The Posse is to stay away from palace help. It was their one cardinal rule. Now Tristan's found himself a loophole. After traveling to the Island to get his Princess back, Tristan is back in the North with his family, and the new Islanders they'd brought along. Within them, Norya, the barbarionette he can't seem to keep his hands off of. She never wanted to be claimed, so when Tristan came to her for a fun relationship and nothing more, Norya jumped on it-or better yet, him. Now, friends-with-benefits couldn't go better, except... Neither one expected feelings to get thrown into the mess as well.