They humiliate Zoe Gould at her own wedding, forgetting why Northbridge once called her Three-Shot Zoe. Honoring her mother’s final wish, the commander’s daughter has kept her fierce reputation buried for ten years. But when her husband shields Lily Lewis and the cruelty reaches Zoe’s maid, her patience runs out. She summons the twelve guards her mother left her and takes control of the household finances. Meanwhile, Jace Howe uncovers a plot closing in on a birthday banquet. That night, Zoe arrives dressed in black, an empty holster at her waist. Then the lights flicker.
