A young princess knows that she is destined to be married to consolidate her family’s hold on power and protect the khanate from the bandits, but she would rather spend her time studying magic and riding with the warriors and dreaming of the freedom to plan her own life. And then that freedom is offered her – by the bandit king. I had a hard time with this story, although I think it’s more due to my own trouble processing Asian-esque names when I can only here them, not see them, so I had a hard time keeping straight who was who and which position of power was which.