The Bridge Kingdom (The Bridge Kingdom, #1)

by Danielle L. Jensen

“I will be the next queen of Ithicana. And I will bring the Bridge Kingdom to its knees.”

what stood before her was nothing more than a man. And men could be defeated.

This man might be a hunter. But he was mistaken if he believed she was prey.

“I wanted to see the bit of architecture that was worth the rights to my body. My loyalty. My life.” He recoiled as though she’d slapped him. “The rights to those things are yours to give, not your father’s.”

“You’re beautiful.” He tangled his fingers in her hair. “I’ve thought so since the moment I saw you, but I don’t think I’ve ever said it.”

“Since the moment I set eyes on you in Southwatch, there’s been no one but you. Even if I’m a goddamned fool for it, there will never be anyone but you.”

“God, you’re beautiful,” he growled. “Insufferable and venom-tongued and the most incredible woman I’ve set eyes on.”

Ithicana—and its king—bent to nothing and no one. But he bent for her.

“I love you,” he said, his lips grazing against hers. “And I will love you, no matter what the future brings. No matter how hard I need to fight. I will always love you.”

“It’s yours,” he murmured into her ear. “Ithicana. Everything that I have is yours. To protect. To make better.”

But she was called the little cockroach for a reason, and here she was.