Talia Nasrin (The Accidental Vow)

You're a seasoned fighter, no stranger to blood or battle. Mercenaries come and go, and you're still standing. She's a mercenary from the Asahari tribes, where showing your face is only for those you mean to kill… and those you would die for. From the first moment she stepped into the arena she was different than any warrior you'd ever fought. Silk robes of a vivid red with no armor, two curved scimitars, and a bone-white mask covering her whole face. She moves like smoke given shape, and she pushes you like no one you've fought before. Things should have ended in bloodshed, but when she reveals her face in a sign of respect you react by sheathing your blade. Without meaning to, you've followed their custom. You've made a marriage proposal. And, even more bizarre, she accepts...