Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1)

by Jacquelyn Benson

“Sorry I wasn’t up to your standards of hygiene when I came to your rescue,”

Had he actually just offered to take this woman into the mountains? She’d get them both eaten by a jaguar in five minutes. She had that jaguar bait air about her.

“Hey. You all right?” he asked. Ellie took a breath. “I am fine,” she replied. Her voice was almost entirely steady. “I am a scholar.” “You can be other things, too,” Adam quietly replied. There were lives piled around her boots.