Status Updates From Iron & Embers (The Ashes of...

Audra said to Torj “your dislike of her only solidifies you as the best cantidate. A bodyguard fraternizing with their ward is strictly forbidden, but with your hostile history, you’ll no doubt be able to keep yourself in check.”
Torj response: “I assume you, the last thing I’d ever do would be to get involved with Elwren Embervale.”

Riiiight well all of that is clearly going to be untrue by the end.

This is fantastic so far

Fantastic world building, hard to put the book down