Queens of Mist and Madness (Fae Isles, #4)

by Lisette Marshall

The arrow in Creon’s back turned out to have lodged itself into a rib between spine and shoulder blade, which he called “a manageable scratch” and Ylfreda called “a madman’s unearned good luck”;

‘Of course I’m listening to her because she’s my daughter. I know where she got her brains, you see.’ Tared burst out laughing on the other side of the map.