the Nightingale (Lula) to one of Kirigin’s masquerade parties. (The Story of the Too-Clever Fox can be found in Leigh Bardugo’s “Language of Thorns”!)

@ROYALANTSOV This is from the story of “The Too-Clever Fox,” which can be found in Leigh Bardugo’s “Language of Thorns”! And thankyou, you are too kind 🥰

@SacredLithium Thankyou! Me too! The two big fires are still going, but all the new smaller ones were snuffed out within an hour or two of being reported, since we have an insane amount of firefighters over here now 👍✨

@jccatstudios I am in love with them your honor 😔✨

Due to LA Wildfires: Was right against an evacuation prep zone yesterday, so I’m keeping an eye out for changes, since the fires spread so quickly. I am completely packed for evacuation if necessary though, so no worries guys I’ll be fine!

@thereafter Awh that would be adorable, cute slice of life Zoyalai comics

Morning Doodle: “Once Nikolai had removed his boots and settled on the bed beneath a grotesque painting of Sankta Anastasia curing the wasting plague, Zoya pulled the tiny bottle from her pocket.” (Leigh Bardugo’s King of Scars CH 11)

Morning Doodle: “But Zoya also knew that her presence—tart-tongued and sour as it might be—changed the atmosphere in the room, made the conversation seem less a negotiation than a friendly exchange.” (Leigh Bardugo’s King of Scars CH 11)

Morning Doodle: “And here it is, our final night alive as the earth burns to the ground” (As the World Caves, Matt Maltese)

@destiniesfic 🥰 She is indeed queen, may her reign be full of worthy cat toys and the highest quality herring

@destiniesfic That cat is literally Zoya, long fur and golden pillow and everything 😭💖

Morning Doodle: “Why should I bother?” she grumbled at Baron Levkin’s dacha in Kelink. “Your charm is enough to carry the day.” “They need to see my general,” he said. (Leigh Bardugo’s King of Scars CH 11)

@patricia_gm99 I posted it late at night when everybody would be heading to bed, so that it would be thematically appropriate 😌👌✨

@goneadrift Thankyou! Pearls always look so nice against dark hair 🙂‍↕️✨