Shield of Sparrows (Shield of Sparrows, #1)

by Devney Perry

The man who entered next didn’t look like a god incarnate. He didn’t appear to be a ghost. He was tall and broad, like the other Turans. Muscled to the point of distraction. His chocolate-brown hair tickled the tops of his shoulders, and his chiseled jaw was covered in a short beard of the same shade. At first glance, he was just a man. Striking. Intimidating. But still, just a man. Yet his irises did not have the typical Turan green starburst. They were solid, molten silver. Liquid metal. Colorless, like my dress. The Guardian.

“We’re just getting started. Wife.”

“Yes, sir.” He nodded as I strode past him for the gates. “Where are you going?” Cathlin called. I kept walking. “To find my wife.”