Shield of Sparrows

The gods sent monsters to the five kingdoms to remind mortals they must kneel. I`ve spent my life kneeling to their will and to my father`s. As a princess, my only duty is to wear the crown and obey the king. I was never meant to rule. Never meant to fight. And I was never supposed to be the daughter who sealed an ancient treaty with her own blood. But that changed the fateful day I stepped into my father`s throne room. The day a legendary monster hunter sailed to our shores. The day a prince ruined my life. Now I`m crossing treacherous lands beside a warrior who despises me as much as I despise him bound to a future I didn`t choose and a husband I barely know. Everyone wants me to be something I`m not a queen, a spy, a sacrifice. But what if I refused the role chosen for me? What if I made my own rules? What if there`s power in being underestimated? And what if for the first time I reached for it?