Serpent's Touch (Serpent's Touch Book 1)

Mysterious and tragic, Madame Tan’s menagerie is the only home I’ve ever known. It’s filled with fantastic creatures, but I discover that Madame captures and displays sentient beings too. One of them is locked in a crate day and night, and one day I learn why—looking at him kills. With Killeen, my heart is in an even greater danger than my life.