A boy saves a princess one time, and no one can ever let it go. Lyle of Ene was living a perfectly normal life in his valley working as a guide for bear-hunters when he runs into two lost children, who turn out to be the children of the Queen of his neighboring country. Lyle, who never intended to leave his home, soon finds himself thrown into a wide world of danger, adventure, and drama as the group stow away with a circus caravan, are chased by the Queen's enemies, and held prisoner by strangers.
This is the first of a six-part series that spans ten years and follows Lyle of Ene and Princess Iris as they go on adventures, navigate politics, figure out how love works, fight in a war or two, and eventually find their places in the world.
This story is also posted on Royal Road.