Entranced by the Basilisks (Monstrous Matches, #3)

by Lillian Lark

The next thing you know the heart I keep frozen is going to thaw and become endangered from all sorts of things.

I know new beginnings when I see them. The sensation of meeting a person and feeling like they’re the connection you’ve been missing for lifetimes.

Ari turns his intensity on and off to whatever fits his purpose. I’ve known him for less than a day and I already can identify just how strategic he is in every moment. Jasper though, Jasper’s gaze is a snare I never expect. He’s intense and direct and I’m finding I like it.

You may not see it from my perspective yet, but all our lives have been irrevocably changed by you becoming Chosen. You are the spark that starts the bonfire.”

“Among the least,” I whisper. “The temptation I feel around you threatens to swallow me whole.” Emilia’s face breaks into a wicked smile. “And being swallowed whole would be such a terrible thing.”

I fear that I’ve broken everything. I’d grabbed at the sun and the stars, only to shatter the natural way they move throughout the skies and fall back to earth, shards of a distant dream in hand. I had a family. After so long alone, I had mates. And I ruined everything.