A Princess for Payne

Meet Payne, a young man with no memory of his past beyond the last couple of years. He is a simple man just doing his job, until one fateful day. After being punished for saving a young woman's life, he decides it is time to find out more about his past, only to be summoned to the castle and ordered to rescue the king's daughter. Why does he agree to go on this mission? Will he remember his past? Meet Jorrel, he was the captain of the king's personal guard. Find out why he would quit his job and join with Payne in his search, along with his daughter. Why would he drag his daughter Marie along on such a dangerous journey? Why would this dedicated guard leave his post against the king's orders? Meet Marie, illegitimate daughter of Jorrel and a woman in the poor quarter. At a young age, she has already developed a small cache of stolen goods to sell for things she needs and taught herself how to survive on the streets of the city. Her father brings her along for "her own protection," but she knows there is more to it than that. What is her father hiding from her? Why does he really want her out of the city?