The Bridge Kingdom (The Bridge Kingdom, #1)

by Danielle L. Jensen

There was, Aren thought, nothing the Great Beyond could offer that would be more perfect than her.

perhaps to all of Ithicana, and he wasn’t sure what it was. For near as he could tell, most of her experiences since she’d arrived hadn’t been particularly good. She was the daughter of a man who was more Aren’s enemy than his ally, and he shouldn’t trust her. Didn’t trust her. But with every passing day he spent with her, he found himself wanting to trust her. With everything.

Lara was a spy. The woman he’d goddamned fallen in love with was a spy.

“Since the moment I set eyes on you in Southwatch, there’s been no one but you. Even if I’m a goddamned fool for it, there will never be anyone but you.” You are a fool, she thought as darkness took her. And that made two of them.