Spellmaker (Spellbreaker Duology, #2)

by Charlie N. Holmberg

“If I marry him . . .” Ogden leaned closer. “My name will be Elsie Kelsey,” she finished, mortified.

“Do you think I did this just to save you? That I’m some gallant prince from a fairy tale, selflessly trying to save the young maiden from certain doom? No. I did not expect your arrest or this magistrate’s games. They merely sped up the process. And I have spent hour after blasted hour, day after day, trying to find a way to convince you that I am genuine in my affections, but it’s like throwing darts at a stone wall.”

You are wonderful and perfect. You have been nothing but wonderful and perfect. But I’m a regret waiting to happen.”

“We even fight each other. If there’s one pattern history teaches us, it’s that the rich start the wars and force the poor to soldier them.”