Thorns & Fire (The Ashes of Thezmarr, #2)

by Helen Scheuerer

“If you were my wife,” Torj said, his voice low and rough, “I wouldn’t let you go. So that’s what I’m doing.”

“No matter what happened between us…” Torj had to get the words out, had to let her know. “You’ll always be mine to protect.”

He’d overplayed his hand, and now he was once more at the poisoner’s mercy. Wasn’t he always?