the prince and the thief

thomas is a prince whose destined to find a princess to marry by the time he turns 18. the problem is he wants to fall in love not just marry.

a large ball takes place, thrown by his parent in an effort to make their son find someone and he does- kind of. he meets a skilled thief called newt who accidentally rips his suit.

fearing his fathers reaction and desparate not to marry that night, he makes the thief promise to fix it- luckily he knows a few people- the issue is, for it to work thomas must leave the palace for the first time and stay with the blonde. new, naive, and out in the kingdom thomas finds he knows a lot less than he should.