The Blacksmith Queen (The Scarred Earth Saga, #1)

by G.A. Aiken

“You have a trebuchet?” Caid asked . . . because he couldn’t think of anything else to say. “Mum made it. She gets bored when she’s pregnant.”

“You really love doing that, don’t you?” he had to ask, briefly ignoring the fighting going on around him. “Scaring the unholy shit out of them when they see what you really are?” She looked at him over her shoulder, the smile on her face pure sin. Which was kind of strange since she was a monk and all.