Forged by Malice (Beasts of the Briar, #3)

by Elizabeth Helen

What do I say? That I never feel fear around the goblins or during the long, lonely nights, but she frightens me beyond measure? That each smile or touch she offers me is like a lightning strike, rending me to my core? And more than all of these things, I know it is only a matter of time before my determination breaks, and I will be hopelessly lost to her?

“The mountains told me your name. The forest sang your song. My heart has been searching for you since the first dawn.”

“I could pass a thousand seasons staring at you and never have my fill of your beauty. I want you when the cherry blossoms fall in spring, and during the balmy nights of summer. I want you on a forest floor filled with autumn leaves and shivering in winter’s snow.”

“Tonight, when you dance, look at the stars. Know that I’ll be looking at them, too, thinking of you.”