When Princess Zaria is kidnapped from the kingdom of Barstoth, the realm fractures under the weight of panic. Foreign armies gather. Rumors spread. Alliances teeter on collapse.But Zaria isn't waiting to be saved.Armed with wit, grit, and a skillset no princess should possess, she escapes into the wilds, hunted, wounded, and hiding behind nothing but her tenacity. As whispers of Lady Voleuse, the kingdom's most elusive bandit, spark a rebellion she never meant to ignite, Zaria finds herself caught between two identities and a world unraveling.With her secrets bleeding into legend and her friends questioning if they ever truly knew her, Zaria's absence may cost more than her crown.It could cost the kingdom itself.