Dark Cross

Hayden Evia, Princess of Averia, has always been a sharp-tongued, contemplative and fiery heir.
Declan Reeve, locally renowned bandit, is a laid-back, sarcastic young man who's got nothing but gold on his mind.

When Tress and her Mother are nearly kidnapped by criminals on the way to the Averian palace, she meets Declan Reeve, the chivalrous young bandit, and his motley crew. Though they save the pair from imminent danger, things take a turn when the boys instead take the criminals place as there captors in hopes of maybe, possibly, probably not getting gold.

{Yes, it's a draft, so it's kind of... "Eh" right now}