The Endless War (The Bridge Kingdom #4)

by Danielle L. Jensen

“I see why he loves you,” Lara said. “You are each everything the other is not, perfect foils, and I fear what he will become without you.” She squeezed Zarrah’s hand, then let go and rose. “And you without him.”

There is a mistaken belief that the marriage knives Maridrinian women wear are kept dull because they are weak and incapable of wielding them. That is a fallacy. The women of Maridrina are the bastion that protects the heart of the kingdom, and while they may not be the first weapon you meet, they will be the last, for their knives sharpen to the keenest edge.

It was not one by one, but rather a tide as the soldiers of the Imperial Army dropped to one knee, pressing hands to their hearts. Then, to Zarrah’s shock, Keris knelt. “On the blood of my family, as the king of Maridrina, I swear my life and sword to Zarrah Anaphora. May peace be had between Maridrina and Valcotta now and forevermore.”

“Every life I have, I will gladly spend on you.”