Ink Mage (A Fire Beneath the Skin, 1, Band 1)

The city of Klaar has never fallen. No enemy has ever made it across the Long Bridge or penetrated the citys mighty walls. Even when a powerful invading army shows up at the gates, the duke and his daughter, Rina Veraiin, are certain that it poses little threat. But they are cruelly betrayed from within and, in a horrific spasm of violence, the city is brought to its knees. With the help of her bodyguard, Kork, the battle-trained young Rina narrowly escapes the slaughter and makes her way to the lair of an ancient sorcererthe Ink Magewho gifts her with a strange, beautiful set of magical tattoos. Now a duchess in exile, Rina