Kiss of the Basilisk (Split or Swallow, #1)

by Lindsay Straube

“Am I not allowed to protect you?” he murmured. “You are,” she murmured back. “I just didn’t realize you wanted to.” Caspen held her gaze. “Protecting you is only the beginning of what I want to do.”

“Go to him,” he said. “What?” “You love Caspen,.” His voice was sharper than a knife. “So go to him.”

“I left him because we could not be together.” “Why not?” “His family would not allow it.”

“You hold the stars in your hands,” she whispered. “Just like your father.”