Entranced by the Basilisks: A Love Bathhouse Monster Romance (Monstrous Matches) by Lillian Lark

Author:Lillian Lark [Lark, Lillian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thistles, Thorns, & Fables LLC
Published: 2022-12-29T18:30:00+00:00

33

ARI

I hum as I arrange breakfast. I’d snuck out a moment ago to start on the food, leaving a sleeping Jasper and Emilia cuddled together in the padding that serves as my bed. There’s a pep in my step and a painful amount of hope in my heart.

I hadn’t expected last night to happen. I’d only assumed that we’d go out, giving Jasper and Emilia the opportunity to unwind, but it would seem that the best unwinding happened when we got back.

I’ll need to start stocking blankets in my room so I don’t have to steal them off another bed like I had last night. After Emilia had come down from the mind-blowing sex we’d shared, she started to get nervous. Makes sense that in the satiation of our bodies she’d feel awkward.

Jasper had surprised me. For all the times he’s climbed out of my bed right after we’d fucked, last night he hadn’t. Instead, he’d pulled Emilia down to the padding to spoon, disrupting whatever actions her nerves would have her take and settling her.

His actions mean something. They mean that he wants what I’m planning.

And for the first time in our relationship, I was given the gift of falling asleep curled around Jasper. That I’d stroked Emilia’s soft skin until her breath lengthened with sleep was more than I thought possible.

My plan is working.

“I trust you.” I miss a beat at the memory of Emilia’s words. The stab of guilt is quick, but I push it down. It’s a good thing, a fantastic thing that she trusts me. It’s more than I thought possible so quick.

She trusts me… and I’m keeping things from her. From Jasper too…

I purse my lips and continue with the food preparation.

I should tell them… but if I do, will they stay?

The wave of fear at that possibility is too much and I lock it away before it can cascade away from me. I breathe through the tension racking my chest until only calm remains.

I can’t tell them. Not yet.

Our relationship has barely started. Emilia should have a moment of calm before she has everything heaved up again. She should feel established in our triad before being upset.

But time is running out. The clock started the moment that the douche canoe—I got that term from the internet—Dietrich realized what Emilia is and that she’s unbonded.

I swallow against the urge to rush. The sand is slipping through my hands, but for the first time in centuries I have a home with family, and I will not allow that to be rushed.

And if that means keeping the truth about Emilia’s condition from the two people I care about most, so be it.

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