What Lies Beyond the Veil (Of Flesh and Bone, #1)

by Harper L. Woods

“You and the basilisk in your trousers stay right there, thank you very much,” I said, snapping to attention the moment he came closer. He stopped the moment I uttered the command, his face lighting with amusement. “I’m not wearing any trousers.” “And that is the problem. I like my intestines in my stomach and not shoved into my lungs. You just keep that thing away from me,”

“I wish I was a hydra,” I teased. “Then I could just swallow you whole and not have to endure your endless hovering anymore.” “My star, you can swallow me whole anytime you—” I smacked him in the stomach, drawing pleasure in the grunt that rolled into a laugh as the strike cut him off.