Prince's Gambit (Captive Prince, #2)

by C.S. Pacat

Lord Touars said, ‘The slave,’ scornfully, and, having reclaimed his sword from the ground, tried to bury it inside Damen. Damen cast him back with a parry and a strike that shattered Touars’s shield.

SHATTERED???? HIS SHIELD???? DAMN DAMEN.