The Bitter Kingdom by Rae Carson (opens in new tab)

The Bitter Kingdom \(2013\) 433 pages by Rae Carson Girl of Fire and Thorns \#3 End of book two has Elisa finding the zafira, yay, but the traitorous Eduardo has sent a team to follow her, including a deadly Invierno assassin, Franco, who has his own agenda, which includes getting Elisa to come to Invierne, preferably willingly\. Ximena, her guardian, suggested taking Hector, that she’ll follow to try to rescue him\. Ximena’s plan is just to sacrifice Hector\. Franco takes Hector and hurries ...