She Chose Armor

Zenara Church promised her father, as he lay dying, that she would never fight again, and she means to keep that promise. She had been at war since the age of ten. After leaving the army she took in Lucian Logan, a beggar, together with his mother, and married him, bringing him into her own family as its son-in-law. For eight years she spent her money and connections on him, and he was named Martial Laureate. On the same day he announced that he was marrying another woman, an old love of his. Zenara went to the Emperor and asked for a divorce. She then learned that Lucian and the other woman meant to take her inheritance and have her killed. She swore revenge for her family's name and for the country. She put her silver armor back on, rescued the crown prince and rode north to take the border back.