Shield of Sparrows (Shield of Sparrows, #1)

by Devney Perry

I wasn’t always late. Usually, but not always.

He might be a jackass, but at least he was handsome. There were worse things to behold at the end of a life than a nice face.

I’d spent twenty-three years taking orders from men who thought they could dictate my every move. And I was done.

A good princess would have hastened below before she could get caught. But I wasn’t a good princess.

“Why would you make me suffer losing you?”

Another princess might have mustered one last fight. A decent princess would have stood her ground. But I wasn’t a good princess.