Bride of the Shadow King (Bride of the Shadow King, #1)

by Sylvia Mercedes

“The equals of men, you ask?” He considers the idea, his eyes bright in the candlelight. “A peculiar question. Are we not all trolde—both men and women alike? We cannot very well exist one without the other, so how could one be deemed superior to the other?”

I want to speak her name again. I want to hear her speak mine.

“You won’t find an assassin in there. I’ve stashed him away in my pocket for future use.”