The Counterfeit Count (The Warders, #2)

All that stands between Adara and her dream of becoming a Warder agent is Geren's rigorous week-long field trial in neighboring Cruese. Her final test is to covertly follow the royal Cruesean coach. While she struggles to extricate herself from a thicket of thorns, the coach stops. She hears the ringing of steel on steel and looks to see Geren fighting with the Count's personal guard. Has Geren gone mad? Is the battle part of the wild politics of Cruese? Is it a special twist to her final e...