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

by Jacquelyn Benson

She yanked her boots back on with breathless urgency, exposing a scandalous amount of ankle in the process. “Good God!” one of the tea drinkers mumbled.

“Listen, Princess.”

She would rather face down a live crocodile than ask Adam Bates to guide her into the interior. Surely her circumstances could never become that desperate.