The story itself is pretty decent - a young man who's been outcast from his old life at the Monastery where he was either abused or ignored finds his way into the life of another young man who has similar issues, complicated by his being the son of a deposed king and the focus of rebellion by those who wish to return to the corruptness of the past. The two find they're kindred spirits and take to pulling pranks around the castle to enliven the days for each of them. It would have been nice to see more of the pranks these two pulled, but it's not that long of a story. The whole plot around the attempted coup is rather shortened by the shortness of this story, making it almost too simple.

One thing I will say, however, is that Ms. Eight should stay away from describing anything more intimate than a kiss between two people because her description of their intimate moment in bed was absolutely awful, dull, flat, and unreal to boot. ( )