Queen and Conqueror (The Queen's Red Guard, #1)

by Isabelle Olmo

His words filled Almira with sudden anger, but she controlled and subdued it. She moved slowly as she stood and faced the captain. He was a large man, and she was small even for a woman. That mattered little.

“Men will never be ready for women like us, and it is not our job to ready them.”

“From here on out you shall be known as the Queen’s Red Guard, carriers of the ruby blades,” Almira said.

M turned to her with a raised brow. “You’re using your husband as bait.” Almira tightened her fist against her heart, as if she could clutch Alton to her. “Indeed I am.” ​M smiled. “It’ll be a treacherous journey.” Almira stared at the path where Alton disappeared. “These are treacherous times.”